Bug ID 431141: New active unit might drop connections due to rare server packet race window

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 HF6

Opened: Sep 19, 2013

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

An established connection might be dropped after failover from a newly active unit. This occurs because of a small race window that exists while processing the arrival of consecutive packets.

Impact

An established connection drops after failover, and a new connection must be established.

Conditions

This rare condition occurs on failover.

Workaround

NA for FIX latency solution for ePVA to avoid the connection drop.

Fix Information

This release fixes a race window that occurred after a failover operation resulted in dropped connections on the new active unit.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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