Last Modified: Aug 19, 2026
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM, Install/Upgrade
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, 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, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4
Fixed In:
12.1.0
Opened: Oct 25, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
upgrade fails, and /var/log/ltm contains this error: 010715bc:3: The application service (/Common/myapp.app/myapp) has strict updates enabled, the object (folder /Common/myapp.app) must be updated using an application management interface.
After upgrading the configuration will not load
security policy configured through iApp with strict-app-updates enabled, and DoS protection enabled for the policy. This occurs on upgrades to 11.2.1 through 12.0.0.
Turn off strict-updates for the application service before upgrade: tmsh modify sys application service /Common/APP_NAME.app/APP_NAME strict-updates disabled It can be re-enabled after upgrade.
ASM Upgrade no longer fails due to iApp configuration.