Bug ID 682765: iHealth Task fails with "Request for PATCH on localhost failed: Invalid generation"

Last Modified: Oct 05, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Monitoring - Dashboards & Reports(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.4.0

Opened: Sep 11, 2017

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Intermittently, the iHealth task fails with an error: "Request for PATCH on localhost failed: Invalid generation" This is exacerbated by large numbers of devices. Typically, the uploads to iHealth succeed and this is the diagnostics on BIG-IQ not being updated correctly.

Impact

iHealth fails.

Conditions

Intermittently, the iHealth task can fail with an error: "Request for PATCH on localhost failed: Invalid generation" This is exacerbated by large numbers of devices.

Workaround

You can rerun the iHealth task to fix the diagnostics on BIG-IQ. If it fails again, reduce the number of iHealth devices in the task.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips