Bug ID 653775: Ampersand (&) in GTM synchronization group name causes synchronization failure.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 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, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0, 12.1.3.6

Opened: Mar 27, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K05397641

Symptoms

A GTM synchronization-group-name containing an ampersand (&) might cause an XML parsing failure and GTM sync groups would fail to sync.

Impact

GTM sync groups does not synchronize.

Conditions

A GTM synchronization group name with an ampersand (&) in the name.

Workaround

Remove ampersand from sync group name.

Fix Information

Fixed issue that prevented GTM sync groups with an ampersand (&) in the GTM synchronization-group-name from syncing.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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