Bug ID 488013: Cache-on-first-hit and OWS-compression do not work together

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3

Opened: Oct 31, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16012600

Symptoms

If cache-on-first-hit and OWS-compression are both enabled on a WA policy node, requests for uncached but cacheable documents will hang.

Impact

No response returned to client

Conditions

Conditions leading to this issue include: WA enabled on VIP, Cache on first hit enabled in WA policy, and OWS enabled in WA policy.

Workaround

Disable either cache on first hit or OWA compression on the WA policy node.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips