Using 'clear table backend1' on the socket seems to only be clearing the bottom entry of 'show table backend1' wheras the docs say "In the case where no options arguments are given all entries will be removed." I'm reasonably sure this worked fine in 1.4.
Also, in the docs, my socat (1.7.1.2) doesn't work as the example... I needed to `echo "clear table backend1" | socat unix-connect:haproxy.sock stdio` Apologies if this isn't the correct place to "report possible bugs", I didn't see anywhere better on the website. My configuration follows: global daemon maxconn 256 # chroot chroot stats socket /home/vaisala/haproxy/haproxy.sock mode 0600 level admin defaults log global option tcplog option logasap mode tcp timeout check 4s timeout connect 4s timeout client 2m timeout server 2m backend backend1 log 127.0.0.1 local0 balance leastconn stick-table type integer size 10k expire 70m stick on dst_port default-server weight 100 maxconn 1 inter 30s downinter 2m fastinter 5s slowstart 15m server server1 address1:port check server server2 address2:port check