Pfsense crashed after upgrading from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1

shteud1

I performed update from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1
And after boot Pfsense I got this crash report
Dashboard filed. Only react on opening report page, from which I can go to any page except Dashboard. And it seems like fully works.
It's looks like it partially updated 2.8.1 but not fully Oo
Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:

amd64
15.0-CURRENT
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #21 RELENG_2_8_1-n256095-47c932dcc0e9: Thu Aug 28 16:27:48 UTC 2025 root@pfsense-build-release-amd64-1.eng.atx.netgate.com:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-snapshots-2_8_1-main/obj/amd64/AupY3aTL/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-

Crash report details:

||PHP Errors:
[13-Sep-2025 18:56:32 Europe/Kiev] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Nette\Utils\Html::insert(): Argument #2 ($child) must be of type Nette\HtmlStringable|string, null given, called in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php on line 580 and defined in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php:610
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php(580): Nette\Utils\Html->insert(NULL, NULL)
#1 /usr/local/www/widgets/include/disks.inc(100): Nette\Utils\Html->addHtml(NULL)
#2 /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/disks.widget.php(65): disks_compose_widget_table(Array)
#3 /usr/local/www/index.php(428): include('/usr/local/www/...')
#4 {main}
thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php on line 610
[13-Sep-2025 18:56:37 Europe/Kiev] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Nette\Utils\Html::insert(): Argument #2 ($child) must be of type Nette\HtmlStringable|string, null given, called in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php on line 580 and defined in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php:610
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php(580): Nette\Utils\Html->insert(NULL, NULL)
#1 /usr/local/www/widgets/include/disks.inc(100): Nette\Utils\Html->addHtml(NULL)
#2 /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/disks.widget.php(65): disks_compose_widget_table(Array)
#3 /usr/local/www/index.php(428): include('/usr/local/www/...')
#4 {main}
thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php on line 610
[13-Sep-2025 19:05:17 Europe/Kiev] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Nette\Utils\Html::insert(): Argument #2 ($child) must be of type Nette\HtmlStringable|string, null given, called in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php on line 580 and defined in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php:610
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php(580): Nette\Utils\Html->insert(NULL, NULL)
#1 /usr/local/www/widgets/include/disks.inc(100): Nette\Utils\Html->addHtml(NULL)
#2 /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/disks.widget.php(65): disks_compose_widget_table(Array)
#3 /usr/local/www/index.php(428): include('/usr/local/www/...')
#4 {main}
thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/vendor/nette/utils/src/Utils/Html.php on line 610

No FreeBSD crash data found.||
Any ideas how to fix this without reinstalling Pfsense from zero?

stephenw10

You can edit the config and remove the disks widget from the dashboard since that's what appears to be triggering the error.

What disks do you have?

shteud1

@stephenw10 said in Pfsense crashed after upgrading from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1:

You can edit the config and remove the disks widget from the dashboard since that's what appears to be triggering the error.

What disks do you have?

Thx
I have 2x SSDs in RAID1 ZFS array (if I remember some crucial 64GB).
How can I do what. Last time i do sth in PFsense was few years ago and don't remember anything :)

stephenw10

Safest way is to backup the config from https://<your-firewall-ip>/diag_backup.php. Edit it then restore the config. That way pfSense will refuse to import it of you have typo'd something.

Look in the config for the widgets section like:

	<widgets>
		<sequence>system_information:col1:open:0,disks:col1:open,interfaces:col2:open:0,services_status:col2:open:0,gateways:col2:open:0,snort_alerts:col2:open:0</sequence>
		<period>10</period>
		<gateways-0>
			<descr><![CDATA[Gateways]]></descr>
			<display_type>both_ip</display_type>
			<gatewaysfilter>WAN_DHCP6</gatewaysfilter>
		</gateways-0>
	</widgets>

Remove the disks widget. So there I would remove: disks:col1:open,

But the widget should be fine with just a ZFS mirror. What do you see from?:
zfs list; mount -p; geom disk list;

shteud1

@stephenw10
thx
I fix this starting screen problem by deleting Disk widget.
But something goes wrong and now my Pfsense show me white screen with this text
" Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required 'Net/IPv6.php' (include_path='.:/etc/inc:/usr/local/pfSense/include:/usr/local/pfSense/include/www:/usr/local/www:/usr/local/captiveportal:/usr/local/pkg:/usr/local/www/classes:/usr/local/www/classes/Form:/usr/local/share/pear:/usr/local/share/openssl_x509_crl/') in /etc/inc/util.inc:28 Stack trace: #0 /usr/local/www/guiconfig.inc(32): include_once() #1 /usr/local/www/index.php(46): require_once('/usr/local/www/...') #2 {main} thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 28 "
But internet still works :)
I think easiest way will be fresh install, but should I use old back up (with disk widget deleted) on this install?

stephenw10

Do you have the full report showing the complete stack trace from that php error?

Do you have a custom captive portal page?

You should be able to use a backup with or without the disks widget because a simple zfs mirror shouldn't have any problem there. But I would probably restore the config without it and then add it back manually to be sure.

shteud1

@stephenw10
Thanks for the help
I installed and setup it from zero.