BugZero | F5 BugID 640457 - Session Creation failure after HA

F5 - Defect ID: 640457

Session Creation failure after HA

F5 - Defect ID: 640457

Session Creation failure after HA

Last updated on January 29th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score
6.9 Medium

Overall: 6.9

Severity: 7.3

Community: 4.2

Lifecycle: 8.3

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Bug Details

Priority: 3-Major
Status: Verified
Impact Category: Policy Enforcement Manager

Description

Symptoms

Under some HA scenarios, the subscriber session will be lost. If such a deleted session is added (the same subscriber-id), the addition attempt fails.

Impact

A set of subscribers lost during HA will never be added back.

Conditions

Intra-chassis HA is configured. One of the blades goes down & comes back up very rapidly & some subscriber sessions are lost. An attempt to add the lost subscriber again fails.

Workaround

No workaround.

Fix Information

None

Change history

2025-04-28 Added: 11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 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, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2, 13.0.0

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Affected versions:11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 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, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2, 13.0.0

Fixed versions: 13.1.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 12.1.2 HF1

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Affected versions:11.6.0, 11.6.0 HF1, 11.6.0 HF2, 11.6.0 HF3, 11.6.0 HF4, 11.6.0 HF5, 11.6.0 HF6, 11.6.0 HF7, 11.6.0 HF8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 HF1, 11.6.1 HF2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 HF1, 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, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.0, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2, 13.0.0

Fixed versions: 13.1.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 12.1.2 HF1

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F5 - Defect ID: 640457

Session Creation failure after HA

F5 - Defect ID: 640457

Session Creation failure after HA

Last updated on January 29th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score6.9 Medium

Bug Details

Symptoms

Impact

Conditions

Workaround

Fix Information

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