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Application compliance

Updated: June 8, 2026

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Describes application compliance, a name check that Cisco SD-WAN Manager runs when actions add new applications to the application catalog. It detects conflicts with existing custom application names and may block updates until you address conflicts.

A application compliance check is a feature in Cisco SD-WAN Manager that

checks new applications when you add them to the application catalog, and
detects name conflicts with currently defined custom applications.

Check application compliance

The application compliance check occurs during these actions:

Table 1. Application compliance checks
Event	Description
Updating the reference Protocol Pack	If uploading the new Protocol Pack would cause a name conflict, Cisco SD-WAN Manager aborts the upload. For about 24 hours, the task list shows the names of the custom applications that are potentially causing a name conflict. In the task list, click Completed and click the failed task to view the details. You can also view the names of these custom applications on the Monitor > Logs > Audit Logs page.
Adding cloud-sourced applications	If adding cloud-sourced applications would cause a name conflict, Cisco SD-WAN Manager aborts adding the cloud-sourced applications. For about 24 hours, the task list shows the names of the custom applications that are potentially causing a name conflict. In the task list, click Completed and click the failed task to view the details. You can also view the names of these custom applications on the Monitor > Logs > Audit Logs page.
Upgrading to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.16.1 from a previous release	The upgrade includes Protocol Pack 71.0.0. This may potentially bring a Protocol Pack update from what you had loaded in a previous release of Cisco SD-WAN Manager. After this upgrade, Cisco SD-WAN Manager performs an application compliance check to detect any name conflicts. If there is a name conflict, Cisco SD-WAN Manager shows a message indicating the conflict, on the Maintenance > WAN Edge page, and Configuration > Application Catalog page. You can view details in the Compliance tab on the Configuration > Application Catalog page, or on the Monitor > Compliance page.

To prevent name conflicts with custom applications, from Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.16.1, Cisco SD-WAN Manager appends "-Custom" to the name of new custom applications.

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