Bug ID 454370: Policy Sync Status messages become unordered

Last Modified: Oct 16, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.2 HF1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.6.0, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.4.1 HF9

Opened: Mar 27, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17141

Symptoms

The messages that communicate status of PolicySync between devices can arrive unordered.

Impact

This issue can lead to devices believing that the policy sync is still in progress, even if all devices have the updates reflected within their policy.

Conditions

Many conditions can affect this, such as file size and network latency. The issue is further exacerbated by NTP not being configured on all devices within the device group.

Workaround

This issue has no workaround.

Fix Information

The messages that communicate status of PolicySync between devices can arrive unordered. This is now fixed.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips