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02/15/2024

10:14 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15259: Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS
One strategy to consider - In the future I humbly suggest you state that "I close this report pending additional inf... Michael McNamara
07:33 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15262 (Confirmed): Captive Portal Has High CPU Interrupts With Large Number of Users
When 700+ Captive Portal users are in use, CPU interrupts will cause high load averages to occur. This can lead to c... Kris Phillips
07:01 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15260: Snort IPS False Positives and Preprocessor Rules Misconfiguration
Roberto@ IT and General wrote in #note-3:
> Hello Bill,
>
> The more general writeup about why rules are in specific...
Bill Meeks
05:44 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15260: Snort IPS False Positives and Preprocessor Rules Misconfiguration
Hello Bill,
Thank you very much for your comment. I didn't perceive your message as an attempt to be argumentative...
Roberto@ IT and General
03:02 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15260: Snort IPS False Positives and Preprocessor Rules Misconfiguration
I am the volunteer package maintainer for Snort on pfSense. The method you described above for removing rules (disabl... Bill Meeks
11:31 AM pfSense Packages Feature #15260: Snort IPS False Positives and Preprocessor Rules Misconfiguration
Above, there is a list of the preprocessor rules and decoder rules that should be enabled/disabled for each of the th... Roberto@ IT and General
11:15 AM pfSense Packages Feature #15260 (Resolved): Snort IPS False Positives and Preprocessor Rules Misconfiguration
Greetings to all from IT And General.
I would like to point out an issue that we are experiencing with the Snort p...
Roberto@ IT and General
03:50 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190 (Resolved): PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
It works fine on today's release:
I will close this ticket as resolved.
Danilo Zrenjanin
01:09 PM Feature #15261 (Not a Bug): comcast DHCP issues
User reports issues with Comcast connection.
WANs intermittently stop from being able to communicate past the Comcas...
Georgiy Tyutyunnik
11:17 AM Bug #15248 (Resolved): Removing a gateway group used as the default gateway results in no default route
Tested against:... Danilo Zrenjanin
10:40 AM Bug #15252 (Resolved): Egress states remain when killing states for scheduled rules
Tested against:... Danilo Zrenjanin
05:49 AM pfSense Plus Bug #14968: Google LDAP fail to bind
I suspect it is related to issue #15060, I didn't test with only one LDAP backend configured. Lev Prokofev

02/14/2024

10:37 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15259: Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS
Thanks for accepting my feedback on how I made your system work despite the documents leading me astray! Michael McNamara
10:24 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15259: Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS
I tested both Plus and CE. If it didn't work, you must have configured it improperly. Jim Pingle
10:23 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15259: Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS
I don't need assistance, instead I am reporting that it fails if I just follow the guidelines on the base page.
If...
Michael McNamara
09:56 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15259 (Rejected): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS
I'm not sure what you did wrong, but it is absolutely sufficient. I just re-tested that entire set of instructions in... Jim Pingle
09:41 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15259 (Rejected): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — OpenVPN Site-to-Site Configuration Example with SSL/TLS
*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/openvpn-s2s-tls.html
*Text:*
Select the server insta...
Michael McNamara
06:01 PM Todo #15258 (Resolved): Update Gandi LiveDNS service with API changes
In August 2023 Gandi changed how authentication works with their API. Now you need to use Personal Access Tokens and ... Matthew Drury
04:23 PM Feature #15257 (Resolved): Support using a mask to block MAC addresses in Captive Portal
Blocking a MAC address in pfSense when using a mask is not working. However, if you use the pass option and specify t... Gordon Bennett
04:16 PM Bug #14933: Traffic Graph widget displays bandwidth usage values which are half the actual usage amount
I can still reproduce this in 23.09.1 dylan mendez
04:12 PM Bug #15015: Static routes not working
The pictures are no longer there, can you please re upload. dylan mendez
08:54 AM pfSense Packages Bug #14409: pfBlockerNG Cron Redundantly Updates pfSense Configuration When DNSBL is Disabled Due to Faulty Virtual IP Count
> I've come up with a patch that sets @$vip_count@ to @0@ if DNSBL is disabled. This causes the Virtual IP counts to ... Sima Xi
05:41 AM Bug #15110: pfSense hangs when rebooting
Another one TAC ticket with the same issue
2336421939
aleksei prokofiev
05:41 AM Bug #15110: pfSense hangs when rebooting
same issue here. 6100, 23.09.1
onboard mmc died, added a WD SN520 NVME SSD.
same console output
M O
01:44 AM Feature #12746: IPoE feature for WAN interface
As far as I know, a significant portion of the supply in the Japanese market is using IPoE mode, and currently, almos... Tianyi SUN

02/13/2024

04:33 PM Feature #10843: Allow user manager settings to specify multiple authentication servers
I've been thinking about this a bit lately since we've added something similar in the upcoming TNSR release.
Like ...
Jim Pingle
04:16 PM Feature #10843: Allow user manager settings to specify multiple authentication servers
This feature should also include the ability to define specific failover behavior if the configured authentication se... Chris Linstruth
02:29 PM Bug #8087: Provide Calling-Station-ID to RADIUS backed VPN connections
Welp, even "my" last hack stopped working somewhere along the pfSense stable upgrade path, currently on "23.09.1-RELE... Brandon Verkada
01:49 PM Todo #15256 (Resolved): Upgrade Unbound to >= 1.19.1
Unbound 1.19.1 fixes two DoS/CPU exhaustion issues in DNSSEC validation:
https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CV...
Jim Pingle
12:02 PM Bug #14434: PPPoE WAN interface with VIPs causes continuous interface restarting
Steve Wheeler wrote in #note-4:
> Still present in 23.09.1
I can also confirm it is still present is the latest s...
Adam French

02/12/2024

04:33 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15255 (Closed): New docs typo
Fixed, thanks!
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/1a9cc91ad99c7e662d45ad85fc6a9ce324bde7bf
Jim Pingle
04:18 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15255 (Closed): New docs typo
Typo in new docs (Gateway Settings):
http://stage-feature-mm-gateway_recovery.docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/rou...
William Wrathbone
04:13 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15253 (Closed): New docs typo
Fixed and deployed last week: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/2448141188ae72159faaac282a641c1f4... Jim Pingle
03:48 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15253 (Closed): New docs typo
Typo in new docs for gateway recovery:
http://stage-feature-mm-gateway_recovery.docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/r...
William Wrathbone
04:13 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15254 (Closed): Docs typo
Fixed and deployed (along with some other typos):
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/2dd28e37b2...
Jim Pingle
03:49 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15254 (Closed): Docs typo
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/multiwan/considerations.html
(probably should be "...to the DNS forwarder...
William Wrathbone
02:32 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190 (Feedback): PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
MR merged. Jim Pingle

02/11/2024

04:23 PM Bug #15248: Removing a gateway group used as the default gateway results in no default route
Confirmed
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dylan mendez

02/10/2024

11:36 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190 (Pull Request Review): PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/FreeBSD-ports/-/merge_requests/387 Christopher Cope
11:23 PM Revision 2aea75df: Change "IP family" to "address family"
Marcos M
10:56 PM Bug #12942 (Resolved): Code to kill states for old gateway when reconnecting an interface is incorrect
Marcos M
10:53 PM Feature #855 (Resolved): Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
This has been working well in 24.03 snapshots. Documentation is available at:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/lat...
Marcos M
10:17 PM Bug #13226 (Resolved): Disconnecting a user from Captive Portal may allow previously established connections to continue
Marcos M
10:15 PM Feature #11556 (Resolved): Kill states using the pre-NAT address
I separated that issue into its own report: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15252 Marcos M
10:10 PM Bug #15252 (Feedback): Egress states remain when killing states for scheduled rules
Applied in changeset commit:c489213a62b68902bd673f782d59b3888d2bd6da. Marcos M
10:00 PM Bug #15252 (Resolved): Egress states remain when killing states for scheduled rules
When a schedule expires and states are killed, the opposite state (e.g. on the WAN side) remains.
Reported here: h...
Marcos M
10:02 PM Revision c489213a: Kill matching opposite states when schedules expire. Fix #15252
Marcos M
06:57 PM Feature #15251 (New): Show network preview in rules page
For common networks (LAN, WAN, OPT, etc), it would be nice if you could show a preview of the network that's selected... Jon Moeller
01:02 PM pfSense Plus Regression #14828: QAT is not being used by some daemons
Post 23.09 iss there intent to expand QAT capabilities beyond the set currently used by pfSense, including 'user-spac... Rob A

02/09/2024

07:44 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
Updating subject for release notes. Jim Pingle
07:43 PM Feature #15234: Show details of system aliases in tooltip on firewall and NAT rule lists
Updating subject for release notes. Jim Pingle
07:42 PM Feature #15245: Show interface subnet details in a tooltip on the IPsec Phase 2 list
Updating subject for release notes. Jim Pingle
07:32 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15250: Potential XSS in HAProxy GUI when editing frontend listener actions or backend pool ACL actions.
Updated packages are now available. Jim Pingle
05:47 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15250 (Feedback): Potential XSS in HAProxy GUI when editing frontend listener actions or backend pool ACL actions.
Fixed in https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/953068694131b523e8906ee70b444c59c53d3eff
Fix also merged ...
Jim Pingle
05:32 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15250 (Resolved): Potential XSS in HAProxy GUI when editing frontend listener actions or backend pool ACL actions.
Both haproxy_listeners_edit.php and haproxy_pool_edit.php define a custom cell drawing function which, unlike the sta... Jim Pingle
06:41 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15249: Ability to adjust MTU & MSS on tailscale interface
Edited to specify the desire for both MTU & MSS. Christopher Cope
03:52 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15249 (In Progress): Ability to adjust MTU & MSS on tailscale interface
Easy to add a knob to set TS_DEBUG_MTU in the tailscale environment. Will add it next week. Christian McDonald
03:48 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15249 (In Progress): Ability to adjust MTU & MSS on tailscale interface
Tailscale itself has an environment variable to adjust this TS_DEBUG_MTU. However, it does seem to be primarily for t... Christopher Cope
06:22 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15242 (Resolved): Optimize calls to write_config() function in Suricata GUI to prevent creation of unnecessary config.xml backups when possible
PR merged. Jim Pingle
06:22 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15241 (Resolved): Suricata Dashboard Widget needs the same fix applied as the ALERTS tab code from Redmine #14955.
PR merged. Jim Pingle
06:21 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15240 (Resolved): Suricata GeoIP2 database download and update broken due to recent change in MaxMind API
PR merged. Jim Pingle
04:31 PM Bug #15060 (New): LDAP bind fails when authentication servers use different CA chains
Patch doesn't really help it, it's still broken or inconsistent when I try.
- One LDAP server with custom CA (not ...
Jim Pingle
06:48 AM Bug #15060: LDAP bind fails when authentication servers use different CA chains
I tested the patch on the client machine (#2346370170), and both LDAP servers can bind now.
Software version:
...
Lev Prokofev
03:40 PM Bug #15248: Removing a gateway group used as the default gateway results in no default route
Applied in changeset commit:b21a0e187fde6ac23162f255db902e208b8a5b80. Marcos M
03:35 PM Bug #15248 (Feedback): Removing a gateway group used as the default gateway results in no default route
Marcos M
03:31 PM Bug #15248 (Pull Request Review): Removing a gateway group used as the default gateway results in no default route
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1136 Marcos M
03:21 PM Bug #15248 (Resolved): Removing a gateway group used as the default gateway results in no default route
There is no input validation preventing a gateway group used as the default gateway from being removed. When deleting... Marcos M
03:30 PM Revision b21a0e18: Prevent the default gateway group from being deleted. Fix #15248
Marcos M
12:55 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15196: AWS ena interfaces can become unstable/stop responding

