Updated Date: 07/07/2026
New Features in BIG-IP Version 16.1.4
F5 is changing the standard support phase of the BIG-IP software lifecycle for Long-Term Stability (LTS) releases from five (5) years to four (4) years. This means that EoSD and EoTS dates will now be reached 4 years after individual versions are released, with this change remaining in effect for all subsequent BIG-IP LTS releases. As F5 shifts to deliver more software-based solutions this change is intended to maintain alignment with the industry, while also helping facilitate migration of customers BIG-IP’s to newer versions.
You can find more information about the updated software lifecycle here:
K8986: F5 software lifecycle policy
K5903: BIG-IP software support policy
BIG-IP version 16.1.4 introduces the following new feature for LTM/TMOS:
The Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) filter over WebSocket is enabled to offer an MQTT filter when MQTT is encapsulated using WebSockets, such as MQTT iRule based enrichment and inspection.
In addition to the current behavior of the WebSockets filter, support for the following is added:
- Support for MQTT protocol profile over WebSockets when both client-side and server-side connflows are encapsulated using WebSockets.
- Support for MQTT protocol profile over WebSockets when only client-side connflow is encapsulated using WebSockets.
BIG-IP version 16.1.4 introduces the following new feature for AFM:
The SSH library (libssh) is upgraded from version 0.7.7 to version 0.9.6.
The DoS capabilities are extended to include zones as a context by allowing to attach a DoS protection profile to the zones object. A zone that has an associated DoS protection profile is called a protected zone. For more information about protected zones, refer BIG-IP AFM: DoS/DDoS Protection Implementations.
BIG-IP version 16.1.4 introduces the following update for Advanced WAF:
The OWASP Top 10 categories have been updated to correspond with the OWASP Top 10 2021 categories.