Bug ID 520885: Heavy load on iControl SOAP might cause portal to return 500 error

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

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Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.1, 11.5.1 HF1, 11.5.1 HF10, 11.5.1 HF11, 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, 11.5.10, 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, 11.6.0, 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: Apr 30, 2015
Severity: 3-Major
Related Article:
K45430031

Symptoms

If there is heavy load on iControl SOAP that leads to a large number of opened transactions that never get closed, there is a chance that the iControlPortal.cgi process will crash.

Impact

As the transactions begin to timeout, there is a small chance that the load will cause the portal to crash and return a 500 error.

Conditions

The user opens many transactions in iControl SOAP and puts the portal under heavy load.

Workaround

There is no workaround except not to open many transactions and allowing them to timeout while under heavy load, though the crash is rare.

Fix Information

The iControl SOAP portal no longer crashes under a heavy load with many open transactions.

Behavior Change