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DrFirewall24
DrFirewall24
New Member
March 25, 2025
Question

Outbound firewall policy shows Active sessions but doesn't show any log

  • March 25, 2025
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Hello All,

 

I have FortiGate 601E, one of my outbound policy shows Active session about 15 but it doesn't show anything on the log when I do show matching logs on the policy.

 

Does anyone have any idea? 

 

Thank you

2 replies

AEK
SuperUser
AEK
SuperUser
March 25, 2025

Hi DrFirewall

By default the session is logged once it is closed, not before.

AEK
DrFirewall24
DrFirewall24Author
New Member
March 25, 2025

Hello AEK,

 

But the policy has Active sessions on it

AEK
SuperUser
AEK
SuperUser
March 25, 2025

Yes, this active session is not logged because it is still active. The session will be logged once it is closed (not active anymore).

AEK
dingjerry_FTNT
Staff
dingjerry_FTNT
Staff
March 25, 2025

Hi @DrFirewall24 ,

 

Please check using the following CLI commands:

 

If you have VDOM:

 

config vdom

edit <VDOM name>

 

// If you have no VDOM enabled, starting from here

 

config firewall policy

edit <ID>

show full | grep logtraffic-start

 

If it is disabled, all sessions hitting this policy will not be logged until the sessions expire. 

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