Bug ID 594302: Connection hangs when processing large compressed responses from server

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.0 HF1

Opened: May 18, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When large compressed responses are sent by the server, the connection hangs when trying to send decompressed content to the client.

Impact

Connection hangs when trying to process the compressed response in order to send decompressed content to client.

Conditions

An LTM policy which enforces decompression for responses is attached to the virtual server. The virtual server also has http compression profile attached to it. Server sends large compressed responses.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

The large compressed responses are successfully processed and no connection hangs are seen.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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