Bug ID 441401: Standby units using L4 mirroring can use more memory than required

Last Modified: Jan 07, 2026

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

Fixed In:
11.5.1

Opened: Dec 20, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16088

Symptoms

On standby units using Layer 4 (L4) mirroring, some memory is retained longer than necessary leading to higher memory usage on the standby.

Impact

Higher memory usage on the standby, leading to earlier aggressive sweeper activation than on the active.

Conditions

A standby unit using L4 mirroring.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Released memory earlier on standby units using L4 mirroring, Some memory was retained longer than necessary

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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