Bug ID 541571: FQDN ephemeral nodes not repopulated after recreating with swapped IP addresses

Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1

Opened: Aug 24, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K97140208

Symptoms

Under certain circumstances, ephemeral nodes that are force-deleted may not repopulate as expected.

Impact

Ephemeral nodes may not repopulate as expected.

Conditions

Sync group, multiple FQDNs resolving to different IP addresses. FQDNs deleted and re-created, with IP addresses swapped from deleted nodes to re-created ones.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

FQDN ephemeral nodes are now repopulated after being force-deleted and re-created with different IP addresses.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips