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From 04/15/2024 to 05/14/2024

05/14/2024

01:22 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15496: Traffic Totals: empty Data Summary
Kristof Provost wrote in #note-4:
> The relevant package has been installed for a very long time, so it's not a lack...
Jim Pingle
12:28 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15496: Traffic Totals: empty Data Summary
I can't reproduce any issue here currently. Seems to be OK on Plus 24.03 amd64 and arm64, and CE 2.8 Snapshots (at le... Jim Pingle

05/13/2024

06:56 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15061 (New): acme.sh nsupdate with challengealias is failing in certain cases
Change reverted.
Jim Pingle

05/10/2024

05:09 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15479 (Closed): Feedback on DNS — Creating Wildcard Records in DNS Forwarder/Resolver
That isn't quite true exactly as stated, but I added some text to clarify what is happening in those cases and how to... Jim Pingle
05:00 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15473 (Closed): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — Blocking External Client DNS Queries: Firefox
It's clear as is -- that's what the "by default" part of that sentence means -- but I added a little more text to mak... Jim Pingle
04:38 PM pfSense Bug #15487 (Not a Bug): Unable to ping nodes in remote side of tailscale
Doesn't seem like there is an actionable bug here. It may just not be compatible with tailscale in the way you're try... Jim Pingle
04:35 PM pfSense Bug #15486 (Duplicate): Unable to run Packet Captures on a tailscale interface in GUI on 2.7.2
It's already fixed in the repo, there is nothing more to fix. We could maybe add a patch for that to system patches f... Jim Pingle
04:34 PM pfSense Feature #15488: Add link from "Tracking ID" when editing a firewall rule to firewall logs filtered for that ID
N.B. whoever implements this, it would have to utilize @usepost@ so it properly submits the form data, it can't just ... Jim Pingle
04:26 PM pfSense Bug #15490: Sanitize RFC 2136 Dynamic DNS update keys in ``status.php`` output
Specifically the tag is @<keydata>@ that should be sanitized. (@dnsupdates/dnsupdate/<idx>/keydata@) Jim Pingle

05/09/2024

01:39 PM pfSense Bug #15482 (Rejected): NTP logic
What you're describing would need to be a change made in the NTP daemon behavior, which is out of our control. Probab... Jim Pingle
01:15 PM pfSense Todo #15483: Update Unbound to 1.22.0
If you "read the details":https://nlnetlabs.nl/news/2024/May/08/unbound-1.20.0-released/ that isn't really a vulnerab... Jim Pingle
12:34 PM pfSense Feature #15478 (Duplicate): Rule Seperators for NAT Rules.
Duplicate of #7781 Jim Pingle
12:33 PM pfSense Bug #15480 (Rejected): IX polling driver
Polling was removed because it was no longer useful on modern hardware the way it worked in the OS, which is still tr... Jim Pingle

05/07/2024

03:32 PM pfSense Bug #15466 (Needs Patch): Kea does not send a subnet mask in its inform response when requested by a client that isn't requesting an address allocation
As far as I can see this may be a bug in Kea itself you may need to report upstream. The configuration appears to be ... Jim Pingle
03:21 PM pfSense Bug #15328 (Confirmed): Changes in Kea DHCP interface pools may invalidate lease database content
This appears to be a known issue in Kea, their documentation even warns about it:
https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/ke...
Jim Pingle
02:32 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15459 (Closed): Memory leak affecting ``lcdproc_client.php``, eventually hits PHP memory limit and crashes
I made some optimizations to the LCDProc client code to help here but the memory leak issue is still the primary root... Jim Pingle
02:30 PM pfSense Bug #15471 (Resolved): Memory leak in pfSense module function ``pfSense_get_ifaddrs()``
Moving this over from #15459 since it does not appear to be a problem in LCDProc but in the base system pfSense PHP m... Jim Pingle

05/06/2024

07:19 PM pfSense Packages Regression #15469 (Confirmed): RRD Graphs height is smaller than expected
At some point between Plus 23.09.1 and 24.03 the height of RRD graphs shrank. Might be from the jQuery update but it'... Jim Pingle
06:12 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15459: Memory leak affecting ``lcdproc_client.php``, eventually hits PHP memory limit and crashes
Drilling down into the affected functions above, they all call @pfSense_get_ifaddrs()@ one or more (or many!) times a... Jim Pingle
03:38 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15467 (Rejected): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — Configuring CoDel Limiters for Bufferbloat
1. There are many other protocols besides TCP/IP which can consume large amounts of bandwidth, such as ESP for IPsec.... Jim Pingle
01:22 PM pfSense Feature #14437 (Pull Request Review): Add DynDNS Provider - Hetzner
Jim Pingle
12:51 PM pfSense Feature #15461 (Needs Patch): Support GRE Tunnel Key
Support for GRE keys is not complete in FreeBSD at this time. FreeBSD GRE allows configuring an outbound key but not ... Jim Pingle
12:21 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15460 (Not a Bug): Kernel routing SPD Database gets “supenetted” wrong from multiple P2’s
There are two things that could be a factor here and either one could be affecting it, but neither is a bug.
1. Th...
Jim Pingle

05/03/2024

07:24 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15459: Memory leak affecting ``lcdproc_client.php``, eventually hits PHP memory limit and crashes
MR: https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/FreeBSD-ports/-/merge_requests/395 Jim Pingle
07:21 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15459 (Closed): Memory leak affecting ``lcdproc_client.php``, eventually hits PHP memory limit and crashes
There is a memory leak affecting @lcdproc_client.php@ leading it to eventually running out of RAM and dying with a PH... Jim Pingle
05:43 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15393 (Feedback): Return to the ga version of NUT
PR merged into devel, should be in snapshots when the next build happens.
Jim Pingle
03:29 PM pfSense Bug #15456 (Not a Bug): KEA DHCP allows entering static mappings with no IP address defined
Entries with a MAC address but not an IP address are valid. They define entries for "Deny Unknown Clients" which can ... Jim Pingle
02:59 PM pfSense Bug #14977 (New): Kea fails to restart due to race between process termination and startup
Yuri Weinstein wrote in #note-4:
> I have experienced the same problem today 2 days after updating to 24.03-RELEASE
...
Jim Pingle

05/02/2024

12:13 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15375 (Resolved): Update ntopng package
Jim Pingle

05/01/2024

05:50 PM pfSense Bug #15454 (Resolved): Certificate Manager GUI inconsistency in Revocation tab titles
Jim Pingle
01:00 PM pfSense Bug #15454 (Feedback): Certificate Manager GUI inconsistency in Revocation tab titles
Applied in changeset commit:7cbbda697adeabca5eaad369099ea995a4c2cd42. Jim Pingle
03:48 PM pfSense Bug #15440 (Resolved): CA certificates are not added to the Trust Store
Jim Pingle
12:47 PM pfSense Bug #15440: CA certificates are not added to the Trust Store
Georgiy Tyutyunnik wrote in #note-3:
> tested the patch:
> seems like imported ca is correctly recognised post-imp...
Jim Pingle
12:58 PM pfSense Bug #15453 (Not a Bug): Assignment of OpenVPN port to an Interface shuts down OpenVPN access to Netgate 1100/2100
After assigning an OpenVPN interface you must edit/save the OpenVPN instance to properly reinitialize the underlying ... Jim Pingle

04/30/2024

06:53 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15450 (Closed): Feedback on High Availability
Info added.
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/b83e51d63a71013f568e8f7314993fcde182fd49
Jim Pingle
01:18 PM pfSense Feature #15422 (Resolved): Show current boot method in System Information Dashboard widget
Jim Pingle
12:15 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15451 (Incomplete): Cannot remove package
There isn't nearly enough information here to go on, and this isn't the correct platform to diagnose the issue. Pleas... Jim Pingle

