Bug ID 490482: Applying Access Policy with an unused macro crashes TMM.

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 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

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Nov 13, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16638

Symptoms

When an Access Policy has a macro attached but does not use the macro anywhere, applying the Access Policy crashes TMM.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

Access Policy that has a macro attached but is not using the macro at any point in the policy.

Workaround

Delete all unused macros.

Fix Information

Access Policy can now successfully contain a macro attached but does not use the macro anywhere.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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