Bug ID 2290241: Improve the timeout and failure handling logic for multiple TACACS authentication servers.

Last Modified: Jun 11, 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, 17.1.3.2, 17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3, 17.5.1.4, 17.5.1.5, 17.5.1.6, 21.0.0, 21.0.0.1

Opened: Apr 27, 2026

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The timeout logic does not function properly when a TACACS server is reachable but fails to return an authentication response, resulting in a hang instead of moving to the next available server for authentication.

Impact

When the TACACS server is reachable but does not return an authentication response, the load balancer fails to move to the next TACACS server and remains stuck while attempting to authenticate the user.

Conditions

Set up two TACACS servers and configure them on the BIG-IP system.

Workaround

N/A

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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