Bug ID 586412: BGP peer-group members address-family configuration not saved to configuration

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, 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, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 hf1, 12.1.0 hf2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 hf1, 12.1.1 hf2, 12.1.2, 12.1.2 hf1, 12.1.2 hf2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.3.4

Opened: Apr 09, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Deactivation of the ipv6 address-family for an IPv6 BGP neighbor that is a member of a peer group may be removed when the configuration is reloaded or the system restarts.

Impact

BGP behavior may change after reboot

Conditions

IPv6 BGP neighbors in a peer group Individual group members with different address-family configurations than the peer-group

Workaround

If a neighbor must have different behavior than other peer group members it can be removed from the peer group and configured individually.

Fix Information

BGP address-family configuration is now correctly saved and reloaded for neighbors belonging to a peer-group.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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