04/29/2024

05:01 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15229 (Resolved): ACME DNS-Selfhost verification issues
Fixed in ACME pkg v0.8 Jim Pingle
03:43 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15229 (In Progress): ACME DNS-Selfhost verification issues
Jim Pingle
05:01 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15061 (Resolved): acme.sh nsupdate with challengealias is failing in certain cases
Fixed in ACME pkg v0.8 Jim Pingle
03:25 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15061 (In Progress): acme.sh nsupdate with challengealias is failing in certain cases
Jim Pingle
05:01 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14815 (Resolved): ACME.sh ingnores Certificates in Trust Store
Fixed in ACME pkg v0.8 Jim Pingle
03:22 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14815 (In Progress): ACME.sh ingnores Certificates in Trust Store
Jim Pingle
05:00 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14796 (Resolved): ACME for domain registrar INWX in Germany
Fixed in ACME pkg version ACME pkg v0.8 Jim Pingle
03:20 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14796 (In Progress): ACME for domain registrar INWX in Germany
Jim Pingle
03:28 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15414 (Rejected): Program Loops on invalid domains
Looks like it's looping inside acme.sh and not code we maintain, so you'd need to report that upstream. Jim Pingle
03:26 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15292 (Duplicate): Certificate renewal with 'dns_inwx.sh' not working: Error add txt for domain:_acme-challenge.foo.bar
Likely a duplicate of #14796 Jim Pingle
03:18 PM pfSense Packages Bug #12623 (Closed): acme.sh package | DNS-ISPConfig settings
This has been fixed for a long time now. Jim Pingle
03:16 PM pfSense Packages Bug #7453 (Closed): DNS-ovh need to save or display consumer key
This field has been in the GUI for years. Jim Pingle
03:15 PM pfSense Feature #15422 (Feedback): Show current boot method in System Information Dashboard widget
Applied in changeset commit:b891c3a33aff74f4ded6176a78b22ed84821036a. Jim Pingle
03:07 PM pfSense Feature #15422 (In Progress): Show current boot method in System Information Dashboard widget
Jim Pingle
01:44 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15421: Netgate 3100 boot loader lacks Lua support but is trying to read loader.conf.lua
Kris Phillips wrote in #note-2:
> Oddly, I'm getting a similar, but not the same error message on an x86 KVM VM. Se...
Jim Pingle
01:35 PM pfSense Bug #15448: ``miniupnpd`` lacks IGDv2 support
The choice between v1 and v2 is a compile-time option so we can't make it a GUI selection, however, given the age of ... Jim Pingle
12:49 PM pfSense Bug #15442 (Resolved): CLI password check exits with a write access error when checking is a read-only operation
Jim Pingle

04/26/2024

07:59 PM pfSense Bug #15434 (Resolved): DNS Forwarder ignores "Use remote DNS Servers, ignore local DNS" setting
dylan mendez wrote in #note-6:
> This patch seems to work, however, I had to manually re-save the config on the Gene...
Jim Pingle
05:59 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15365 (Resolved): pfBlockerNG PHP error when editing a list
PR merged, updated package should be available now on 24.03. Jim Pingle
04:01 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15444 (Duplicate): Since this update 24.03-RELEASE was installed, PFBlockerNG has not been functioning correctly.
Jim Pingle

04/25/2024

11:50 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15443 (Duplicate): PHP Crash: pfBlockerNG/DNSBL/DNSBL Groups, attempt to add list
Jim Pingle
07:48 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15436 (Closed): Update notes for if-bound state policy
I was thinking that but I wasn't certain if there was still some other issue hanging out there. I removed the note, i... Jim Pingle
05:52 PM pfSense Regression #15439: Incorrect icon on collapsed dashboard widgets
In source:src/usr/local/www/js/pfSenseHelpers.js#L486 the code that handles collapse/expand is adding/removing the fa... Jim Pingle
05:40 PM pfSense Bug #15440 (Feedback): CA certificates are not added to the Trust Store
Applied in changeset commit:27fc5a3020fe981b7a5bc98fc9b1660e8773fc7d. Jim Pingle
05:32 PM pfSense Bug #15440 (In Progress): CA certificates are not added to the Trust Store
Looks like the behavior of @certctl rehash@ changed and now it wipes out the contents of that directory when it did n... Jim Pingle
05:36 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15441 (Rejected): Update "Security Gateway Manual SG-2100", chapter 7
The current docs are already saying most of that -- the only new bits are the driver, which already says "if needed" ... Jim Pingle
05:30 PM pfSense Bug #15442 (Feedback): CLI password check exits with a write access error when checking is a read-only operation
Applied in changeset commit:90c4a2fe6db1bafc8bb4bc038cf3e3664ac6db47. Jim Pingle
05:23 PM pfSense Bug #15442 (Resolved): CLI password check exits with a write access error when checking is a read-only operation
When running @usermgrpasswd -c@ to check the current user password it exits with an error message saying the user lac... Jim Pingle

