Bug ID 656898: 'oops' 'bad transition' messages occur

Last Modified: Jul 13, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 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: Apr 07, 2017

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The /var/log/ltm log shows many 'oops' 'bad transition' messages.

Impact

Connections encountering these errors are aborted.

Conditions

These messages occur due to internal invariant violations on full proxy TCP virtual servers. Ramcache or SSL on these virtual servers are likely causes. There may be yet unknown causes.

Workaround

The excess logging may be stopped by setting the DB variable tmm.oops to 'silent'. Although these errors are not reported, connections are still aborted.

Fix Information

The conditions under which this error occurred have been resolved.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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