Bug ID 2229625: Client Side Defense silently fails with an empty 200 response when there is no route to the XC server

Last Modified: Mar 03, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 17.1.3.1, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.4, 17.5.1.5, 21.0.0, 21.0.0.1

Opened: Feb 26, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If a Client Side Defense profile is configured with an API Domain Pool but there is no route to the pool, it will silently fail and just sent an empty 200 response.

Impact

Connections work but it is difficult to determine why the Client Side Defense Profile is failing.

Conditions

Client Side Defense profile configured with an API Domain Pool and there is no route to the pool.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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