Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM, BIG-IQ
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10
Fixed In:
11.6.0
Opened: Mar 04, 2014 Severity: 2-Critical
When comparing two policies using Policy Diff, the system might make a copy of the policies being compared. When this happens, the copy will carry the same REST ID as the original policy. This will confuse REST clients and block BIG-IQ discovery.
The copy will carry the same REST ID as the original policy. This will confuse REST clients and block BIG-IQ discovery.
-- Compare two policies using Policy Diff. -- The system creates a copy.
Export the copied policy, delete the duplicate copy, and import the policy again.
Copied policies now are correctly assigned a new REST ID.