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CirrusChanges to DO and AS3 GitHub - no longer monitored
EmployeeGood morning, Folks, I am the PM who implemented the changes on behalf of leadership. Let me address the changes.
No—this is not a signal that BIG-IP tooling is going away. These changes are part of aligning the Automation Toolchain with the broader BIG-IP Tools initiative. Moving images, RPMs, and related software to MyF5 Downloads aligns with how F5 distributes its products today and helps ensure that F5 software is available in a single, centralized location rather than spread across multiple sites. This improves consistency and supports security and governance requirements.
Similarly, removing the GitHub Issues tab is intended to reduce shadow support and route issue resolution through the appropriate support and engineering channels. Having PMs solely manage GitHub issues did not scale well and was not the right long-term model for timely, well-supported resolution. The goal is to connect customers with the engineering resources and formal support processes needed to address issues more effectively.
Overall, the change is better understood as consolidation and operational maturity, not a broader loss of BIG-IP tooling. We are also rolling out the next generation of APIs on BIG-IP that address the challenges introduced with AS3. The deprecation notices you are seeing may be related to the same effort to streamline distribution, support, and lifecycle management across the BIG-IP Tools portfolio. Please don't hesitate to reach out for a call and roadmap review.
Juergen_Mang, MJ_1024, carlbidwell268, juanboticari0, kuhlenkamp, zdenekzemba
CirrusThanks for clarification, looking forward to new declarative API and the way it will be sustained. But please, do not make a mistake again and do not plan to close access to imperative API. This is and will be needed not only by your tools like Insight etc, but also by our tools :) Thanks and good luck
