Bug ID 554671: Traffic Policies may execute actions for more than one rule in a first-match policy

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.0.1, 13.0.0, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Oct 27, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Traffic policies might not respect the 'first-match' strategy. With 'first-match' specified, it is expected that only one rule may trigger its actions. However, in some cases, more than one rule may have its actions executed.

Impact

Unexpected actions may occur.

Conditions

-- A 'first-match' strategy is used. -- Not all first-match policies are affected, but the exact requirements to trigger this issue are complicated.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

Traffic policies respect the 'first-match' strategy, and only execute the actions corresponding to the one matching rule.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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