SPDY/HTTP2 Profile Impact on Variable Use

When using SPDY/HTTP2 profile, TCL variables set before the HTTP_REQUEST event are not carried over to further events. This is by design as the current iRule/TCL implementation is not capable of hand...
Published Dec 19, 2016
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Dec 23, 2019

This behavior has changed, since LTM v14.1, as stated in the HTTP/2 wiki page

The behaviour is now more similar to the HTTP/1 behaviour. So the variables set before the HTTP_REQUEST event are now accessible. Actually, it seems to be more a "copy" of these variables that are accessible, as modifying them will not modify the original variables in the originating namespace.