Bug ID 444722: [SWG] Extra sessions created when a session expires

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.0 HF1

Opened: Jan 16, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Session expiration takes a small amount of time to reach a consistent state. If a new session is created during this small time, the BIG-IP may create an extra session.

Impact

Affects both explicit and transparent proxy deployments of SWG.

Conditions

Only affects the forward proxy deployments sending traffic while a session expires.

Workaround

Configure inactivity timeouts instead of maximum lifetime timeouts.

Fix Information

Extra Secure Web Gateway sessions are no longer created when a session expires. This is correct behavior.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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