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You may want to review the following article:
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K13004262
Also, note that many times firewalls will also have a default 300s timeout. So also make sure any other network device in the path has been amended in terms of its timeout config.
My Keep Alive Interval - is higher than Idle Timeout , since idle time out should trigger before
- whispererJun 24, 2023
MVP
My understanding is that keep alive should be shorter. So if the client in indeed still connected, a response to keep alive extends the amount of time remaining until idle timeout.
If an application is enterprise grade and developed by a 3rd party, they usually have guidance for integration with app delivery controllers like F5. They should be able to provide guidance on what values to set on the Virtual Server config for the app.