Bug ID 501949: BWC rate limit instability on large number of live dynamic flows

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Opened: Jan 20, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K17026

Symptoms

max-user-rate configuration changes constantly on large number of live dynamic flows.

Impact

This results in a lower-than-expected total rate.

Conditions

This issue appears very intermittently.

Workaround

Avoid rapid constant configuration changes on live traffic. Restart tmm to recover.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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