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October 27, 2025

Technical Tip: Maximum number of webfilter url-list

  • October 27, 2025
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Description This article describes the maximum number of webfilter URL-list entries in FortiProxy.
Scope FortiProxy.
Solution

For webfilter URL-list first-level limit is 255, and the second-level limit is 1,023 as below.

 

config webfilter url-list

edit "url_list1" ---> 255 entries

config entries 

edit "www.google.com" ---> 1,023 entries

next

end

next

end

 

If a user tries to add a URL-list entry exceeding the max number, then a command fail alert will show up.

 

config webfilter url-list
(url-list) # edit 256
Command fail. Return code -4 (reached the maximum number of entries)

 

config entries
(entries) # edit 1024
Command fail. Return code -4 (reached the maximum number of entries)

 

Note:

The official document provides the maximum values for webfilter.urlfilter and webfilter.urlfilter:entries objects.

Maximum Values Table 

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