PAN-OS web interface shows "Not Ready" in the status bar and commit fails.
Symptoms
> show jobs id 1
Enqueued ID Type Status Result Completed -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013/07/25 15:49:03 1 Commit FIN FAIL 15:54:13 Warnings: Details:Error: A communication error happened during configuration commit to dataplane, please try again. (Module: device) Commit failed
> show jobs id 2
Enqueued ID Type Status Result Completed -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013/07/25 16:27:26 2 Commit FIN OK 16:32:43 Warnings: Details:Phase 2 commit failed: TIMEOUT(Module: device) Configuration committed successfully
> show chassis-ready no
Cause
If there was an autocommit which timed out earlier, this could cause the system ready status to be "no". Subsequent commits would fail with the messages, as shown above.