Bug ID 863401: QUIC congestion window sometimes increases inappropriately

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

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

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2

Fixed In:
16.0.0, 15.1.2.1

Opened: Dec 18, 2019

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

When QUIC is discovering the link bandwidth, it sometimes increases the congestion window when there is not enough available data to use the existing congestion window.

Impact

In some cases, the congestion window can be too large for the path and cause packet losses if it is later fully utilized.

Conditions

When the application is not generating enough data, or any streams with data are stream flow control limited.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Correctly check for data limitations before increasing congestion window.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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