Skip to main content
ravisingh
Staff
Staff
February 20, 2026

Troubleshooting Tip: After an upgrade to 7.4.8, policy-based IPsec VPNs are removed from the firewall policy if the WAN tunnel on which the VPN is built is part of an SD-WAN member.

  • February 20, 2026
  • 0 replies
  • 572 views
Description This article describes how, after upgrading firmware to version 7.4.8 or earlier, policy-based IPsec VPNs are being removed from the firewall policy.
Scope FortiOS 7.4.8 or earlier.
Solution

After upgrading the firmware to version 7.4.8 or earlier, the policy-based IPsec VPN entries are removed from the firewall policies if the WAN tunnel on which the VPN is built is part of an SD-WAN member. As a result, no VPN tunnels appear in the 'VPN Tunnel' drop-down menu, as shown in the screenshots below.

Screenshot 2026-02-19 160126.png

 

Screenshot 2026-02-19 174315.png


This is a known problem reported under ID: 1152486.

This issue is fixed in version 7.4.9 and above as well as 7.6.4 and above.

 

Note: Refer to the release notes of version 7.4.9 before planning an upgrade to the device.

 

Related document:
Technical Tip: Enable 'Policy-Based IPsec VPN' configuration