Commit fails with message: "Error: Total number of security profiles (x) exceeds platform capacity (y).”

Commit fails with message: "Error: Total number of security profiles (x) exceeds platform capacity (y).”

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Created On 06/25/25 07:20 AM - Last Modified 10/21/25 20:40 PM


Symptom


Firewall commit or Panorama Device Group push fails with the following message:

Details:vsys1
    Error: Total number of security profiles (x) exceeds platform capacity (y)
(Module: device)
client device phase 1 failure
Commit failed


Environment


  • PAN-OS 10.1 and above
  • Any Palo Alto Networks Firewall


Cause


  • Each firewall platform has a maximum limit of configured Security Profiles. 
  • When the number is exceeded the commit fails with the above message.

Types of Profile that are included in the count:

  • Security Profiles:
    • Antivirus
    • Anti-Spyware
    • Vulnerability Protection
    • URL Filtering
    • File Blocking
    • Wildfire Analysis
    • Data Filtering
  • Other Profiles:
    • Decryption Profiles
    • HIP Profiles

Note: DoS Protection Security Profiles are not included in the count



Resolution


  • Locally configured Security Profiles:
    1. Reduce the number of Security Profiles configured on the Firewall.
    2. Commit the changes.
  • Panorama pushed Security Profiles:
    1. Move Security Profiles in the Shared context to a Device Group to ensure they are not pushed to all firewalls.
    2. Place firewalls with a lower Security Profile capacity into a separate Device Group that pushes a reduced number of Profiles to those devices.
    3. Commit and Push the changes.


Additional Information


  • When profiles are pushed from Panorama, disabling the "Share Unused Address and Service Objects with Devices" in Panorama does not apply to Security Profiles so cannot be used as a workaround.
  • The maximum Security Profile limit for a given firewall can be checked from the CLI with the following command which returns the value in hexadecimal:
    > show system state filter cfg.general.max-profile
    
    cfg.general.max-profile: 0x4b
    


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