Technical Tip: 'The system has deactivated session fail mode' log message

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Description

This article describes the meaning of the 'The system has deactivated session fail mode' log message.

Scope

All FortiOS Users.

Solution

'The system has deactivated session fail mode' log message simply means that failopen occurred on the FortiGate system. This also means that the FortiGate may previously have entered conserve mode or has reached a session limitation per proxy.

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