Updated iRule not applied to existing connections?

Clarification: in an earlier iteration of the iRule I logged a specific message to the log file. I have since changed this, but it looks like the old logging directive persists. Curiously, the other parts of the iRule are not persisting (which is good!).

Hi Arie,

 

 

Theoretically, existing connections shouldn't be affected by a change to the iRule--they should continue to use the old version of the iRule. Spark commented on this in a post here:

 

 

iRule not applied immediately

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Forums/tabid/1082223/asg/50/showtab/groupforums/aff/5/aft/1168308/afv/topic/Default.aspx

 

 

But I and others have seen some odd behavior when updating iRules on actively used virtual servers as described in the post. If you're able to reproduce the issue, you could open a case with F5 Support and ask them to help you investigate the issue.

 

 

Aaron