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F5 - Defect ID: 676982

Active connection count increases over time, long after connections expire

F5 - Defect ID: 676982

Active connection count increases over time, long after connections expire

Last updated on July 18th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score
8.6 High

Overall: 8.6

Severity: 9.1

Community: 4.2

Lifecycle: 8.3

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Bug Details

Priority: 2-Critical
Status: Verified
Impact Category: Local Traffic Manager

Description

Symptoms

- Number of active connections is increasing over time. - Memory used by TMM increases over time. - Potential TMM restart is possible.

Impact

- Service may be impacted after a period. - TMM instances may restart.

Conditions

This issue arises only when all the following conditions occur: - Hardware is chassis type. - There is more than one blade in service. - A fastL4 profile is configured (e.g., using bigproto). - SessionDB is used either by iRules or by native profile functionality.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

SessionDB-related accesses initiated via iRules are now properly cleaned up and no longer hang.

Change history

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Relevant Products

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Affected versions: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, 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, 12.1.2 hf1, 12.1.2 hf2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 hf1, 13.0.0 hf2, 13.0.0 hf3, 13.0.1

Fixed versions: 13.1.0, 12.1.3.2, 11.6.3.2

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Fixed versions: 13.1.0, 12.1.3.2, 11.6.3.2

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F5 - Defect ID: 676982

Active connection count increases over time, long after connections expire

F5 - Defect ID: 676982

Active connection count increases over time, long after connections expire

Last updated on July 18th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score8.6 High

Bug Details

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F5 - Defect ID: 676982

Active connection count increases over time, long after connections expire

F5 - Defect ID: 676982

Active connection count increases over time, long after connections expire

Last updated on July 18th, 2026

BugZero Risk Score8.6 High

Bug Details

Symptoms

Impact

Conditions

Workaround

Fix Information

Links

Top F5 Defects

Ready to prevent the next vendor outage?

BugZero Risk Score
8.6 High

BugZero Risk Score
8.6 High