Bug ID 757813: Unable to use an iRule to classify traffic that has already been classified.

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

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

Fixed In:
15.1.0

Opened: Feb 06, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If network has already been classified (for example as icmp), then re-classifying it in an iRule will fail.

Impact

iRule fails to re-classify the traffic.

Conditions

-- CLASSIFY::application used in CLIENT_ACCEPTED iRule -- Traffic arrives that has already been classified

Workaround

None

Fix Information

A bigdb variable has been added, tmm.gpa.srdb.defer_finalization. The default value is false. If set to true, it will allow an iRule to reclassify traffic that has already been classified.

Behavior Change

A new bigdb variable has been added, called tmm.gpa.srdb.defer_finalization. The default value is false. If set to true, it will allow you to reclassify traffic that has already been classified.

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