Greetings everyone,
I'm Roberto, from IT Ad General.
I'd like to provide some additional details to help b...
Roberto@ IT and General
02:18 AM Bug #14854: Packets are passed through dummynet twice when using ``route-to`` leading to half the expected bandwidth
I am encountering the same issue in a multi-WAN setup. Although the upload problem (https://redmine.pfsense.org/issue... Sav Snip

02/08/2024

11:34 PM Bug #14386 (Feedback): ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
Should be fixed in https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/c0a12f594ba2a873ffd5ec8974c5582e6283fbdf. The 0 by... Reid Linnemann
10:56 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15242: Optimize calls to write_config() function in Suricata GUI to prevent creation of unnecessary config.xml backups when possible
A pull request containing the fix for this issue has been posted to the RELENG_2_7_2 branch of FreeBSD-ports here: ht... Bill Meeks
10:55 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15241: Suricata Dashboard Widget needs the same fix applied as the ALERTS tab code from Redmine #14955.
A pull request containing the fix for this issue has been posted to the RELENG_2_7_2 branch of FreeBSD-ports here: ht... Bill Meeks
10:55 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15240: Suricata GeoIP2 database download and update broken due to recent change in MaxMind API
A pull request containing the fix for this issue has been posted to the RELENG_2_7_2 branch of FreeBSD-ports here: ht... Bill Meeks
10:30 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15246 (Not a Bug): Autofill services like password managers able to override blocked username field for admin user
We already include the tags to suppress them. Password manglers ignore them. Jim Pingle
09:49 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15246 (Not a Bug): Autofill services like password managers able to override blocked username field for admin user
Browsers with extensions like LastPass, BitWarden, etc. that automatically fill relevant fields are able to replace t... Kris Phillips
05:09 PM Feature #7943 (New): Overflow scrolling for top navigation drop-down menus in Fixed mode
The overflow scrolling inside the menu should only be enabled when the menu is fixed to the top of the window and rem... Jim Pingle
10:03 AM Bug #15096: Interface subnet aliases do not contain IPv6 VIPs
The reason it is not working anymore is this patch, so it looks counter-intuitive to me to open another redmine issue. Bob Dig
03:19 AM Feature #15244: Modern authentication via FIDO2 for local account authentication
Duplicate of https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14743 Kris Phillips

02/07/2024

08:49 PM Regression #14502: DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (PD) not installing routes
The PD route is installed on 24.03 as well.
Regarding #note-11, that seems like a different root cause at least; I...
Marcos M
08:45 PM Feature #15245 (Feedback): Show interface subnet details in a tooltip on the IPsec Phase 2 list
Applied in changeset commit:6030dd4570752752ffe3697ea263065b61acae76. Marcos M
06:50 PM Feature #15245 (Waiting on Merge): Show interface subnet details in a tooltip on the IPsec Phase 2 list
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1135 Marcos M
06:46 PM Feature #15245 (Resolved): Show interface subnet details in a tooltip on the IPsec Phase 2 list
When <interface> subnet is selected for Phase 2 configs, show the subnet being used. Marcos M
08:36 PM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
Thank you Denny Page
06:54 PM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
The new version has been picked back to 2.7.2 and 23.09.1 - it should show up on the next build. Marcos M
08:32 PM Revision 6030dd45: Show interface subnet details for IPsec Phase 2. Implement #15245
While there, prevent interface subnet selections from
showing for the NAT/BINAT field.
Marcos M
04:46 PM Feature #9536: Support dynamic prefix in DHCPv6 Server
Is this also similar to 5950? https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/5950 Are there any plans or updates on this?
Part...
Joshua Cooper
04:00 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
Danilo Zrenjanin wrote in #note-8:
> I tested the patch against:
>
> [...]
>
> After clicking the "Update Grap...
Christopher Cope
11:11 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
I tested the patch against:... Danilo Zrenjanin
03:32 PM pfSense Plus Feature #14743: Add Passkey/Certificate-based Authentication
Kris Phillips wrote:
> pfSense Plus's webConfigurator is currently limited in authentication for local auth, requiri...
Paul Smith
02:52 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15208 (Resolved): Document the new gateway recovery state killing feature
Added to 24.03 docs. Marcos M
02:50 PM Feature #15244 (New): Modern authentication via FIDO2 for local account authentication
Implementation of FIDO2 WebAuthN capabilities into RELENG_2_7_2.
*WHAT*
FIDO2 adds convenient phishing-resistant ...
Paul Smith
12:58 PM Todo #15220 (Pull Request Review): Handle ``route-to`` and ``reply-to`` states when using the ``if-bound`` state policy
It seems the reply-to issue can only really be handled by using floating on the rule. This can be done on rule genera... Marcos M
08:45 AM pfSense Packages Feature #15243 (New): CARP causes tinc termination
Obviously, using CARP (rc.carpbackup from the logs) kills tinc on the router that CARP considers backup. However, thi... Michael Lipp

02/06/2024

11:24 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14855 (Resolved): suricata_Getdirsize issue after PHP 8
Jim Pingle
11:06 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14855: suricata_Getdirsize issue after PHP 8
This fix was merged into production on October 16, 2023, but apparently this ticket escaped being closed as a result.... Bill Meeks
11:13 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15242 (Resolved): Optimize calls to write_config() function in Suricata GUI to prevent creation of unnecessary config.xml backups when possible
Examine all calls to @write_config()@ function to see when it is appropriate to set @$backup@ parameter to @false@ to... Bill Meeks
11:09 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15241 (Resolved): Suricata Dashboard Widget needs the same fix applied as the ALERTS tab code from Redmine #14955.
The same bug exists in the Suricata Dashboard Widget code for converting log file timestamps into EventTime objects a... Bill Meeks
10:08 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15240 (Resolved): Suricata GeoIP2 database download and update broken due to recent change in MaxMind API
The MaxMind GeoIP2 geolocation database download/update procedure in the Suricata package was broken by a recent API ... Bill Meeks
07:05 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15239: Add to existing rule
Understood. Thanks for clarifying. Mike Moore
06:36 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15239 (Rejected): Add to existing rule
If the ports are together you can already use a range. If the ports are separate you have to use an alias. If the IP ... Jim Pingle
06:28 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15239 (Rejected): Add to existing rule
First i acknowledge that i do know i can create an alias and group IPs or Ports..
Feature: The ability to add to a...
Mike Moore
06:43 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190 (Feedback): PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
MR merged. Jim Pingle
04:51 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15235 (Rejected): Feedback on Troubleshooting — Troubleshooting OpenVPN Internal Routing (iroute)
The instructions here are fine and there are no changes needed specific to 2.7.0 or later. If it does not work, you h... Jim Pingle
07:25 AM pfSense Docs Todo #15235 (Rejected): Feedback on Troubleshooting — Troubleshooting OpenVPN Internal Routing (iroute)
*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/openvpn-iroute.html
*Feedback:* This page needs...
Roland Giesler
04:39 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15196: AWS ena interfaces can become unstable/stop responding
Freeback from Amazon:... Kristof Provost
12:38 PM Bug #15211: tcpdump run with BIOS hardware clock set, but no on environment system time
Steve Wheeler wrote in #note-1:
> This should be an option when running the pcap.
Please argue.
All FreeBSD - ...
Sergei Shablovsky
12:05 AM Feature #15234 (Feedback): Show details of system aliases in tooltip on firewall and NAT rule lists
Applied in changeset commit:a61d68dd271331b8671afed01c50fc028ba88027. Marcos M

02/05/2024

11:55 PM Feature #15234: Show details of system aliases in tooltip on firewall and NAT rule lists
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1133 Marcos M
11:49 PM Feature #15234 (Resolved): Show details of system aliases in tooltip on firewall and NAT rule lists
Now that @<interface> net@ uses system aliases, it would be helpful to show its contents. Marcos M
11:54 PM Revision a61d68dd: Show system alias popups for rules. Implement #15234
Marcos M
08:26 PM Regression #14970 (New): Static ARP assignments lose ``permanent`` flag in ARP table
Jim Pingle
08:20 PM Bug #11539 (Rejected): Mobile IPsec ``split_include`` value of ``0.0.0.0/0`` causes some clients to fail
The original reporter(s) of this issue have long since disappeared and nobody else seems to be able to reproduce the ... Jim Pingle
08:17 PM Feature #746 (Duplicate): Add interface group to source/dest drop downs
Marcos M
08:07 PM pfSense Plus Todo #15164: Add ZFS Boot Environment list to status output
Updating subject for release notes. Jim Pingle
06:12 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15196: AWS ena interfaces can become unstable/stop responding
Hmmm 9272e45 committed Dec 28, 2023
ena: Change measurement unit of time since last tx cleanup to ms
This commit:
1....
Jim Thompson
04:15 PM Bug #15096 (Resolved): Interface subnet aliases do not contain IPv6 VIPs
This issue/fix is only related to the alias; if an IPv6 address does not get added to the interface, that would need ... Marcos M
01:23 PM Bug #15096 (New): Interface subnet aliases do not contain IPv6 VIPs
Jim Pingle
03:26 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
pfSense 2.7.2 and pfSense Plus 23.09.1 Orion Poplawski
03:12 PM Feature #15233 (Resolved): Recognize QAT 4xxx devices in System Information Widget
The QAT driver supports qat_4xxx devices but they are not shown as supported in the pfSense GUI.
Same as the last ...
Steve Wheeler
02:47 PM Regression #15152 (Resolved): Systems with low RAM fail to upgrade to 24.03
Looks good in todays snapshot:... Steve Wheeler
02:10 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15232: Display proposed changes
Understood. Thanks for the quick response Jim.
Mike Moore
01:29 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15232 (Rejected): Display proposed changes
You can always view the config history, before or after applying, but trying to pick out which specific things in a s... Jim Pingle
02:31 AM pfSense Plus Feature #15232: Display proposed changes
In a way this should technically be possible as there is already a record of what’s changed AFTER it’s applied when y... Mike Moore
02:27 AM pfSense Plus Feature #15232 (Rejected): Display proposed changes
Display proposed changes prior to clicking apply.
Would be great to have multiple engineers (or a single one) make c...
Mike Moore
01:38 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
The change should be OK to test, though since this is a patch in the ports tree you'll need to copy paste the diff an... Jim Pingle

