Bug ID 698917: Unexpected additional policy is created while creating a policy from a template via REST

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 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, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Opened: Dec 14, 2017

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

An unexpected additional policy is created while creating a policy from a template via REST while modifying other attributes.

Impact

An unexpected additional policy is created.

Conditions

The user creates a policy from a template via REST while modifying other attributes.

Workaround

Use the import-policy task to create a new policy from a template in REST. Alternatively, if using the /policies endpoint, create the policy with just the name and template, and make any other changes as a separate update afterwards.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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