| Description | This article describes the issue of FortiGate session sync, where sessions are not syncing properly between two FortiGates in a standalone cluster, resulting in session loss when the session owner is rebooted. |
| Scope | FortiGate. |
| Solution |
When FortiGate is in an FGSP cluster, one device is the session owner with the synced flag, and another device has the synced session with the syn_ses flag in the session list: Technical Tip: FGSP Configuration Guide for Session Sync and Config Sync article for the details To resolve the FortiGate session sync issue, follow these steps:
On the device that has synced the session, collect:
On the device that is rebooted, collect:
Collect the output of the 'diagnose sys session sync' and 'diagnose sys session list' commands to troubleshoot the issue further: Session failover (session-pickup) |
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