02/04/2024

10:48 PM Bug #15181: PHP error in ``interfaces_qinq_edit.php`` when creating a QinQ interface
Also, do you have any existing Interface Groups? dylan mendez
10:22 PM Bug #15181: PHP error in ``interfaces_qinq_edit.php`` when creating a QinQ interface
Does your NIC support QinQ?
dylan mendez
10:18 PM Bug #15181: PHP error in ``interfaces_qinq_edit.php`` when creating a QinQ interface
Tested in 2.7.0, 2.7.2 and 23.09.
I'm able to create QinQ interfaces without any issue. Both with and without the in...
dylan mendez
06:50 PM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
ping Denny Page
03:44 AM pfSense Packages Bug #14913 (Resolved): [Security] Zabbix packages need updating bec. of recent critical security CVEs
Confirmed the patched packages are available in 23.09.1 and 24.03 of Plus. Kris Phillips
03:40 AM pfSense Packages Todo #15058 (Resolved): Remove Zabbix 4 Agent and Proxy
Checked in pfSense Plus 24.03. These packages are no longer present in the repos. Kris Phillips
03:37 AM pfSense Packages Bug #14805 (Incomplete): when I changed Endpoint ip via webgui, but wiregaurd still using old ip ruuning.
I'm also unable to reproduce this issue.
As Danilo stated, please provide exact reproduction steps.
Marking...
Kris Phillips
03:36 AM Bug #15194: PHP Fatal error in easyrule CLI
David Johnston wrote in #note-2:
> To clarify, I ran easyrule as a regular user, and the account didn't have permiss...
Kris Phillips
03:32 AM Bug #12942: Code to kill states for old gateway when reconnecting an interface is incorrect
Tested bringing up and down a second gateway with state killing enabled on lower priority gateways and state killing ... Kris Phillips
03:21 AM Bug #15178: ACB (autoconfig backup) restore always returns could not decrypt despite proper password
Re-tested this with a factory defaulted 24.03 box, manually configured ACB, and then re-tested. I can still produce,... Kris Phillips
03:18 AM Feature #13256 (Resolved): Better handling of duplicate IP addresses in static DHCP assignments

the warning is added .
2.8.0.a.20240126.0600
Alhusein Zawi
03:04 AM Feature #14165 (Resolved): Option to allow the DNS Forwarder to ignore system DNS servers
Alhusein Zawi
03:02 AM Feature #15183 (Resolved): Add per-rule option to set PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
Alhusein Zawi
12:00 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
Updated pull request with changes. Christopher Cope

02/03/2024

07:57 PM Bug #11192: Using Limiters causes out of order packets within one TCP or UDP flow
I also have tried FIFO + taildrop on the LAN up+down and fq_codel + tildrop WAN up+down, and it seemed to stabilize U... P L
07:47 PM Bug #11192: Using Limiters causes out of order packets within one TCP or UDP flow
Recently I switched to the wpa_supplicant bypass method in pfSense and was still getting out of order packet issues u... P L
06:50 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15230 (Confirmed): Gateway status Pending
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/status/gateways.html#gateways-tab
Sometimes, the status of t...
Danilo Zrenjanin
12:15 PM Bug #15096: Interface subnet aliases do not contain IPv6 VIPs
Turns out the patch is only working momentarily. It will prevent you from enabling IPv6 GUA (tested via Track Interfa... Bob Dig
09:20 AM Bug #15178: ACB (autoconfig backup) restore always returns could not decrypt despite proper password
I am not able to replicate it on 24.04-DEV, but I have seen it on SC in ticket #2322652504 (23.09.1). After manual co... Lev Prokofev
08:45 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
I'll wait for Jim's advise to be considered before testing the patch. Danilo Zrenjanin
08:17 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
I can reproduce the issue on the:... Danilo Zrenjanin
08:00 AM Bug #15195: PHP error if config contain <ppps></ppps> empty tag
Yeah I found that config was <version>15.5</version> (seems 2.3.2 software) Lev Prokofev
07:50 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15229 (Resolved): ACME DNS-Selfhost verification issues
When using Selfhost.de DNS verification and entering the requested information the renewal is not working.
To make i...
STefan Graf
02:47 AM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
What version(s) are you currently running and encountering this? Perhaps a test build of fcgicli would be appropriate. Reid Linnemann
12:06 AM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
I don't have a test instance at the moment, but I've thought about spinning one up for quite a while. I'll see what ... Orion Poplawski
01:26 AM Bug #15225 (Resolved): Killing states on downed gateways breaks for static interface configurations
I can reproduce it here by disconnecting the VM link on the host side using ESXi 7. The patch resolves the issue in t... Marcos M
12:51 AM Bug #15228: User manger fails to display certificate option for a new user in case of input error
See: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/185928/user-manager-fails-to-add-cert-if-passwords-do-not-match Steve Wheeler
12:50 AM Bug #15228 (Confirmed): User manger fails to display certificate option for a new user in case of input error
When creating a new user in the user manager the option to add a user cert for the user is hidden if an error is made... Steve Wheeler

02/02/2024

11:59 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
Since fcgicli is continually calling recv() for 8 bytes, I think it's stuck in its read_packet loop. The socket's bee... Reid Linnemann
08:42 PM Revision cf612ab9: Add the pfSense CE platform addtional meta package to the build list.
(cherry picked from commit a5b49a4e4a10ed054c8a9aa6c458b70a4498ced9) Luiz Souza
08:41 PM Revision 8012c1bf: Add the pfSense CE platform addtional meta package to the build list.
(cherry picked from commit a5b49a4e4a10ed054c8a9aa6c458b70a4498ced9) Luiz Souza
08:27 PM Todo #15188: Remove deprecated OpenVPN hardware crypto engine option
Also removed from docs: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/4d709070146c99553edb01b372ed784150227d82 Jim Pingle
08:23 PM Bug #15225: Killing states on downed gateways breaks for static interface configurations
I couldn't find a way to make the statically defined gateway in the pending status.
I tried:
On a physical app...
Danilo Zrenjanin
07:05 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15191: Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)
A few edits after feedback from Kristof:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/50fc3a422fc37e88282...
Jim Pingle
05:06 PM Bug #15156 (Feedback): Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
Kristof Provost
05:06 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
I've pushed the fix upstream and cherry-picked it to our branches. The next snapshot build will have it. Kristof Provost
03:49 PM Bug #15226 (Duplicate): Tables for mixed aliases lists occasionally do not contain all records from the alias list.
This is almost surely caused by either of the following:
* https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13792
* https://redmi...
Marcos M
10:31 AM Bug #15226 (Duplicate): Tables for mixed aliases lists occasionally do not contain all records from the alias list.
Tested on the client machine with 23.09.1 installed, the ticket for reference #2297130372
target IP 82.xx.xx.137...
Lev Prokofev
03:20 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14556: Tailscale dropping routes from FIB
Another user has a very similar issue. Chris Linstruth
03:15 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15227 (New): [Freeradius - 0.15.10_1] Enable Pagination on the user section for the Freeradius package

Hi,
I've created 15000 users in the /cf/conf/config.xml and this is working fine.
However the cheer amount of...
robert morann
08:00 AM Bug #15122 (Resolved): PHP errors in LDAP server prevent it from falling back to Local Database
I didn't experience any issues after applying the patch, and I was unable to reproduce the PHP error regardless of th... Danilo Zrenjanin

02/01/2024

10:14 PM Bug #14854: Packets are passed through dummynet twice when using ``route-to`` leading to half the expected bandwidth
I wouldn't say it's incorrect setup, using limiters on multi-wan setup has been working on pfSense for over 8 years. ... Jose Duarte
08:49 PM Bug #14537: Nat Reflection changed behavior on pfsense 2.7
FWIW I've tested this setup in 24.03 and it works fine there. Marcos M
07:04 PM Bug #15223 (Resolved): Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
I am closing this case as resolved. Danilo Zrenjanin
06:51 PM Bug #15223: Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
I couldn't replicate the issue on the:... Danilo Zrenjanin
03:17 PM Bug #15223: Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
The patch only applies to 24.03 since it's dependent on other changes in dev snapshots. Marcos M
03:02 PM Bug #15223: Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
I was able to replicate the initial behavior as explained here.
After applying the patch, the PHP error below app...
Danilo Zrenjanin
01:51 AM Bug #15223 (Feedback): Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
Applied in commit:ba90ace48a47086b8db5423f369f1857cf8df34c. Marcos M
01:23 AM Bug #15223 (Waiting on Merge): Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1131 Marcos M
01:17 AM Bug #15223 (Resolved): Killing states on downed gateways breaks when ``Skip rules when gateway is down`` is enabled
If the following options are set, states remain on offline gateways which prevents connections from failing over.
* ...
Marcos M
06:05 PM Bug #15225 (Feedback): Killing states on downed gateways breaks for static interface configurations
Applied in changeset commit:8faff1900a29feb8e7c192591ce932f8bd4a62aa. Marcos M
05:37 PM Bug #15225 (Waiting on Merge): Killing states on downed gateways breaks for static interface configurations
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1132 Marcos M
05:32 PM Bug #15225 (Resolved): Killing states on downed gateways breaks for static interface configurations
An interface with a static configuration can have a pending gateway status. In this scenario, killing states for down... Marcos M
05:34 PM Revision 8faff190: Check static intefaces with a pending gateway. Fix #15225
Interfaces with a static configuration may have a pending gateway
status when killing states for downed interfaces.
Marcos M
05:25 PM Bug #15224 (Feedback): ``services_acb_settings.php`` does not fully validate value of ``frequency``, uses value without encoding
Applied in changeset commit:6f59a7f9fdfe3703667819fcbbd8b6f8cbec0d9f. Jim Pingle
04:12 PM Bug #15224 (Resolved): ``services_acb_settings.php`` does not fully validate value of ``frequency``, uses value without encoding
The value supplied by the user for the @frequency@ parameter on @services_acb_settings.php@ is not fully validated, i... Jim Pingle
04:51 PM Regression #15152: Systems with low RAM fail to upgrade to 24.03
The most recent src merge (done yesterday) includes this commit:... Kristof Provost
04:23 PM Feature #2676 (New): Reply-to option in firewall rule
There are some scenarios where it would be nice to have the ability to force @reply-to@ to use a specific value and n... Jim Pingle
01:44 AM Feature #2676 (Rejected): Reply-to option in firewall rule
From what I can tell, the referenced scenarios would be solved by adding a gateway to the interface. This is the curr... Marcos M
04:12 PM Revision 6f59a7f9: ACB: Validate+encode frequency value. Fixes #15224
Jim Pingle
02:51 AM Bug #15194: PHP Fatal error in easyrule CLI
To clarify, I ran easyrule as a regular user, and the account didn't have permissions to write to the backup cache. David Johnston
01:22 AM Revision ba90ace4: Process downed gateways when killing states. Fix #15223
By the time filter_delete_states_for_down_gateways() is called,
filter_generate_gateways() has already removed downed...
Marcos M

