Bug ID 552198: APM App Tunnel/AM iSession Connection Memory Leak

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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: Oct 13, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K27590443

Symptoms

A memory leak occurs when APM application tunnels or AM iSession connections are aborted while waiting to be reused.

Impact

Available memory might be significantly reduced when a large number of iSession connections waiting to be reused are aborted.

Conditions

The iSession profile reuse-connection attribute is true. A large number of iSession connections are aborted while waiting to be reused.

Workaround

Disable the iSession profile reuse-connection attribute. Restart TMM.

Fix Information

This release fixes an APM App Tunnel/AM iSession connection memory leak.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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