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d31v1d
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Aug 10, 2025

Delay Remote Desktop Response to Client

Hello, We're currently using F5 APM to provide VDI/RDP secure access via a Remote Desktop resource assigned to the Webtop. When a user clicks the icon, an .rdp file is downloaded, which they then op...
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Injeyan_Kostas
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Aug 11, 2025

Hello d31v1d​ it might be achivable though irules
I am thinking of catching the rdp download, executing some sideband connection and after a succesfull response releasing download
or
catching https://VIP/f5vdi/rdp/launch/Common/*  and just add some delay with after command https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/irules/after.html

But both sound like bad user experience

What VDI are you using?

My point is that APM has native integration for both Citrix and VMware so if you use one of these it might be better to use native integration instead of RDP.