Bug ID 508630: The APM client does not clean up DNS search suffixes correctly in some cases

Last Modified: Jan 07, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF2, 11.5.1 HF3, 11.5.1 HF4, 11.5.1 HF5, 11.5.1 HF6, 11.5.1 HF7, 11.5.1 HF8, 11.5.1 HF9, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 11.5.2, 11.5.2 HF1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 12.0.0, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.5.3

Opened: Feb 23, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The APM client does not clean up DNS search suffixes correctly when the DNs suffixes configured on a client contain names configured in an APM Network Access resource.

Impact

As a result, DNS suffixes are not restored correctly.

Conditions

The problem occurs when a suffix name that is configured in a Network Access resource matches the suffix configured locally on the user's machine.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

An additional fix was made to restore DNS suffixes correctly.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips