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March 13, 2026

Technical Tip: Video Filter is not working as expected: Logs shows blocked but video is still streaming

  • March 13, 2026
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Description This article describes that the video filtering is not working as expected in v7.4.8 and above.
Scope FortiGate v7.4.8 and later.
Solution

Video filtering is not working as expected in version 7.4.8 and above. 'Right-clicking' the video and opening it in a new tab will show it as blocked.

 

The debug logs will show as blocked, but the users can still play the video.

 

diagnose wad debug enable category video
diagnose wad debug enable level verbose
diagnose wad debug display pid enable
diagnose wad filter src x.x.x.x   -------------------> Source ip.
diagnose debug enable

 

[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458796 [p:2461][vt:0x7f3be542f620] wad_vf_sync_task_proc_async_result:2855 ctx(0x7f3be
5be8230) channel is UCN1hnUccO4FD5WfM7ithXaw
[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458799 [p:2461][vt:0x7f3be542f620] wad_vf_sync_task_proc_async_result:2861 ctx(0x7f3be
5be8230) channel result is block
[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458801 [p:2461][vt:0x7f3be542f620] wad_vf_sync_task_proc_async_result:2882 ctx(0x7f3be
5be8230) category result is block
[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458803 [p:2461][vt:0x7f3be542f620] wad_vf_sync_task_proc_async_result:2904 ctx(0x7f3be
5be8230) title is Maroon 5 - Memories (Official Video)
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458805 [p:2461][vt:0x7f3be542f620] wad_vfc_client_add :233 oid=7261292
920741587059
vfc-core add duplicated item, item's value:
oid=7261292920741587059
vid="SlPhMPnQ58k"
category="6"
title="Maroon 5 - Memories (Official Video)"
channel="UCN1hnUccO4FD5WfM7ithXaw"
desc(first 84 characters)="Music video by Maroon 5 performing Memories.© 2019 Interscope Records (222 Record
s)......"
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458807 [p:2461][vt:0x7f3be542f620] wad_vf_sync_task_finished :2971 ctx=0x7f3be
5be8230 finished
[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458809 [p:2461] wad_vf_sync_task_run :3012 end of sync task
ret=0
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458811 [p:2461] wad_http_start_video_filter_req :151 hreq=0x7f3be1dbc
348 submitted vf request, ret=1
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458814 [p:2461] wad_http_parse_referer_hline :4191 referer_len 70
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458835 [p:2461] wad_vf_handle_result :655 hreq=0x7f3be1dbc
348, result=block, match_index=2, msg_done=0
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458839 [p:2461] __wad_http_build_replmsg_resp :796 Generating repla
cement message. Video category is blocked, category-id=6(Music). repmsg_id 77
[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458899 [p:2461] wad_http_msg_start_setup_proc :2304 msg(0x7f3be1dbc3
48) proc-setup started from: req_resp_ready.
[V]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458902 [p:2461] wad_http_def_proc_msg_plan :2266 msg(0x7f3be1dbc3
48) setting up processor(req_resp_ready)
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458914 [p:2461] wad_url_filter_dump_result :231 wad_url_filter_o
n_read(dump) id=5700 state=verdict type=req_http has_cat=0[0] log=1 result: id=5700 log=0 cate=17(17/0) flags=
00000102 action=ftgd-monitor warn_domain=0 warn_session=0
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458929 [p:2461][s:12303708][r:16791997] wad_url_choose_cate :2212 cate=1
7 (ftgd) url-cates=[17,]; url=[ # 17,],ip=[ # 0,]; conf webfilter 'sk-test':[96,97,98,99,100,101,64,65,66,67,
68,69,70,71,72,75,76,77,78,79,8]
[I]2026-02-25 14:32:36.458935 [p:2461][s:12303708][r:16791997] wad_url_filter_dump_result :231 wad_ur
l_filter_check_url_filter_on_result(dump) id=5700 state=done type=req_http has_cat=1[17] log=1 result: id=0 lo
g=1 cate=17(0/0) flags=00000000 action=ftgd-block warn_domain=0 warn_session=0.

 

This issue is currently under investigation, and it is expected to be fixed in v7.4.12 (scheduled to be released at the end of April). Currently, there is no workaround available.

 

These timelines for firmware release are estimates and may be subject to change.