What is "MLAV: Unknown error" message?

What is "MLAV: Unknown error" message?

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Created On 03/08/23 04:20 AM - Last Modified 01/09/26 08:19 AM


Question


The following message was found in the system log: "MLAV: Unknown error".
What does this message indicate?

2025/06/08 12:09:31 medium general general 0 MLAV: Unknown error.

 



Environment


  • PAN-OS 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.0
  • MLAV (Machine Learning-based Antivirus)


Answer


  1. This message is displayed when the response code from the MLAV Cloud is 404.
  2. If the message appears only temporarily, it can be ignored.
  3. If  the message continues to appear, it indicates connectivity issue to the MLAV Cloud. 
  4. Check the Palo Alto Cloud Service Status Page and contact Palo Alto Technical Support.


Additional Information


Checking the devsrvr.log indicates the 404 response code.

2025-06-08 12:09:32.354 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_process_http_resp_code(pan_mlav_cloud.c:558): Got HTTP resp code 404
2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_resp_parser(pan_mlav_cloud.c:822): Server resp code[404], msglen[150], msg:
<html>
<head><title>404 Not Found</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center>
<hr><center>openresty</center>
</body>
</html>

2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_send_query(pan_mlav_cloud.c:1407): Failed to parse type[3] response
2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_get_metadata(pan_mlav_cloud.c:1669): Failed to send metadata query
2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_check_model(pan_mlav_cloud.c:1907): Failed to get metadata from cloud
2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_req_handler(pan_mlav_cloud.c:2029): meta download s_connection_tries [22]
2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 Error:  pan_mlav_req_handler(pan_mlav_cloud.c:2047): s_connection_tries [22], query[good], upload[good], meta[bad]
2025-06-08 12:09:32.356 +0900 MLAV cloud error, will try in 15 minutes



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