01/31/2024

10:44 PM Bug #12401: Traffic graphs with untagged and tagged VLAN on same interface
Also seeing this on pfSense CE 2.7.2. See https://forum.netgate.com/topic/185889/vlan-traffic-showing-up-on-the-wron... Bill Somerville
09:21 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15222 (Resolved): HTTP_Inspect Preprocessor Engine: wrong legend on parameters
Server Flow Depth has the following legend:
@Amount of HTTP server response payload to inspect. Minimum is -1 and ...
Ronald Antony
08:57 PM Regression #15197 (Resolved): Outbound NAT rules using an alias without a matching address family create unexpected PF rules
Marcos M
12:44 PM Regression #15197: Outbound NAT rules using an alias without a matching address family create unexpected PF rules
tested and reproduced on:
Version 24.03-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Tue Jan 23 6:00:00 UTC 2024
FreeBSD 15.0-CURR...
Georgiy Tyutyunnik
08:50 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
Okay, that's useful.
The main point we get from this is that the second time we see the trailing fragment (and don't...
Kristof Provost
04:18 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
adding results for dtraces from today's testing.
it fails with limiter and works without it this time, with ability ...
Georgiy Tyutyunnik
07:43 PM Feature #15221 (Pull Request Review): Make System Tunables table sortable
On the System > Advanced page's System Tunables tab, it's really hard to
a) find/check values, since they are in no...
Ronald Antony
06:57 PM Feature #8698: LDAP authenticated users should be able to log in via ssh
I'm having the same issue that Max Leighton had previously about 3 years ago
I'm also able to login via webGUI wit...
Tai Join
05:25 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15196: AWS ena interfaces can become unstable/stop responding
Closed/Fixed FreeBSD bug that appears similar.... Craig Coonrad
04:46 PM Revision 42267161: Don't check empty arrays
min() requires at least one element in the array Marcos M
08:51 AM Revision bedd340c: Remove failover states using only the gateway label
Interfaces were previously specified since the inbound state needs to
be killed (due to route-to) for the connection ...
Marcos M
01:27 AM Feature #855 (Needs Patch): Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
Marcos M

01/30/2024

10:45 PM Todo #15220 (In Progress): Handle ``route-to`` and ``reply-to`` states when using the ``if-bound`` state policy
The route-to issue has been addressed "upstream":https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43589 Marcos M
10:44 PM Todo #15220 (Resolved): Handle ``route-to`` and ``reply-to`` states when using the ``if-bound`` state policy
With the re-introduction of @if-bound@ as the default PF state policy, services on the firewall (which do not automat... Marcos M
10:18 PM Revision a5b49a4e: Add the pfSense CE platform addtional meta package to the build list.
Luiz Souza
09:11 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15191 (Feedback): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)
First draft committed:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/8e4a9a5558959c27ae63231ccee6bceca5bec81...
Jim Pingle
05:08 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15191 (In Progress): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)
Jim Pingle
09:03 PM Revision 43b129c7: Update gateway recovery text
Marcos M
07:03 PM Todo #15219 (Rejected): please upgrade to FRR 9.1
It's already in the dev repos/snapshots, unlikely to be backported. Jim Pingle
07:02 PM Todo #15219 (Rejected): please upgrade to FRR 9.1

Because the current version of pfsense frr 9.0 will cause problems with LAN to WAN routing, I want to upgrade to th...
yon Liu
07:01 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15218 (New): Allow manual ordering of generated rules
Under Firewall > pfBlockerNG in the IP tab's IP Interface/Rules Configuration section, there's the "Firewall 'Auto' R... Ronald Antony
05:07 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15193 (Closed): Add documentation for new State Policy options
Information added and deployed (put in live docs since we may be pushing out the relevant patch via system patches so... Jim Pingle
04:38 PM Feature #15217 (New): Log command being run in Diagnostics > Command Prompt
I do not see that the commands being run in Diagnostics > Command Prompt are being logged to the system log.
This ...
Chris Linstruth
03:47 PM Bug #15216 (New): captive portal zone name conflicts with existing interface name
Customer reports intermittent issues with captive portal on HA cluster.
Connectivity between nodes in this VLAN inte...
Georgiy Tyutyunnik
01:52 PM Bug #15211: tcpdump run with BIOS hardware clock set, but no on environment system time
This should be an option when running the pcap. Steve Wheeler
03:44 AM pfSense Plus Bug #15196 (Confirmed): AWS ena interfaces can become unstable/stop responding
Confirmed. ... Craig Coonrad
03:12 AM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
I do not understand. We're just updating the git commit level for upstream, which was been done by Jim 27 days ago. A... Denny Page
12:02 AM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
I haven't gone through the commit history to see what fixed the build in dev. Assuming there were some previously mis... Marcos M

01/29/2024

10:03 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
Okay, I have that applied and working now. And I don't seem to see a runaway with a simple auth failure. We'll see ... Orion Poplawski
09:15 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
I updated the patch which should deal with the auth failure. Marcos M
08:52 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
As I noted, patching ovpn_auth_verify_async gave me auth failures. I could try it again an see if that is still the ... Orion Poplawski
06:06 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
Orion Poplawski wrote in #note-13:
> FWIW - still present in 2.7.2 and 23.09.1.
Does the patch from #note-11 work ar...
Marcos M
08:11 PM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
Ping Denny Page
06:09 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15215 (Resolved): Point the main gateways page to the general gateways doc
Change merged. Marcos M
05:47 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15215 (Resolved): Point the main gateways page to the general gateways doc
System > Routing > Gateways currently points to the individual gateway settings page - it should point to the general... Marcos M
05:50 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
Jim Pingle wrote in #note-9:
> OK so all of that still points toward it needing a new client entry created so it nee...
Matt Keys
04:37 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
OK so all of that still points toward it needing a new client entry created so it needs to be treated as such. Please... Jim Pingle
04:20 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
They have not shut down username password auth as mine is still operating. They have just added key auth. The reason ... Matt Keys
03:58 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
Matt Keys wrote in #note-6:
> If I'm not mistaken it is the same service, just under a different domain name. Dyn wa...
Jim Pingle
03:44 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
Hi Jim,
If I'm not mistaken it is the same service, just under a different domain name. Dyn was acquired by Oracle...
Matt Keys
03:05 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
It wasn't clear except for one tiny spot on one screenshot that you meant "dyn.com", "DynDNS" is a generic term and w... Jim Pingle
02:55 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
Dyn Update clients - https://help.dyn.com/update-clients/
Dyn.com portal https://account.dyn.com/
Matt Keys
02:51 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
Jim Pingle wrote in #note-2:
> Whatever service that is, it would need to be added as a supported provider and not b...
Matt Keys
02:18 PM Feature #15207 (Incomplete): DynDNS - Missing update KEY
Whatever service that is, it would need to be added as a supported provider and not be handled via the custom option.... Jim Pingle
05:35 PM Bug #15214 (Resolved): Advanced rule options tooltip does not show negated Tag option
Marcos M
05:25 PM Bug #15214 (Waiting on Merge): Advanced rule options tooltip does not show negated Tag option
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1128 Marcos M
05:21 PM Bug #15214 (Resolved): Advanced rule options tooltip does not show negated Tag option
When hovering over the advanced options icon for a firewall rule, the popup shows @tagged <tag>@ even when the tag is... Marcos M
05:30 PM Revision 4e569a40: Show negate option in popup for advanced rule options. Fix #15214
While there, reoder the tag text to read closr to
how rules are processed.
Marcos M
05:28 PM Revision 6727d199: Revert "Show negate option in popup for advanced rule options. Fix #15214"
This reverts commit e933a0230e366faa772686447b530a145af06acf. Marcos M
05:24 PM Revision e933a023: Show negate option in popup for advanced rule options. Fix #15214
While there, reoder the tag text to read closr to
how rules are processed.
Marcos M
04:54 PM Feature #15213 (New): Dyn.com / dyndns - Update client auth mechanism update
Dyn.com Dynamic DNS service is missing key authentication mechanisms currently.
I am following the request for new...
Matt Keys
04:42 PM Regression #15051: Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
Steve Wheeler wrote in #note-7:
> Unable to replicate that in 23.09.1:
Thank you Steve, I have reinstalled 23.09....
John Smith
03:22 PM Regression #15051 (Not a Bug): Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
Unable to replicate that in 23.09.1:... Steve Wheeler
04:33 PM Bootstrap Bug #5274: services_dyndns_edit.php existing password is not loaded/saved when editing
Steve Russell wrote in #note-7:
> Ugh, yes, you are correct Jim, thanks! Password manager was autofilling the passw...
Jim Pingle
04:15 PM Bootstrap Bug #5274: services_dyndns_edit.php existing password is not loaded/saved when editing
Ugh, yes, you are correct Jim, thanks! Password manager was autofilling the password field with who knows what.
S...
Steve Russell
02:31 PM Bootstrap Bug #5274: services_dyndns_edit.php existing password is not loaded/saved when editing
Steve Russell wrote in #note-5:
> Not sure if this should be a separate bug now, or when this came back, but this is...
Jim Pingle
02:26 PM Bootstrap Bug #5274: services_dyndns_edit.php existing password is not loaded/saved when editing
Not sure if this should be a separate bug now, or when this came back, but this issue is present in 2.60 and 2.72. Steve Russell
04:09 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15212 (New): Feedback on pfSense® software Configuration Recipes — WireGuard Remote Access VPN Configuration Example
*Page:* https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/wireguard-ra.html
*Feedback:*
See this discussion ab...
Jim Kleckner
02:37 PM Bug #15210: Firewall Rules not deleting
I applied the rules after removing it. You can see in my screenshot, I even added a new rule to block port 80, to cou... Ricaardo Garcia
02:27 PM Bug #15210 (Not a Bug): Firewall Rules not deleting
You are either not applying the rules after editing or something is preventing the filter reload from completing whic... Jim Pingle
02:26 PM Feature #15209: Option to specify custom user home directory paths
There may be reasons to move it on some systems but this is meant to be a firewall appliance, not a general-purpose m... Jim Pingle
02:21 PM Feature #7943: Overflow scrolling for top navigation drop-down menus in Fixed mode
Updating subject for release notes. Jim Pingle
02:16 PM Todo #15188 (Resolved): Remove deprecated OpenVPN hardware crypto engine option
Jim Pingle
02:16 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15205 (Not a Bug): Changing a WAN type interface from DHCP to static IPv4 address causes WAN to appear in DHCP server configuration
This is normal and expected. Any static interface with a sufficient size subnet will appear in the DHCP server as an ... Jim Pingle
02:14 PM Feature #15203: Option to allow customized user home directory permissions to be preserved
The way the users are currently synchronized this type of action is made to ensure consistently and that the accounts... Jim Pingle
02:11 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15199 (Rejected): Unable to add user defined options to /etc/ssh/sshd_config due to its dynamic nature and no UI to add additional configuration options
The @sshd_extra@ file method is there for customizing directives. It was added for the sshdcond package but that pack... Jim Pingle
02:03 PM Feature #15201 (Rejected): Unified mechanism for update notifications
All things that have come up before and are either already part of longer term plans or decided against. Jim Pingle
02:03 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15200 (Rejected): usermanager privileges have ZERO documentation on the "User - System: Copy files to home directory (chrooted scp)" privileges setting/setup
That's a deliberate choice. The firewall is not meant to be a general-purpose file server with access handed out free... Jim Pingle
02:00 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15198 (Rejected): System_Patches package should advertize on the dashboard, or send notifications, if there are recommended patches available
This has been asked and answered before, tl;dr: Not going to happen. New patches come with new versions of the packag... Jim Pingle
11:58 AM Bug #15211 (Closed): tcpdump run with BIOS hardware clock set, but no on environment system time
Brilliant pfSense Stuff!
*Please fix* :
tcpdump could be run with TZ (Time Zone) set in the whole system environ...
Sergei Shablovsky

01/28/2024

09:09 PM Regression #15051: Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
Marcos M wrote in #note-5:
> It may be best to troubleshoot/discuss further on the forums to narrow down the issue g...
John Smith
09:01 PM Regression #15051 (Incomplete): Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
It may be best to troubleshoot/discuss further on the forums to narrow down the issue given that we cannot reproduce it. Marcos M
05:08 PM Regression #15051: Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
Marcos M wrote in #note-3:
> > Aka google.com in an alias, all clients going to google.com should be diverted from WA...
John Smith
05:05 PM Regression #15051 (Not a Bug): Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
> Aka google.com in an alias, all clients going to google.com should be diverted from WAN to OpenVPN for that domain,... Marcos M
02:30 AM Regression #15051: Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
Danilo Zrenjanin wrote in #note-1:
> I couldn't confirm that behavior on the 23.09.1 pfSense Plus release.
Hey Dani...
John Smith
08:58 PM Feature #10271 (Feedback): Large number of VLAN/LANs make "Interfaces" menu hard to access
With the overflow fix in, handling this likely requires a longer-term general UX change. Marcos M
06:47 PM Feature #10271: Large number of VLAN/LANs make "Interfaces" menu hard to access
As far as I understand it is not a duplicate. The other linked topic talks about the problem with the top menubar bei... Jens Groh
04:52 PM Feature #10271 (Duplicate): Large number of VLAN/LANs make "Interfaces" menu hard to access
Marcos M
07:26 PM Bug #15210: Firewall Rules not deleting
I have an issue where I believe it may be a bug in the WebGUI for the firewall filters. I previously created a filter... Ricaardo Garcia
07:17 PM Bug #15210 (Not a Bug): Firewall Rules not deleting
I have an issue where I believe it may be a bug in the WebGUI for the firewall filters. I previously created a filter... Ricaardo Garcia
05:21 PM Feature #15209 (New): Option to specify custom user home directory paths
There are plenty of reasons not to have a home directory in /home/username
There should be the option of specifyin...
Ronald Antony
04:55 PM Feature #7943: Overflow scrolling for top navigation drop-down menus in Fixed mode
Applied in changeset commit:79025bde07a7c9f9b4d6d80be3c2efca9f1bd2c4. Marcos M
04:51 PM Feature #7943 (Feedback): Overflow scrolling for top navigation drop-down menus in Fixed mode
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1127
The CSS fix works for Firefox / Chromium, desktop...
Marcos M
04:46 PM Revision 79025bde: Add scroll when nagivating menus overlfow. Fix #7943
Marcos M
04:27 PM Bug #15194 (Incomplete): PHP Fatal error in easyrule CLI
I was not able to reproduce this. The error points to an issue writing the backup cache:... Marcos M
03:45 PM Bug #15146: Outbound NAT rules need re-applied after restore in different hardware
This may have been an indirect result of #15197 Marcos M
03:42 PM Regression #15206 (Resolved): Deleting OpenVPN server or client on 24.03 release gives an error
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1126 Marcos M
06:13 AM Regression #15206 (Resolved): Deleting OpenVPN server or client on 24.03 release gives an error
Attempt delete OpenVPN server or client on 24.03 release gives an error.
24.03-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Fri Jan...
aleksei prokofiev
03:40 PM Revision e022d8cd: Use the correct function parameters. Fix #15206
Marcos M
03:30 PM Feature #855 (Feedback): Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
Applied in changeset commit:30d46b63834444e9a7a4af310a5d8aaf94baf01a. Marcos M
03:30 PM Bug #12920 (Feedback): Gateway behavior differs when the gateway does not exist in the configuration
Applied in changeset commit:17e64d8dc879e2282a95291621f4192f841f6cc5. Marcos M
03:30 PM Bug #12942 (Feedback): Code to kill states for old gateway when reconnecting an interface is incorrect
Applied in changeset commit:b4df50f412a219e7c58563adb47fe1eabb2c405f. Marcos M
03:21 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15208 (Resolved): Document the new gateway recovery state killing feature
Feature details here:
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/855
Marcos M
03:18 PM Revision 30d46b63: Kill states on gateway failover recovery. Implement #855
Marcos M
03:18 PM Revision 17e64d8d: Sync generated gateways to config. Fix #12920
Marcos M
03:18 PM Revision b4df50f4: Remove old state killing colde. Fix #12942
For rc.newwanip, it's redundant to kill specific states before killing
all states. For ppp-linkup, state killing is a...
Marcos M
01:13 PM Feature #15207: DynDNS - Missing update KEY
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Matt Keys
12:55 PM Feature #15207 (Incomplete): DynDNS - Missing update KEY
I apologize if this has already been reported, or already exists as a feature request. I did search previous to post,... Matt Keys
07:39 AM Bug #14919: OpenVPN forms invalid ``route`` statements for empty local networks
Tested on
24.03-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Fri Jan 26 9:00:00 MSK 2024
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
The issue still p...
aleksei prokofiev
05:04 AM Bug #15178: ACB (autoconfig backup) restore always returns could not decrypt despite proper password
Tested on
24.03-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Wed Jan 17 6:00:00 UTC 2024
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
I am unable to ...
aleksei prokofiev
04:55 AM Todo #15188: Remove deprecated OpenVPN hardware crypto engine option
Tested on
23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Wed Dec 20 21:27:00 MSK 2023
FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT
24.03-DEVELOPMENT...
aleksei prokofiev
02:41 AM pfSense Plus Bug #14401: Changing from Switchport to Discrete Interface in VGA/Serial Console Breaks Port Status Monitoring
possibly related? https://redmine.netgate.com/issues/12480 Jordan G
02:24 AM pfSense Plus Bug #14894: Password protected console login prompt does not render properly on 4100/6100/8200 serial console
seems present on ARM-based as well, when connecting with 1100 console, this is all we see of the first line after con... Jordan G
02:10 AM pfSense Plus Bug #15205 (Not a Bug): Changing a WAN type interface from DHCP to static IPv4 address causes WAN to appear in DHCP server configuration
WAN interface currently using IPv4 DHCP type address, switch this interface to static, enter IP, create gateway, save... Jordan G
01:30 AM Feature #15204 (New): pfSense email notification: support STARTTLS without authentication
According to the NET_SMTP documentation (https://github.com/pear/Net_SMTP):... Craig Coonrad
01:23 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15190 (Pull Request Review): PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/FreeBSD-ports/-/merge_requests/385 Christopher Cope
01:08 AM Feature #15203 (New): Option to allow customized user home directory permissions to be preserved
It is well intentioned and improves system security in general, that proper home directory ownerships are maintained.... Ronald Antony
12:30 AM Bug #15195: PHP error if config contain <ppps></ppps> empty tag
Lev Prokofev wrote:
> The error occurs on boot if the config containing <ppps></ppps>
>
> tested on
>
>
>
...
Kris Phillips
12:28 AM Bug #14996: Kea DHCP PHP error from WINS server value
Jared Hendrickson wrote in #note-2:
> I opened a PR this morning that contains a fix for this: https://github.com/pfs...
Kris Phillips
12:21 AM Bug #12774: Picture widget image is not saved in backup
Ronald Antony wrote in #note-6:
> Viktor Gurov wrote in #note-3:
> > But we can only backup image data if the "Incl...
Kris Phillips

01/27/2024

11:51 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190: PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
More information: The code is being hit when using the custom Time Period. The code attempts to subtract the resoluti... Christopher Cope
11:34 PM Bug #15122: PHP errors in LDAP server prevent it from falling back to Local Database
Danilo Zrenjanin wrote in #note-4:
> The firewall couldn't reach the LDAP server and I couldn't replicate that on 23...
Christopher Cope
02:34 PM Bug #15122: PHP errors in LDAP server prevent it from falling back to Local Database
The firewall couldn't reach the LDAP server and I couldn't replicate that on 23.09.1.
Is there any specifically w...
Danilo Zrenjanin
11:08 PM Feature #855: Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
Henniee Walterson wrote in #note-26:
> it might be useful to implement the recover state killing in the gateway sect...
Alex Viper_Rus
10:32 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15199: Unable to add user defined options to /etc/ssh/sshd_config due to its dynamic nature and no UI to add additional configuration options
So, looking at */etc/sshd* I find this section:... Ronald Antony
09:36 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15199 (Rejected): Unable to add user defined options to /etc/ssh/sshd_config due to its dynamic nature and no UI to add additional configuration options
In order to run a user with scponly privileges
(see: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/185794/there-s-absolutely-no-u...
Ronald Antony
10:28 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15202 (New): Add Option for Network Portion of Subnet "Wildcard" for IPv6 Rules
Filtering hosts with IPv6 is extremely difficult when utilizing an upstream provider that is providing a Prefix Deleg... Kris Phillips
10:04 PM Bug #12774: Picture widget image is not saved in backup
Viktor Gurov wrote in #note-3:
> But we can only backup image data if the "Include extra data" option is checked.
...
Ronald Antony
10:00 PM Feature #15201 (Rejected): Unified mechanism for update notifications
It would be nice if there were a unified mechanism of notifying admins of
- updates to the base system
- updates to...
Ronald Antony
09:44 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15200 (Rejected): usermanager privileges have ZERO documentation on the "User - System: Copy files to home directory (chrooted scp)" privileges setting/setup
The manual section which should have this documented, is glaringly empty:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/late...
Ronald Antony
09:29 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15198 (Rejected): System_Patches package should advertize on the dashboard, or send notifications, if there are recommended patches available
As non-full-time sysadmin, not only do I not regularly monitor the dashboard, I do even less regularly (read: never) ... Ronald Antony
07:55 PM Regression #15197 (Feedback): Outbound NAT rules using an alias without a matching address family create unexpected PF rules
Applied in changeset commit:4f90b67bb214521e5fc554fa24e97a0b283ad8c3. Marcos M
07:40 PM Regression #15197 (Waiting on Merge): Outbound NAT rules using an alias without a matching address family create unexpected PF rules
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1125 Marcos M
07:20 PM Regression #15197 (Resolved): Outbound NAT rules using an alias without a matching address family create unexpected PF rules
Create an Outbound NAT rule with:
- @Do not NAT@ checked
- @IPv4+IPv6@ for address family
- Source @<interface> su...
Marcos M
07:53 PM Bug #12920 (Pull Request Review): Gateway behavior differs when the gateway does not exist in the configuration
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1124
This change makes sure gateways are added to the co...
Marcos M
07:43 PM Feature #15183: Add per-rule option to set PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)

Firewall State Policy option is added:
pfctl -sr results:
+interface bound state:+
pass in quick on em0 r...
Alhusein Zawi
07:39 PM Revision 4f90b67b: Check for empty hosts when generating outbound NAT rules. Fix #15197
Make sure that there's a valid host when calling
filter_nat_rules_generate_if() and add missing new lines.
Marcos M
07:37 PM Bug #11418 (Resolved): 'NAT-T: Force' is broken for IPv6 IPsec
Tested on 24.03-DEVELOPMENT (built on Fri Jan 26 9:00:00 MSK 2024)
There is no any issue with 'NAT-T: Force'. I wa...
Azamat Khakimyanov
12:44 PM Regression #14078: Traffic graph shows half actual throughput when switching back to the graph
As I mentioned in the related Redmine, the issue is still present and I need to run with my local fix Patrik Stahlman
11:57 AM Regression #14078: Traffic graph shows half actual throughput when switching back to the graph
Related to https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14933 Danilo Zrenjanin
11:55 AM Regression #14078 (Feedback): Traffic graph shows half actual throughput when switching back to the graph
I can not reproduce this on 23.09.1.
Google Chrome for MacOS.
The download speed in the /status_graph.php remains ...
Danilo Zrenjanin
12:39 PM Bug #14933: Traffic Graph widget displays bandwidth usage values which are half the actual usage amount
This problem is still reproducable for me on pfSense Plus 23.09.1-RELEASE. It might not happen every time you switch ... Patrik Stahlman
12:09 PM Bug #14933: Traffic Graph widget displays bandwidth usage values which are half the actual usage amount
Related to https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14078 Danilo Zrenjanin
12:09 PM Bug #14933 (Feedback): Traffic Graph widget displays bandwidth usage values which are half the actual usage amount
I can not reproduce this behavior on 23.09.1.
Google Chrome for MacOS.
The download speed in the widget remain...
Danilo Zrenjanin
04:03 AM Feature #8794: NTP authentication support
@Marcos M
Is there something I need to do to get this merged? The PR still has the changes requested label applied e...
Matthew Ray
01:01 AM pfSense Plus Bug #15196 (Not a Bug): AWS ena interfaces can become unstable/stop responding
On AMD Epyc hardware in AWS, pfSense Plus ena interfaces can lose their IP addressing and then stop responding entire... Kris Phillips

01/26/2024

07:41 PM pfSense Docs Correction #14143 (Closed): Feedback on System Monitoring — Remote Logging with Syslog
Updated and deployed: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/79919a2075edcf6a5627b3099cc2471a76893673 Jim Pingle
07:28 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15150 (Resolved): Update IPsec Terminology Differences
Added: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/93f807abb3dcb4c330f9866566555deabf1cc577 Jim Pingle
07:15 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15014 (Rejected): Feedback on Configuration — Advanced Configuration Options — Firewall
We still set the default at 400000 in the default @config.xml@, so the docs are still correct:... Jim Pingle
06:41 PM pfSense Docs Correction #15075 (Closed): Changing MSS for IPsec
I updated the menu location for the option: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/14d49c53df3133db0f6... Jim Pingle
06:35 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15192 (Closed): Document new Speed Shift functionality
Added and deployed:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/7f8a91bb44b671a70f5696513bd8cd11dff487c7...
Jim Pingle
05:15 PM Bug #14996: Kea DHCP PHP error from WINS server value
I opened a PR this morning that contains a fix for this: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/4667 Jared Hendrickson
03:04 PM Bug #15195 (Duplicate): PHP error if config contain <ppps></ppps> empty tag

The error occurs on boot if the config containing <ppps></ppps>
tested on ...
Lev Prokofev
02:31 PM Bug #15194 (Incomplete): PHP Fatal error in easyrule CLI
Running "easyrule block wan 1.0.152.114" via ssh caused an error.
It looks like it's a problem in backup_config().
...
David Johnston
02:22 PM Regression #15152: Systems with low RAM fail to upgrade to 24.03
Something else I may have narrowed down is that in each case it appears to only be dbus that's failing this. It's dbu... Jim Pingle
01:23 PM Feature #7943: Overflow scrolling for top navigation drop-down menus in Fixed mode
The primary reason this hasn't seen any traction is because it's only a problem for users who have opted into the non... Jim Pingle
01:13 PM Feature #7943: Overflow scrolling for top navigation drop-down menus in Fixed mode
Hello,
while this can seem like a trivial issue for some, usability and accesibility are important aspects of any ...
Patrik Stahlman
01:18 PM Feature #10271: Large number of VLAN/LANs make "Interfaces" menu hard to access

This issues has also been reported here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7943 and includes a simple change until...
Patrik Stahlman
09:08 AM Bug #15187: OpenVPN client addresses unreachable despite all rules in place and tunnel being up
As far as I can tell we've exhausted all the options. The routes are correct. the firewall rules allow the traffic. ... Roland Giesler

01/25/2024

08:58 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15193 (Closed): Add documentation for new State Policy options
In #15173 we added a global option to change the default state policy to be interface-bound instead of floating. The ... Jim Pingle
08:53 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15192 (Closed): Document new Speed Shift functionality
We added support for Intel Speed Shift in 23.09/2.7.1 and it needs added to the documentation. See #14047 for details... Jim Pingle
08:49 PM pfSense Docs New Content #15191 (Closed): Document new Packet Flow Data functionality (Plus Only)
Create documentation for the new pflow/Packet Flow Data functionality added to Plus for 24.03.
See #15039 for deta...
Jim Pingle
07:31 PM Feature #15189 (Needs Patch): Firewall Rule Tracer
This has come up before and it's not feasible until/unless PF itself has a test function internally to run such a tra... Jim Pingle
07:13 PM Feature #15189 (Needs Patch): Firewall Rule Tracer
Requesting a Feature popular on successful commercial platforms to improve the viability of PFSense for larger more c... Justin Radke
07:30 PM Todo #15188 (Feedback): Remove deprecated OpenVPN hardware crypto engine option
Applied in changeset commit:7983c2dd617dcc7684b8ed871f463459e640cf34. Jim Pingle
06:54 PM Todo #15188 (Resolved): Remove deprecated OpenVPN hardware crypto engine option
There is an option in the OpenVPN client/server configuration (and wizard) which sets a hardware crypto engine for Op... Jim Pingle
07:26 PM pfSense Packages Bug #15190 (Resolved): PHP error from RRD Graphs when resolution is null
Happens on... Christopher Cope
07:12 PM Bug #15185: Problem with Widgets OpenVPN in Pfsense 2.7.2 after upgrade
We have been using Pfsense platform for eight yers now and the more Certificates per User we have the more slowly Wid... Przemyslaw Przybyl
06:54 PM Revision 7983c2dd: Remove OpenVPN engine option. Implements #15188
It's been non-functional for years and is only confusing users now. Jim Pingle
05:30 PM Feature #15183 (Feedback): Add per-rule option to set PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
Applied in changeset commit:22de584bd0a234e1c658e703098ea259058cc478. Jim Pingle
05:24 PM Feature #15183: Add per-rule option to set PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
Note when testing that the _OS_ default is @floating@, thus when inspecting rules output by @pfctl -sr@ the word "flo... Jim Pingle
02:21 PM Feature #15183 (In Progress): Add per-rule option to set PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
Jim Pingle
05:20 PM Revision 22de584b: Per-rule State Policy option. Implements #15183
Adds a setting in the advanced section when editing a firewall rule
which allows a rule to use a state policy that di...
Jim Pingle
05:10 PM pfSense Packages Bug #14805: when I changed Endpoint ip via webgui, but wiregaurd still using old ip ruuning.
I couldn't recreate the behavior you're experiencing on the 23.09.1 pfSense Plus version.
Changing the Endpoint I...
Danilo Zrenjanin
02:41 PM Regression #15152: Systems with low RAM fail to upgrade to 24.03
I'm seeing a similar failure though so far only on 1100.
There is a sysctl oid @vfs.tmpfs.memory_percent@ which al...
Jim Pingle
02:12 PM Regression #15051: Host(s) Aliases using Domains fail to resolve
I couldn't confirm that behavior on the 23.09.1 pfSense Plus release.
Please see the screenshots below:
!clipb...
Danilo Zrenjanin
01:52 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15186: Test DNS over TLS
Such a test wouldn't be ideal to mix in the settings since there are other required parts for that to work that aren'... Jim Pingle
01:46 PM Bug #15187 (Not a Bug): OpenVPN client addresses unreachable despite all rules in place and tunnel being up
I don't see anything in that thread that suggests it's a bug rather than a misconfiguration somewhere. Keep discussin... Jim Pingle
07:29 AM Bug #15187 (Not a Bug): OpenVPN client addresses unreachable despite all rules in place and tunnel being up
Refer to support ticket: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/185705/p2p-vpn-server-can-t-reach-client-but-client-can-reac... Roland Giesler
12:44 PM Bug #15176 (Resolved): Change Mobile IPsec RADIUS accounting to use ``accounting_requires_vip`` so accounting will not activate for non-mobile VPNs
Tested the patch against:... Danilo Zrenjanin

01/24/2024

11:57 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15186 (New): Test DNS over TLS
The ability to readily confirm TLS DNS would be established once saved. Jeff Kuehl
09:00 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15039: GUI to configure Packet Flow Data (``pflow``) export
Things to keep in mind when testing.
When _inactive_ (disabled or not yet applied):...
Jim Pingle
08:47 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15039 (Feedback): GUI to configure Packet Flow Data (``pflow``) export
MR merged:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/factory/-/commit/e755ceefc81c7942797459bc1fd6132343ec2cfc
New fil...
Jim Pingle
08:56 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038 (Closed): Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
Looks good on current snapshots, everything appears to be working as expected.... Jim Pingle
08:52 PM Bug #15185 (Incomplete): Problem with Widgets OpenVPN in Pfsense 2.7.2 after upgrade
There isn't nearly enough information here to draw any conclusions and I can't reproduce it here.
Please post on t...
Jim Pingle
10:46 AM Bug #15185 (Incomplete): Problem with Widgets OpenVPN in Pfsense 2.7.2 after upgrade

After Upgrade with 2.7.0 to 2.7.1 next to 2.7.2.
Widgets OpenVPN - Servers, OpenVPN - Clients, OpenVPN - Client ...
Przemyslaw Przybyl
05:22 PM Bug #11418 (Feedback): 'NAT-T: Force' is broken for IPv6 IPsec
24.03 will have the upstream fixes - this can be tested currently in 24.03 dev snapshots. Marcos M
04:32 PM Bug #13934 (Closed): Killing states by gateway can miss some IPv6 outbound states
This will need to be handled with custom floating rules. With the proposed change, the route-to rules for secondary W... Marcos M
04:15 PM Bug #14386: ``openvpn.auth-user.php`` gets stuck at 100% CPU usage when RADIUS authentication times out
FWIW - still present in 2.7.2 and 23.09.1. Orion Poplawski
10:19 AM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
The expected flow here is that the fragmented packets arrive, get passed through the inbound (pf_test(PF_IN)) test, r... Kristof Provost
07:31 AM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
There's a clue in the last dtrace that's backed up by the pf debug output in dmesg:... Kristof Provost
12:15 AM Bug #15180: Web UI sort order not maintained after auto refresh
Jim Pingle wrote in #note-3:
> The table sorting is all client side in JavaScript and it has no persistence. There i...
James Garrison

01/23/2024

09:11 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15039 (Pull Request Review): GUI to configure Packet Flow Data (``pflow``) export
MR: https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/factory/-/merge_requests/117
Jim Pingle
08:49 PM Bug #11418: 'NAT-T: Force' is broken for IPv6 IPsec
FYI: Wiktel and MICE (https://micemn.net) sponsored work by Klara (https://klarasystems.com), who landed a patch in F... Richard Laager
05:00 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
attached is requested info from todays diagnostic session
dtraces taken specifically during the calls
pipe info irrel...
Georgiy Tyutyunnik
10:36 AM Todo #15184 (New): Change hint text in "Remote Log Servers" to reflect actual possible entry
Dear pfSense Dev Team!
On a page
*Status / System Logs / Settings*
Section
" *Remote Logging Option* "
UI Ele...
Sergei Shablovsky

01/22/2024

11:45 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038 (Feedback): Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
The signed vs. unsigned issue will be fixed in the next snapshot.
The issue in comment 8 is actually expected beha...
Kristof Provost
04:26 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038: Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
Per Kristof, the above was an output printing issue in @pflowctl@ and it was correct internally. That will be fixed s... Jim Pingle
03:13 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038 (In Progress): Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
After testing a bit I discovered what might be a minor issue.
Not that I expect anyone to need to go this high, bu...
Jim Pingle
02:39 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038 (Feedback): Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
Module is present now on latest build (24.03.a.20240122.0600) and loads OK.
Had a weird glitch once where I couldn...
Jim Pingle
08:31 PM pfSense Packages Feature #14633: Cleanup states on dynamic routing changes
Jim Pingle wrote in #note-2:
> At the moment the FreeBSD port does not appear to build FRR with @--enable-scriptin...
Henniee Walterson
03:51 PM pfSense Packages Feature #14633 (Feedback): Cleanup states on dynamic routing changes
I believe #15173 may help here since states would no longer match on the old interface after a routing change. It sho... Marcos M
07:26 PM Feature #13894 (Resolved): Explicitly enable/disable DHCP Dynamic DNS updates in each scope
Marcos M
07:23 PM Bug #14290 (Feedback): ICMPv6 Path MTU Discovery breaks with NPT
Marcos M
07:01 PM Bug #13934 (Pull Request Review): Killing states by gateway can miss some IPv6 outbound states
Marcos M
06:53 PM Bug #12942 (Pull Request Review): Code to kill states for old gateway when reconnecting an interface is incorrect
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1124 Marcos M
06:33 PM Feature #13844: Make RADIUS Start/Stop accounting immediately log off a user that exceeds quota when reauthentication is disabled
As per comment in #13843, please include multiuser, parallel, simultaneous logins, cumulative when calculating totals... Dale Harron
06:29 PM Feature #13843: Add ability to properly configure RADIUS captive portal user quotas of 4096MB or more
When implementing this feature, please support multi-user logins, including parallel user sessions that have been sta... Dale Harron
06:25 PM Regression #15170 (Closed): webConfigurator IPv6 resolver syntax change
Chris Linstruth
06:25 PM Regression #15170: webConfigurator IPv6 resolver syntax change
Looks good on Jan 22 build. Thanks. Chris Linstruth
05:46 PM pfSense Plus Todo #15164 (Resolved): Add ZFS Boot Environment list to status output
Jim Pingle
05:44 PM pfSense Plus Todo #15164 (Confirmed): Add ZFS Boot Environment list to status output
Confirmed working in 24.03.a.20240122.0600. Craig Coonrad
05:24 PM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
Okay, can we go ahead and push this into prod please? I've had users testing builds that I produced from FreeBSD port... Denny Page
03:59 PM pfSense Packages Todo #15119: Update nut-devel version and update startup script
There was an issue with the previous MRs - they seemed to be missing additional commits which caused some build failu... Marcos M
04:27 PM Feature #15183 (Resolved): Add per-rule option to set PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
Now that #15173 is in place it would be helpful to have a per-rule option to set state policy between default, if-bou... Jim Pingle
03:53 PM Feature #855 (Pull Request Review): Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1124
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15208
Marcos M
02:48 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15039 (In Progress): GUI to configure Packet Flow Data (``pflow``) export
Jim Pingle
01:05 PM Bug #15180 (Not a Bug): Web UI sort order not maintained after auto refresh
The table sorting is all client side in JavaScript and it has no persistence. There is no way for it to remember anyt... Jim Pingle
12:57 AM Bug #15180: Web UI sort order not maintained after auto refresh
Can confirm in 23.09.1
Seems to happen with any table that automatically updates, the table updates with the defau...
dylan mendez
01:04 PM Feature #15179 (Rejected): Pre-set “error” in “Advanced Log Filter” in Status / System Logs
Not everything that's a problem contains the string "error" nor does every string that contains "error" mean it's a p... Jim Pingle
03:48 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15182: Changing backend port - status remains down
The workaround is to delete the backend server and recreate Mike Moore
03:44 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15182 (Confirmed): Changing backend port - status remains down
I noticed that if you enable basic health checks on a backend server, in my example port 443 the health check succeed... Mike Moore
01:08 AM Bug #15181: PHP error in ``interfaces_qinq_edit.php`` when creating a QinQ interface
dylan mendez wrote in #note-1:
> Can you please share your pfSense version as well as specific VLAN IDs you're using...
Jens Becker
01:02 AM Bug #15181: PHP error in ``interfaces_qinq_edit.php`` when creating a QinQ interface
Created two QinQ interfaces on two different interfaces, no issue. 23.09.1
Can you please share your pfSense versi...
dylan mendez

01/21/2024

10:30 PM Bug #15181 (Resolved): PHP error in ``interfaces_qinq_edit.php`` when creating a QinQ interface
When creating a new QinQ interface on /interfaces_qinq_edit.php it throws this error:... Jens Becker
08:00 PM Bug #15180: Web UI sort order not maintained after auto refresh
I can confirm the same issue on pf Plus version 23.09.1, so effects both CE and Plus. Ethan Word
05:55 PM Bug #15180 (Not a Bug): Web UI sort order not maintained after auto refresh
When I select a sort column in any display that refreshes, the sort order reverts to the default when the display ref... James Garrison
04:21 AM pfSense Packages Feature #15107: An option to disable routes
Hey Kris,
The scenario is using wireguard with FRR , bgp in my case.
As i am getting routes from a remote gateway i...
Mike Moore
04:08 AM pfSense Packages Feature #15107: An option to disable routes
Mike Moore wrote:
> When using Wireguard with FRR (dynamic routing) there needs to be an option to select 'Disable ro...
Kris Phillips
04:15 AM Feature #13293: Option to set auth-gen-token in OpenVPN GUI
Marcos M wrote in #note-2:
> It's unclear if the concerns mentioned on the following link have been addressed - best...
Kris Phillips
04:03 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15172: Tailscale interface goes down without reason
I suspect this is because Service Watchguard is watching for the Tailscale service to crash, not for a tunnel to drop... Kris Phillips
04:01 AM Bug #15178: ACB (autoconfig backup) restore always returns could not decrypt despite proper password
Tested on 24.03, I'm getting a different error:
The following input errors were detected:
SHA256 values do ...
Kris Phillips
02:30 AM Feature #15179: Pre-set “error” in “Advanced Log Filter” in Status / System Logs
Again one time to explain main idea:
*Just pre-set txt field, but not filtering automatically*
So Admin choose ...
Sergei Shablovsky
02:24 AM Feature #15179: Pre-set “error” in “Advanced Log Filter” in Status / System Logs
This about “Message” Filter field in follow section:
System / General
System / Gateways
System / Routings
Sys...
Sergei Shablovsky
02:00 AM Feature #15179 (Rejected): Pre-set “error” in “Advanced Log Filter” in Status / System Logs
Dear pfSense Team!
Generally and mostly System Logs section used by FW admins:
- on initial stage of pfSense impl...
Sergei Shablovsky
01:12 AM Feature #11047: Add Encryption Password suggestions and Restriction
Sergei Shablovsky wrote in #note-3:
> Jim Pingle wrote in #note-2:
> > That is way too much text to add to the GUI....
Sergei Shablovsky

