This article provides information about the major alarm: 'FPC[x] PIC[y] SPU flowd abnormal exit' observed on SRX5K devices.

During the issue, the following major alarm is observed when running the show chassis alarms no-forwarding command:

root@SRX> show chassis alarms no-forwarding
1 alarms currently active
Alarm time           Class  Description
2025-07-22 02:31:45  Major  FPC 0 PIC 0 SPU flowd abnormal exit

"FPC [x] PIC [y] SPU flowd abnormal exit" indicates an unexpected termination of the flowd process on the SPU, typically due to issues with the Packet Forwarding Engine (FPC) or PICs. To resolve this, perform a physical reseat of the affected card. If the alarm persists, please contact JTAC for further assistance.