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F5 ASM/AWAF – violations logged but no learning suggestions generated
Hey everyone, running into a strange behavior with F5 ASM and hoping someone has seen this before.
Setup:
- Explicit/closed parameter list (only allowed parameters defined, everything else triggers a violation)
- "Illegal Parameter" violation has Learn + Alarm + Block all enabled
- Parameter learning mode is set to Always
- Violations are appearing correctly in the event logs
- no blocked IP addresses exceptions
The Problem:
Despite all of the above, no learning suggestions are being generated for the illegal parameter violations except one on the Traffic Learning page.
What I noticed:
After digging through the logs, I found a pattern:
- the one request that triggered only the illegal parameter violation (with a valid URL) → learning suggestion WAS generated
- Requests that triggered illegal parameter + illegal URL or illegal file type simultaneously → no learning suggestion generated
The vast majority of my traffic falls into the second category, which is why the suggestions page looks empty.
My question:
Is there any documented behavior in ASM/AWAF where requests triggering multiple severe violations (illegal URL + illegal file type + illegal parameter together) are suppressed from generating learning suggestions? Or is something else going on here?
Has anyone run into this and found a workaround other than manually adding parameters from the event log?
Thanks in advance.
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