Bug ID 494333: In specific cases, persist cookie insert fails to insert a session cookie when using an iRule

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0, 11.6.3, 11.5.6

Opened: Dec 03, 2014

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The 'persist cookie insert' and 'persist cookie rewrite' iRule commands fail to set session cookies.

Impact

TMM sets a cookie that expires using timeout of 180 instead of a session cookie.

Conditions

A persistence cookie profile with a timeout of zero must be applied. If either command is used without an explicit timeout, LTM will fail to set a session cookie.

Workaround

Explicitly specify a 0 for the cookie timeout in the iRule.

Fix Information

Cookie persistence now works as expected.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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