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Bug #16610

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No error checking for blank VIP address

Added by Christopher Cope about 2 months ago. Updated 7 days ago.

Status:

Feedback

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Marcos M

Category:

Virtual IP Addresses

Target version:

2.9.0

Start date:

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Plus Target Version:

26.03

Release Notes:

Default

Affected Version:

Affected Architecture:

Description

Tested on

25.11-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Dec 15 12:04:00 EST 2025
FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT

It appears saving an VIP with an empty address, of any type, adds an entry to the config, but isn't visible in Firewall > Virtual IPs to be removed. The empty CARP addresses do show up on Status > CARP (failover). The other types can be confirmed to be added by viewing the config history or looking directly at the config file.

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Screenshot(78).png (29.8 KB) Screenshot(78).png	Status > CARP	Christopher Cope, 12/27/2025 02:33 AM
Screenshot(77).png (71.8 KB) Screenshot(77).png	Blank CARP	Christopher Cope, 12/27/2025 02:33 AM
clipboard-202512291451-duptz.png (38.6 KB) clipboard-202512291451-duptz.png		aleksei prokofiev, 12/29/2025 11:51 AM
clipboard-202512291451-zni6d.png (15.2 KB) clipboard-202512291451-zni6d.png		aleksei prokofiev, 12/29/2025 11:52 AM
clipboard-202512291453-hmppf.png (42.3 KB) clipboard-202512291453-hmppf.png		aleksei prokofiev, 12/29/2025 11:53 AM