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After upgrading to vCenter Server 8.0.3.00200 (8.0 Update 3b), the vSphere Client could become unresponsive after a long idle period. The cause was a changed Tomcat default (RECYCLE_FACADES), described in Broadcom KB 377734. It is fixed in vCenter 8.0 Update 3c and later.
The full article covers the symptoms, the KB workaround, the fixed builds and how to set the vSphere Client session timeout in vCenter 8.0 and 9.x:
VCF 9.1.1 known issues from 1,562 new Broadcom KBs in October 2026: upgrade blockers, the Brotli CVE workaround, urgent NSX and ESX defects and 12 how-to fixes with CLI.
PSOD #GP Exception 13 in world vmotionRecvH during vMotion on ESX 9.1 (KB 455306): the PSOD screen text, why more than 16 stream helpers crash the host, and the workaround.
VCF 9.1 known issues from 973 Broadcom KBs in September 2026: upgrade traps, urgent PSODs, blocked paths, licensing, SSO and 12 how-to fixes with CLI.
