Fortigate Web Rating Override Not Working Jun 2026

If your FortiGate is in , creating a Web Rating Override in the root VDOM (or a management VDOM) does not automatically apply it to the traffic-processing VDOMs.

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If the above steps do not work, use the CLI debug commands to see exactly what the FortiGate "sees" when the user accesses the site. fortigate web rating override not working

Creating the override only re-categorizes the site. You must still ensure the Web Filter Profile applied to your firewall policy is configured to allow or block that specific new category. If your FortiGate is in , creating a

Web Rating Overrides work by inspecting the URL. If the traffic is HTTPS (which most modern web traffic is), the FortiGate cannot see the URL inside the encrypted tunnel unless SSL Inspection is active. If the above steps do not work, use

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