Fortilink showing up as access port, apparently GUI bug, has anyone seen this?

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January 3, 2026
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The FortSwitch Ports view on the Fortigate shows just regular access ports where the Fortilink is. Running 7.2.12 and 7.6.4 on the switch.

Talked to support and they had a look at the interfaces from the CLI and everything was as it should. This all changed after moving some VLANS around and might have caused a loop which got shut down by STP. IDK if it was related, but it happened right after.

Has anyone else seen this happen? Apparently just a bug in the GUI?

FortiGate

filiaks1

Explorer III

Did you try a reboot to clear the error as it is not seen in CLI?

You can try restarting just the GUI processes https://community.fortinet.com/t5/Support-Forum/Restart-Fortigate-http-gui-processes-automatically-because-of-a/m-p/257424

BillH_FTNT

Staff

Hi @prigowasu

I will test your issue in my lab. If it appears to be a potential bug, I will report it to the engineering team for investigation and resolution. However, it would be very helpful to have your FortiGate backup configuration so that I can set up an identical topology to your network. This will greatly increase the chances of reproducing the issue.

Could you please share it with me via email at bhoang@fortinet.com? Thank you.

Bill