Bug ID 511751: Discrepancy in handling value 'none' between GUI and tmsh

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(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, 11.5.3, 11.5.3 hf1, 11.5.3 hf2, 11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 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: Mar 11, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K45762521

Symptoms

In the GUI it is possible to set the value 'none' for certain string parameters on LTM policy actions/operands. Once persisted to bigip.conf, this produces a configuration that, when loaded, is different from what was intended, which might cause a validation error.

Impact

tmsh load sys config fails.

Conditions

Several operands require a string parameter (e.g., both http-cookie and http-header require a name string), as do several actions (e.g., tcl set-variable requires an expression). Using the GUI to set the value 'none' to these parameters produces a config, that when loaded from tmsh, causes a validation error.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

The GUI no longer allows 'none' as a value for LTM policy operand and action parameters, which avoids an issue where a configuration is created that cannot be loaded.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips