Bug ID 469960: Managing apd connection from tmm

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.4.1 HF6

Opened: Jul 01, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16333

Symptoms

apd and logd consumes a large percentageof CPU.

Impact

APD (authentication server) become unresponsive, which causes all new user sessions to fail.

Conditions

APM Session receives TCPRST or no response when under heavy connection request load from tmm for authentication, which leaves unprocessed requests in the queue.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The system now handles a large number of connection requests for authentication using a throttling mechanism to manage the requests.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips