Bug ID 540070: CLASSIFICATION::app iRule is deprecated

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, 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

Fixed In:
12.1.0

Opened: Aug 15, 2015

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

CLASSIFICATION::app iRule command does not return any results after upgrade.

Impact

CLASSIFICATION::app iRule command will not return any result

Conditions

This occurs on iRules using CLASSIFICATION::app in BIG-IP 11.5.x and then upgrading to 11.6.0 through 12.0.0.

Workaround

CLASSIFICATION::app is deprecated. Correct command to use is CLASSIFICATION::result which returns an array of matched applications Sample Usage: when CLASSIFICATION_DETECTED { set res [CLASSIFICATION::result] log local0.debug "classification results: $res" }

Fix Information

CLASSIFICATION::result command was implemented

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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