Bug ID 2185625: Controller upgrade struck in in-progress after upgrading the chassis from 1.7.1 EHF1 to 1.8.2 EHF3

Last Modified: Dec 29, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-C, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-C 1.8.2

Opened: Dec 14, 2025

Severity: 1-Blocking

Symptoms

When performing a rolling System controller upgrade from 1.7.1 to 1.8.x it is possible on of the upgrading System Controllers does not complete its upgrade and show system image displays "in-progress" for that system controllers upgrade status indefinitely.

Impact

Dataplane should continue to function at a reduced rate. However, the System Controllers will not form a ConfD HA pair until both System Controllers are running the same System Controller version and management communication may be lost with the upgrading controller.

Conditions

Problem is known to occur on a fully loaded CX1610 chassis.

Workaround

Perform a manual switch of both service and os versions to match the peer System Controller. Example: echo "switch cc_os <iso-version> " | nc -U /var/sw-mgmt.unix echo "switch cc_serv <iso-version> no_restart" | nc -U /var/sw-mgmt.unix where <iso-version> is the version the peer System Controller is currently running. Then reboot the system reboot the system controller

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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