Bug ID 930017: Bot defense profile upgrade fails from 14.x to 15.x/16.x with error match-order should be unique

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP ASM, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.1

Opened: Jul 22, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Upgrading Bot defense profile fails with match-order field 1 or 2 fails, while the error is "match-order should be unique"

Impact

Upgrade fails

Conditions

- ASM provisioned - Bot defense profile has allow list object (the GUI says whitelist object) - The object has a field match-order = 1 or 2 - Upgrade happening from 14.x to 15.x/16.x

Workaround

Before upgrading -- Change match-order field 1 to 3 -- Change match-order field 2 to 4

Fix Information

Fix changes match-order field 1 to 3 and match-order field 2 to 4 programmatically

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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