04/24/2024

07:57 PM pfSense Regression #15430: Interface-bound state policy does not handle IPsec VTI traffic as expected when filtering on ``enc0`` interface
I added notes about this to the docs about state policy in general (and in the release notes): https://docs.netgate.c... Jim Pingle
01:43 PM pfSense Regression #15430: Interface-bound state policy does not handle IPsec VTI traffic as expected when filtering on ``enc0`` interface
If you do not have **any** tunnel mode IPsec (no site to site tunnel mode P2s, no mobile IPsec) you could change the ... Jim Pingle
01:31 PM pfSense Regression #15430: Interface-bound state policy does not handle IPsec VTI traffic as expected when filtering on ``enc0`` interface
IPsec is fundamentally different in how it's handled compared to things like WireGuard/OpenVPN/OpenVPN+DCO. IPsec can... Jim Pingle
12:58 PM pfSense Regression #15430: Interface-bound state policy does not handle IPsec VTI traffic as expected when filtering on ``enc0`` interface
What type of IPsec VPN, policy-based or VTI? Since you mention BGP, I'm guessing VTI, but it needs to be confirmed.
...
Jim Pingle
07:50 PM pfSense Bug #15434 (Feedback): DNS Forwarder ignores "Use remote DNS Servers, ignore local DNS" setting
Applied in changeset commit:247909ff5387200fb31c76f13e7702a8fbdc06f4. Jim Pingle
07:43 PM pfSense Bug #15434 (In Progress): DNS Forwarder ignores "Use remote DNS Servers, ignore local DNS" setting
OK, I can also reproduce this with the DNS Forwarder. I also have a fix coming. Looks like some parenthesis around th... Jim Pingle
05:31 PM pfSense Bug #15434 (Not a Bug): DNS Forwarder ignores "Use remote DNS Servers, ignore local DNS" setting
I can't reproduce that here.
Before:...
Jim Pingle
06:17 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15432 (Closed): Feedback on Installing and Upgrading — Online Network Installer
This is corrected now, the document contains appropriate links to the relevant store pages.
Jim Pingle
04:02 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15432: Feedback on Installing and Upgrading — Online Network Installer
Yes, that is due to be replaced. Things are still settling into their final places but I can put in the current locat... Jim Pingle
06:16 PM pfSense Plus Regression #15433 (Resolved): ``smartmontools`` is not present on ARM builds (64 or 32 bit)
Looks good here.
Users don't need to reinstall or re-upgrade, they can fix it a couple different ways:
Either t...
Jim Pingle
05:04 PM pfSense Plus Regression #15433 (Resolved): ``smartmontools`` is not present on ARM builds (64 or 32 bit)
The @smartmontools@ package is not present on 64-bit ARM builds (1100, 2100) or 32-bit ARM builds (3100). It is still... Jim Pingle
01:02 PM pfSense Bug #15431 (Duplicate): Interface Bound Firewall State Policy Breaks IPsec VTI
Usually states would only disappear like that if the traffic is not being matched in both directions and then times o... Jim Pingle
12:54 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15126 (Resolved): SG-1100 pfSense+ recovery results in non aligned disk slices
This may not have been fixed specifically but happens to be handled better in the new installer from the start. The o... Jim Pingle

