How can I return content directly from an irule and skip LB/server interaction?

Hi! The connection reset is probably due to other rules executing pool selections or redirects.

when HTTP_REQUEST {
    if {[HTTP::uri] equals "/ping.html" }
    {
        set object [class lookup "ping" "ping_objects"]
        HTTP::respond 200 content $object noserver Cache-Control No-Cache Pragma No-Cache
        set dchc 1

    }
}

Then start all the following rules with the following if statement:

if { [info exists blocked] && $blocked == 1 } {
    Doing nothing here because of DCHC variable being set
} else {
    Put the old iRule content here.
}

/Patrik