Technical Tip: Remote TACACS+ Administrators cannot edit/modify Application Control Security Profiles with GUI Error 'Error ending transaction'

The error message 'Error ending transaction' appears when attempting to modify the Application Control Security Profile by navigating to Security Profile -> Application Control -> Edit -> Application and Filter Overrides- > Create New -> Select a signature and select 'Ok' -> Ok.

The following error is seen when 'Edit in CLI' is selected from GUI:

config application list

Can not config the object since either the object or the referenced objects are being configured by other transactions.

Command fail. Return code 14

In the httpsd debugs, the error message 'Error ending transaction' is seen as shown below:

diagnose debug application httpsd -1
diagnose debug enable

2023-11-10 15:21:58 [httpsd 20037 - 1699629718 info] endpoint_process_req_vdom[1070] -- new API request (action='select',path='system',name='debug',vdom='root',user='Trustmarque')

2023-11-10 15:21:58 [httpsd 20037 - 1699629718 warning] JavaScript -- No language entry found for "Error ending transaction."

window.FOS_LIB</Lang.prototype.translate@ https://10.6.5.11/9cb69a312b4e367b37b1e85a92ef932e/ng/app.js:25:152040

lang@ https://10.6.5.11/9cb69a312b4e367b37b1e85a92ef932e/ng/app.js:238:369452

notify_failure@ https://10.6.5.11/9cb69a312b4e367b37b1e85a92ef932e/ng/app.js:25:575015

2023-11-10 15:21:58 [httpsd 20037 - 1699629718 warning] JavaScript -- Possibly unhandled rejection: {"user_notified":"error","request":{"data":{"http_method":"POST","revision":"51552d1337

6e88ac91216ef683ffd98b","revision_changed":false,"error":-37,"status":"error","http_status":500,"vdom":"MAIN","action":"transaction-commit","serial":"F2K60FTKXXXXXXX","version":"v7.4

.1","build":2463},"status":500,"config":{"method":"POST","transformRequest":[null],"transformResponse":[null],"jsonpCallbackParam":"callback","url":"/api/v2/cmdb?action=transaction-commit"

,"data":"{\"transaction-id\":38}","headers":{"Accept":"application/json, text/plain, */*","Content-Type":"application/json;charset=utf-8","X-Requested-With":"XMLHttpRequest","X-CSRFTOKEN":

"C3DA89392F1A575F5E32F388EB2C"},"params":{"vdom":"MAIN"}},"statusText":"","xhrStatus":"complete"},"message":"Error ending transaction.","cli_error":""}

processChecks@ https://10.6.5.11/9cb69a312b4e367b37b1e85a92ef932e/ng/app.js:31:168711

$digest@ https://10.6.5.11/9cb69a312b4e367b37b1e85a92ef932e/ng/app.js:31:179398

26090/bootstrap/</</Rt<@ https://10.6.5.11/9cb69a312b4e367b37b1e85a92ef932e/main.js:1:2545895

2023-11-10 15:21:58 [httpsd 20037 - 1699629718 warning] JavaScript -- CMDBError: (Error ending transaction.)

2023-11-10 15:21:58 [httpsd 20037 - 1699629718 warning] JavaScript -- CMDBError: (Error ending transaction.)

This issue has been resolved in  v7.4.4, v7.6.0

Workaround:

Local admin can make changes to application control via the GUI without running into this issue.