pfSense bugtracker

07/14/2025

ML 06:57 PM pfSense Docs Correction #16310 (Closed): Placeholder name in Instance Registration docs

The page at https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nexus/mim/registration.html#register-instance-with-controller uses a placeholder name for the Nexus settings:
* Open the pfSense software WebGUI on the instance
* *Navigate to Sy... Max Leighton

02/04/2025

ML 07:50 PM pfSense Regression #16036 (Resolved): Cannot set a new name when duplicating an existing gateway group

There's a UI element for duplicating a gateway group, but it behaves as if it's modifying an existing gateway group rather than duplicating the settings to a new gateway group. As such, it's not possible to duplicate a gateway group and ... Max Leighton

10/18/2023

ML 08:26 PM pfSense Bug #14893: Large number of IPsec tunnels causes long filter reload times

In my case, all of the remote gateways are IP addresses. There shouldn't be anything in IPsec that needs to resolve a hostname in my config. Max Leighton

ML 06:35 PM pfSense Bug #14893 (Resolved): Large number of IPsec tunnels causes long filter reload times

On a 23.05.1 system with many IPsec tunnels, reloading the filter can take over 5 minutes. This results in very slow GUI performance when editing tunnels and occasional nginx timeouts. I've replicated the issue on a system with 87 tunnel... Max Leighton

10/13/2022

ML 10:57 AM pfSense Packages Feature #13560 (New): Update FreeRADIUS to version 3.0.26

3.0.26 has been released with support for TLS 1.3 in EAP-TLS, PEAP, and TTLS. Some users have asked about updating the pfSense package to this version. Max Leighton

03/23/2022

ML 11:01 AM pfSense Docs Correction #12978 (Resolved): Correction to iftop section of Monitoring Bandwidth Usage

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/graphs/bandwidth-usage.html#iftop
The instructions on this page say to install iftop from the package manager, however it appears that iftop is no longer available as a package. Max Leighton

03/04/2022

ML 02:12 PM pfSense Bug #12900 (Duplicate): Clicking Save & Force Update on a Dynamic DNS entry results in a GUI timeout

When creating a new Cloudflare Dynamic DNS entry or saving and forcing an update nginx will timeout with 504. The update will work, and the DDNS entry functions correctly. I don't know if this happens with other DDNS providers as I have ... Max Leighton

12/31/2021

ML 04:19 PM pfSense Packages Feature #11130: FRR RIP support

After performing the workaround in https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12653, I am able to successfully exchange routes with RIP using FRR 1.1.1_2. I don't see any errors except for the one that is already documented on the related issue. Max Leighton

ML 03:42 PM pfSense Packages Bug #11391 (Resolved): Zeek crashes on 2.5.0

Tested with Zeek 3.0.6_3
The service starts successfully without any crashes. Marking the ticket resolved. Max Leighton

12/24/2021

ML 09:23 AM pfSense Packages Bug #12420 (Resolved): rc file is not deleted

Tested with PIMD 0.0.3_5
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/pimd.sh is removed when the service is disabled. Marking the ticket resolved. Max Leighton