Bug ID 450814: Early HTTP response might cause rare 'server drained' assertion

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.3 HF2, 11.4.1 HF9, 11.2.1 HF16, 10.2.4 HF13

Opened: Feb 28, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K17303

Symptoms

Early HTTP response from the server might cause 'server drained' assertion and traffic disruption.

Impact

The system posts a 'server drained' assertion and traffic is disrupted.

Conditions

This occurs when the server sends an early response, which might occur if the server responded before the system completed processing the entire incoming HTTP request data from the client. A filter other than HTTP is also required on the chain.

Workaround

None, however, this issue occurs very rarely.

Fix Information

HTTP will not cause a "server drained" assertion if a server ends a connection in an early server response.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips