> Source: [sk169767](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk169767)

# sk169767 - "cphwd_api_q_choose_q: qid is invalid, qid:4294967295" log repeats many times in /var/log/messages

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk169767 |
| Date Created | 2020-10-26 |
| Last Modified | 2021-06-17 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- "cphwd_api_q_choose_q: qid is invalid, qid:4294967295" log repeats many times in /var/log/messages file.

## Cause

A Usermode firewall with 2 CPU and 2 CoreXL instances enabled, has both instances affined to ALL CPUs, which results in these messages being printed in /var/log/messages.

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