Bug ID 429770: Pool members become unavailable with connection limit and connection queuing enabled

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.5.0, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Sep 04, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K14976

Symptoms

With connection queuing enabled, and with pool members having connection limit set, under certain race condition in the code, the pool members become unavailable and show that they have reached the connection limit. They stay in this state even after the connections themselves are long gone.

Impact

Pool members become unavailable, and remain unavailable.

Conditions

Connection limit on pool members needs to be set. Queue connection needs to be set.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The pool now goes unavailable and comes back available.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips