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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
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      @JonathanLee said in ACL (Access Control List) rule order issue:

      I hit save and this happens every time now

      Huh? You mean you hit apply changes? Save is for the order of rules.. Why would you hit that? Unless you have moved rules around?

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      • JonathanLeeJ
        JonathanLee @johnpoz
        last edited by JonathanLee

        @johnpoz when I click on a rule to change it and hit save right after the order is mixed up. I don't move the rules the next screen after looks like someone dragged the rules around. See I changed the rule in position one from an alias to all and at the bottom of the specific rule has save the next screen is apply that's when it's mixed up.

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
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          @JonathanLee said in ACL (Access Control List) rule order issue:

          when I click on a rule to change it and hit save right after the order is mixed up.

          Again why would you click the save button?? The only time you would hit save button is when you moved the order around..

          When you edit a rule - you should hit the apply button, not the save button.

          I just edited this rule - the button to click after edit is the apply button, not the save button

          editrule.jpg

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          • JonathanLeeJ
            JonathanLee @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz "apply" I must have gotten mixed up with the verbage. Why does my rule set order get mixed up directly after?

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
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              @JonathanLee have no idea - have never seen that ever happen, ever..

              Are these rules copied rules, there was a thing before that when copied a rule it would reuse the RID.. Maybe something like that could happen.. maybe you actually had the rule order changed, and never "saved" it and then when you apply rules it puts them back to the original order?

              I don't use seps for rules - I could add them and try and duplicate your issue. But again in all my years with working with pfsense, I have never seen that ever happen.

              I would look at your rules. Save the order, then edit some rule - could be as something as editing the description - then hit apply.. Does your order change?

              You might want to remove your separators, and try again - do your rules reorder without those? I will add some seps to my rules and see if I can duplicate.

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              • JonathanLeeJ
                JonathanLee @johnpoz
                last edited by JonathanLee

                @johnpoz some of the rules I have created from the copy icon next to the original rule. I can attest to the fact one time I was missing my separators that might point to some issues with them as you don't use them.

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
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                  @JonathanLee ok added some seps.. So when you move a rule, notice it should have its check mark set, and the color of the save button changes.

                  Once you hit save, the color changes and the apply button should show up.

                  move.jpg

                  I then edited a rule - and while the apply button shows up the save button does not change color.

                  edit.jpg

                  I tried all kinds of edits, even adding rules - I can not get it to do what you are saying its doing.

                  testrule.jpg

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee @johnpoz
                    last edited by JonathanLee

                    @johnpoz could it be a 2100 thing? I wonder why it all the sudden started doing this for me.

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      @JonathanLee I would go over the rules with your mouse over them and make sure all the IDs are different.

                      track.jpg

                      Prob better yet, look at your /tmp/rules.debug with cat and see if any duplicate RID or IDs

                      tmp.jpg

                      edit: I don't see how it could be related to a specific appliance - that makes no sense at all..

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                      • JonathanLeeJ
                        JonathanLee @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz I found the issue, as soon as I removed all the "Seperators" the order stays.

                        Screenshot 2023-08-23 073928.jpg
                        (Rule set before I have made changes to rule #3 no seperators)

                        Screenshot 2023-08-23 074053.jpg
                        (Rule set after I have made changes with no separators resulting in no mix ups)

                        Why is the seperators causing this issue for my system?

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                        • JonathanLeeJ
                          JonathanLee @johnpoz
                          last edited by JonathanLee

                          @johnpoz I have also checked for duplicate tracking ids. I have none thankfully. It took longer than usual to apply after I removed the separators. Once the first apply was completed now it has no issues again. Weird right?

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                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            @JonathanLee if I had to guess, you were not saving after a move or something. Again in all the years I have been using pfsense, and all the years on this board. I have never seen this for sure, and do not recall ever seeing anyone reporting such an issue.

                            Maybe there is something weird with separators? I personally have never used them, other then testing then when they first came out. I believe lots of people do use them, so if there was some issue with them - you would think it would have been reported. Would have to go through redmine to see if such an issue has ever been reported.

                            Rule order is vital part of firewall, so if there was something that was re-ordering rules.. It would be of great concern.

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                            • JonathanLeeJ
                              JonathanLee @johnpoz
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                              @johnpoz So something got mixed up from a backup config or something and never was fully applied and stuck and bonked up, it is fixed now. Removing the separators did resolve my issues. Your right this was a one off for me too. I originally thought it had to do with the experimental layer 2 rules. You know how I test stuff and reapply the old config I saved all the time, I wonder if one was mid save and I reapplied it and the mid save was just in a half way point.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
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                                @JonathanLee maybe - I have not done anything with the new L2 rules as of yet, I have no use for them.. I don't see playing with them even until someone has a question about them that interests me enough to play with them ;)

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                                • JonathanLeeJ
                                  JonathanLee @johnpoz
                                  last edited by JonathanLee

                                  @johnpoz they have an open Redmine for this issue, I think the layer 2 rules makes my rules get even more bonkered up.

                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14691

                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14619

                                  Mine is duplicate of the other two
                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14705

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JonathanLee
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                                    @JonathanLee creating duplicate redmine isn't going to help anything - if you have info related to a redmine, you should add your details to the existing redmine vs creating another one.

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                                    • JonathanLeeJ
                                      JonathanLee @johnpoz
                                      last edited by JonathanLee

                                      @johnpoz I understand, but like you I didn't know any open ones existed. So I created one and learned they have a couple similar Redmines already open.

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                                      • bingo600B
                                        bingo600 @JonathanLee
                                        last edited by bingo600

                                        @JonathanLee said in ACL (Access Control List) rule order issue:

                                        @johnpoz I found the issue, as soon as I removed all the "Seperators" the order stays.

                                        I have a "Sepetator/Order issue too" , when i do a copy "rule" from on if to another.
                                        See:
                                        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/182063/when-copying-a-rule-from-one-if-to-another-it-seems-like-pfsense-is-reordering-the-rules-wrong

                                        Seems like this one addresses it ... But for 2.8.0 , and made 6 days ago.
                                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14691

                                        My issue was reported to stephenw10 15 days ago

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                                          @JonathanLee said in ACL (Access Control List) rule order issue:

                                          I restore the last config change and it goes back. I also noticed one day my separators some were all the sudden missing. Just weird

                                          This is due to previous bugs (fixed in dev snaps) where the separator could end up with an out of range index. This is fixed with #14619.

                                          Regarding the rules themselves changing order, I can only replicate that if I change the config while editing a rule. For example, start editing a rule on one browser tab, make rule order changes on another tab, then save the change in the original tab. This is known behavior that is due to the index being "cached" while an entry is being edited. There are other places in the GUI that behave like this, and supporting simultaneous changes to the config warrants a much broader code change. Until then, make sure that rules/aliases/etc are changed one at a time.

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @marcosm
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                                            @marcosm said in ACL (Access Control List) rule order issue:

                                            make sure that rules/aliases/etc are changed one at a time.

                                            Great advice!

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