Bug ID 2050217: Bigd ping interval can be delayed significantly

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 16.1.6.1, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1, 17.1.2.2, 17.1.3, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3

Opened: Sep 11, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Pool member monitoring does not respect the interval set in the monitor configuration.

Impact

Possibly marking down pool members after a single ping failure or delayed reply.

Conditions

Many pools rely on FQDNs that are linked to servers owned by external organizations, which have their own integrated distributed system architectures in place. Due to processes within these organizations, the domain names associated with FQDN pools often change frequently, causing the pool members to update just as often. To minimize disruptions to existing client connections, BIG-IP employs a smoothing mechanism to stabilize monitoring over time. However, this smoothing process can lead to delays in the ping intervals for existing pool members, deviating from the originally configured monitoring schedule.

Workaround

Avoid creating FQDN pool member linked to organization with their own integrated distributed system architectures

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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