04/23/2024

04:11 PM pfSense Bug #15299 (Resolved): Old auto-added MAC addresses are not pruned for non-concurrent Captive Portal sessions
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #15156 (Resolved): Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Regression #15076 (Resolved): DHCP leases may not be restored from older configuration backups
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #15032 (Resolved): Kea DHCP sends wrong bootloader file for UEFI
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Feature #14728 (Resolved): Support for CD/DVD drives in the External Configuration Locator (ECL)
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Regression #14431 (Resolved): Sending IPv6 traffic on a disabled interface can trigger a kernel panic
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #14312 (Resolved): MSS clamping on VPN traffic does not work on IPsec IPv6 mobile VPNs
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #14290 (Resolved): ICMPv6 Path MTU Discovery breaks with NPT
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Todo #13263 (Resolved): Reduce log spam when deleting a static DHCP entry
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #13090 (Resolved): OpenVPN NetBIOS Node Type and Scope ID options are not pushed to clients
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Feature #13085 (Resolved): OpenVPN NBDD server options
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #12947 (Resolved): Old IPv6 addresses may continue to be used after DHCP or RA changes
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #12920 (Resolved): Gateway behavior differs when the gateway does not exist in the configuration
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #12673 (Resolved): Firewall Logs Dashboard Widget is slow and may fail to update
Jim Pingle
04:11 PM pfSense Bug #9453 (Resolved): Reconfiguring a parent LAGG interface breaks its VLANs
Jim Pingle
04:10 PM pfSense Plus Regression #15387 (Resolved): Boot failure detection tripping on config reset button during boot
Jim Pingle
04:10 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15280 (Closed): Boot Environments 2.0
Closing, it's in the release, any issues can be opened separately going forward. Jim Pingle
12:30 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15427 (Duplicate): Create file that can be imported into the Wireguard Apps (on the Android, Windows etc)
Duplicate of #13469 Jim Pingle
12:29 PM pfSense Bug #15428 (Not a Bug): UI appears to put incorrect CARP parameters into the low level NIC configurations
A skew of 254 indicates a problem in your setup not a problem with how the settings were applied. Either they are in ... Jim Pingle

04/22/2024

04:45 PM pfSense Bug #15423 (Resolved): PHP error when applying interface settings if the ``/tmp/.interfaces.apply`` file is present but empty
If the @/tmp/.interfaces.apply@ file is present but empty it can lead to a PHP error when applying interface settings... Jim Pingle
03:27 PM pfSense Feature #15422 (Resolved): Show current boot method in System Information Dashboard widget
It would be helpful to include the contents of the @machdep.bootmethod@ sysctl in the System Information widget most ... Jim Pingle

04/19/2024

06:22 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15403 (Closed): openvpn client speciffic overrides, local networks clarification
Info added: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/9011224272ea0934535d8530da838580f91c988b Jim Pingle

04/18/2024

07:42 PM pfSense Bug #15417 (Not a Bug): static mappings for the ISC DHCP IPv4 server are ignored when the IP Address field is left blank
Seems there is a bit of a misunderstanding. When you omit the IP address it's not a "static" mapping it's defining a ... Jim Pingle
12:12 PM pfSense Bug #15416 (Duplicate): Php Error when moving IPsec-Phase2 entries
Duplicate of #15157 and #15384 -- Both already fixed. Jim Pingle

04/17/2024

04:28 PM pfSense Feature #15415: Enhanced firewall log action information display
For users hitting #15400 who want to see the reason code ("ip-options" in that problem case), this diff will add it t... Jim Pingle
04:27 PM pfSense Feature #15415 (Resolved): Enhanced firewall log action information display
Currently hovering over the action icon on a firewall log entry shows a small tooltip with the action text and the ru... Jim Pingle

04/16/2024

03:01 PM pfSense Bug #15411: Hostname missing from logs in certain cases can cause the system log to display in an unexpected manner
Dug more into this and the problem is that somehow at boot the hostname was not being printed in the system logs on j... Jim Pingle
01:07 PM pfSense Bug #15411 (New): Hostname missing from logs in certain cases can cause the system log to display in an unexpected manner
With the system log set to show ~500 lines the system log tab will also show most if not all of the kernel boot messa... Jim Pingle

04/15/2024

05:59 PM pfSense Todo #15408 (New): Reduce inconsistencies between Configuration History with/without ZFS Boot Environments
The Configuration History page has diverged a bit between Plus w/Boot Environments and CE which is making it confusin... Jim Pingle
01:33 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15191 (Closed): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)
Jim Pingle
12:29 PM pfSense Feature #15402: A new approach to rc.start_packages
It might be viable but you have the logic a bit backward. The base system should not have specific knowledge of any p... Jim Pingle
12:24 PM pfSense Bug #15405 (Needs Patch): leap seconds update server has changed
That file is part of the NTP package (@ntp.org@), Netgate does not maintain that code. It should be reported upstream... Jim Pingle
 

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