01/20/2024

10:34 PM Bug #15178 (Resolved): ACB (autoconfig backup) restore always returns could not decrypt despite proper password
ACB restore, using the proper password will permit viewing the encrypted and decrypted configuration, but either usin... Jordan G
09:27 PM Feature #14165: Option to allow the DNS Forwarder to ignore system DNS servers

option is added
2.8.0.a.20240119.0600
Alhusein Zawi
06:06 PM Feature #13340: Option to change QinQ ethertype to Service VLAN Tag
> We faced this issue in our recent 2.6 -> 2.7 upgrade and thank you for posting this! Saved our butts. Whats the mos... Grant Emsley
03:30 PM pfSense Packages Feature #15177 (New): Add an option to choose an interface that the Tailscale will use for connecting to the Login Server
Currently, it is not possible to specify the interface that the Tailscale service will use to connect to the Login Se... Danilo Zrenjanin
03:07 PM pfSense Packages Regression #14043 (Resolved): Netgate Firmware Upgrade fails to mount EFISYS
Tested the upgrade on 6100 from:... Danilo Zrenjanin
12:46 PM Bug #15171 (Resolved): Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
Tested the patch against:... Danilo Zrenjanin
07:45 AM pfSense Packages Bug #14566 (Confirmed): Softlflowd package don't send ICMP flows
I can confirm this behavior, package ver. v.1.2.6_1 tested on ... Lev Prokofev
03:44 AM Feature #855 (In Progress): Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
Marcos M

01/19/2024

10:42 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038: Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
I forgot to include the module in the image in cross build. That's done now, so the next build will have it. Kristof Provost
04:12 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15038 (In Progress): Operating System support for PF ``pflow`` packet data flow export
On 24.03.a.20240117.0600 which should be after this was merged, @pflowctl@ complaints that @pflow.ko@ is not loaded, ... Jim Pingle
05:25 PM Bug #15176 (Feedback): Change Mobile IPsec RADIUS accounting to use ``accounting_requires_vip`` so accounting will not activate for non-mobile VPNs
Applied in changeset commit:7caf3483ce5ba971ecfe7c8d04fbbfe60f3fbca1. Jim Pingle
05:09 PM Bug #15176 (Resolved): Change Mobile IPsec RADIUS accounting to use ``accounting_requires_vip`` so accounting will not activate for non-mobile VPNs
At some point strongSwan's @eap-radius@ plugin gained a setting called @accounting_requires_vip@ which makes strongSw... Jim Pingle
05:14 PM Revision 7caf3483: Fix RA IPsec EAP-RADIUS accounting. Fixes #15176
Set the flag which only activates accounting for connections with VIPs
which will restrict accounting to only mobile ...
Jim Pingle
02:46 PM Feature #11556: Kill states using the pre-NAT address
It is killing the LAN side but not the WAN side.
It was an ssh session on a rule with a schedule.
When the sche...
Chris Linstruth
02:08 PM Feature #11556: Kill states using the pre-NAT address
Hi Chris,
It's not clear to me what the problem is in comment 9. Is that state not getting killed when you'd expec...
Kristof Provost
11:11 AM Feature #855: Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
it would be useful if vpn connections were also reconnected via the restored gateway
Alex Viper_Rus
10:41 AM Feature #855: Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
it might be useful to implement the recover state killing in the gateway section too.
(@ "State Killing on Gateway Fa...
Henniee Walterson
07:58 AM Bug #15171: Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
Jim Pingle wrote in #note-3:
> How are these entries being deleted exactly? Using the trash can at the end of a row,...
Danilo Zrenjanin
02:53 AM pfSense Docs New Content #15175 (New): add explicit license to pfSense documentation
Previous documentation hosted on GitHub repo was under a CC non-commercial license.
Since transitioning to the new...
Hayden Mills

01/18/2024

09:37 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
While we're gathering things let's also dump the dummynet pipe information:... Kristof Provost
07:12 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
I'm still rather unclear on why this happens, and why I cannot reproduce fragmentation issues with dummynet pipes loc... Kristof Provost
08:55 PM Bug #15171 (Feedback): Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
Applied in changeset commit:48aea6ee7e03b5b7f49dd143bd1993d33ba74f5b. Jim Pingle
07:45 PM Bug #15171 (In Progress): Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
I managed to reproduce a couple different issues here.
The original problem seems to be isolated to only the per-r...
Jim Pingle
03:41 PM Bug #15171 (Incomplete): Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
How are these entries being deleted exactly? Using the trash can at the end of a row, or by checking the box(es) at t... Jim Pingle
11:57 AM Bug #15171: Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
The IPsec config before removing the second Phase 1. ... Danilo Zrenjanin
11:46 AM Bug #15171 (Confirmed): Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
Tested against:... Danilo Zrenjanin
08:45 PM Revision 48aea6ee: IPsec P1/P2 delete corrections. Fixes #15171
Jim Pingle
08:39 PM pfSense Plus Bug #15103: Netgate Crypto ID missing in 23.09.01 after fresh firmware
I thought I would mention, I also have this issue in 23.09.1 that I just did a reinstall on. 23.09.1 is running on a... Jeff Kuehl
08:15 PM Bug #5413: Reduce disruptions when changing DNS records from DHCP leases in Unbound
A question for you, Christian. Does the DHCP change to KEA's code mean this is no longer a problem? Or are the notifi... Dennis Adler
07:25 PM Feature #13894 (Feedback): Explicitly enable/disable DHCP Dynamic DNS updates in each scope
Applied in changeset commit:fb04e80e014e4759215384054497268944535001. Marcos M
07:19 PM Revision fb04e80e: Explicitly set ddns-updates. Fix #13894
Marcos M
07:05 PM Todo #15173 (Feedback): Add global option to set default PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
Applied in changeset commit:7fedaae5775b9fb58dea7a71afce6d7c3ba062f9. Jim Pingle
05:21 PM Todo #15173: Add global option to set default PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
MR: https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/pfSense/-/merge_requests/1123 Jim Pingle
05:18 PM Todo #15173 (Resolved): Add global option to set default PF State Policy (if-bound vs floating)
PF now has an option to set the default state policy to either floating (the current PF and OS default) or interface-... Jim Pingle
06:56 PM Revision 7fedaae5: Add option to set State Policy. Implements #15173
Also changes default policy to if-bound. Jim Pingle
06:42 PM Bug #14290: ICMPv6 Path MTU Discovery breaks with NPT
We can work around the problem by having pf perform the packet-to-big check and generating the icmp6 too big error:
...
Kristof Provost
06:27 PM Feature #15174 (New): missing ice driver (Intel E810 series NIC)

As suggested by stephenw10 in the forum [1] to open a feature request, I ask you kindly to add support for the Inte...
Adrian Zaugg
12:44 PM Bug #15145 (Resolved): Unable to perform Packet Captures on a tailscale interface in GUI with default settings
Tested the patch against:... Danilo Zrenjanin
01:47 AM pfSense Packages Bug #15172 (New): Tailscale interface goes down without reason
Tailscale on pfSense 2.7.2-RELEASE (tailscale package v0.1.4 [tailscale-1.54.0])
On a VM (Proxmox v8.x (lastest wi...
Carlos Montalvo J.

01/17/2024

11:02 PM Bug #14619: Rule separators are ordered incorrectly after removing rules in certain positions
This fixed my issues
I made the config.xml file like this, they had issues in 23.05.01 I think they caused the r...
Jonathan Lee
10:47 PM Bug #15171 (Resolved): Removing an IPsec Phase 1 entry can either remove the wrong Phase 2 entries or leave orphaned Phase 2 entries in the configuration
when deleting p1 entry in ipsec, p2 entries below some totally unrelated p1 entry also being deletet
see reports a...
Roland Kletzing
09:02 PM pfSense Plus Todo #15164 (Feedback): Add ZFS Boot Environment list to status output
Added to Plus:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/factory/-/commit/3a52d6afc43efcd2e4166a7b23fd15aba6a33dff
Jim Pingle
09:00 PM pfSense Plus Todo #15164 (In Progress): Add ZFS Boot Environment list to status output
Jim Pingle
07:35 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15161 (Closed): System --> Advanced --> Notifications --> Secure SMTP Connection
Notes should now match the observed behavior: https://gitlab.netgate.com/docs/pfSense-docs/-/commit/3d5864f74ae50cf13... Jim Pingle
06:26 PM pfSense Docs Todo #15161: System --> Advanced --> Notifications --> Secure SMTP Connection
Are you attempting to use authentication? It works here when I use authentication on port 587 or 25 and "Enable SMTP ... Jim Pingle
07:29 PM Bug #15156: Fragmented packets delayed by limiters are lost
testing session with client 17.01:
calls had a big chance of success without limiters enabled for the rule on ix0.12...
Georgiy Tyutyunnik
06:26 PM Bug #8313 (Not a Bug): STARTTLS auto detection not working
This has apparently been fixed upstream, STARTTLS works automatically for me on port 25 and 587 with auth configured ... Jim Pingle
05:10 PM Bug #15162: Adding Wake-On-LAN entry from ARP table view can incorrectly include OEM text in MAC address field
Though installing nmap activates the OUI info in the field, the code to handle that is not in the nmap package, but i... Jim Pingle
05:08 PM Bug #15167 (Not a Bug): OpenVPN Server can provide duplicate IP addresses to clients with a Client Override, including the first usable IP in the Network.
That is part of how OpenVPN operates. Addresses assigned via overrides are not reserved/kept from being allocated. Jim Pingle
05:07 PM pfSense Plus Feature #15168 (Rejected): Tracker ID as a column
Each redmine must only be a single request.
There is already a way to make a user read-only, there is a "deny conf...
Jim Pingle
05:03 PM Bug #15108 (Resolved): ``pfctl`` is unable to retrieve state creator list in certain circumstances
Given that we can't reproduce it there isn't a good way to verify the fix, so we can close this out for now. If we ge... Jim Pingle
05:00 PM Feature #855: Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
would be a charm like this...
love my paint :-)
Henniee Walterson
04:46 PM Feature #855 (Assigned): Ability to selectively kill states on gateway recovery
Marcos M
04:36 PM Bug #15157 (Incomplete): PHP error when generating a notification after detecting a malformed configuration
... Jim Pingle
03:21 PM Regression #15170 (Resolved): webConfigurator IPv6 resolver syntax change
Fixed in commit:cb77811ae6aad6d69abefcdb61e84a16a2ff4178. Marcos M
02:29 PM Regression #15170 (Closed): webConfigurator IPv6 resolver syntax change
It looks like a webconfigurator line like this:... Chris Linstruth
03:20 PM Revision cb77811a: Add brackets to returned IPv6 nameservers. Fix #15170
Marcos M
 

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