# Feature Requests

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/c/feature-requests/8.md?page=2

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## [A tied down Permit All Origins : Permit Only Certain Origins?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/a-tied-down-permit-all-origins-permit-only-certain-origins/85641)

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**Author:** [@nero355](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/nero355)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/a-tied-down-permit-all-origins-permit-only-certain-origins/85641 "2026-04-09T14:42:08Z")

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I was wondering if it would be possible to add a new option to the webGUI : ‘Permit Only Certain Origins’ Currently there are only these options available : Interfaces - Pi-hole documentation But what if you could spe…

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## [Use regex/wildcards to exclude domains from search](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/use-regex-wildcards-to-exclude-domains-from-search/85635)

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**Author:** [@struggingdude](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/struggingdude)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/use-regex-wildcards-to-exclude-domains-from-search/85635 "2026-04-06T06:38:38Z")

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Maybe I am missing something, but I see how to use wildcards to search for domains/sub-domains, but I do not see a way to use them to exclude domains/subdomains. For instance, when trying to go through connections by my…

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## [Reimplement display of CPU temperature and load averages](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/reimplement-display-of-cpu-temperature-and-load-averages/77390)

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**Author:** [@hk22](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/hk22)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/reimplement-display-of-cpu-temperature-and-load-averages/77390 "2026-03-22T01:24:40Z")

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After update of pihole to v6 the display of CPU temperature has gone. And so has the load average. It worked fine before so please reimplement it. It is extremely useful to monitor the raspberry’s and therefore pihole’s …

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## [Passive DHCP](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/passive-dhcp/82511)

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**Author:** [@bcain2004](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/bcain2004)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/passive-dhcp/82511 "2026-03-15T12:02:23Z")

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It would be hugely beneficial to enable DHCP in ‘listening’ mode only, so server can discover the names attached to MAC addresses in DHCPDISCOVER. It is known feature for some enterprise networking products called DHCP f…

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## [Order of DNS servers](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/order-of-dns-servers/85374)

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**Author:** [@beginner99](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/beginner99)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/order-of-dns-servers/85374 "2026-03-12T19:29:59Z")

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In terms of privacy I think it would be a great addition to have the option to specific the orders of DNS servers used. Why you might ask so let me explain my situation. I have a vpn. I connect my pihole to the vpn so i…

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## [2FA for the Admin page](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/2fa-for-the-admin-page/24959)

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**Author:** [@YouveGotMeowxy](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/YouveGotMeowxy)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/2fa-for-the-admin-page/24959 "2025-05-09T04:08:01Z")

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Would love to add Pi-hole 2fa to my 2fa auth apps, for added security.

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## [.htaccess support](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/htaccess-support/85321)

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**Author:** [@Balenty](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Balenty)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/htaccess-support/85321 "2026-03-07T16:43:49Z")

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My Pi-Hole is accessible externally; therefore, I would prefer a secured system that cannot be attacked by brute-forcing and other approaches. I, personally, would prefer if I could enable an .htaccess-like behavior that…

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## [Make "Search Lists" / "Find Domains In Lists" User Accessible Without Auth](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/make-search-lists-find-domains-in-lists-user-accessible-without-auth/85317)

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**Author:** [@GAS85](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/GAS85)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/make-search-lists-find-domains-in-lists-user-accessible-without-auth/85317 "2026-03-07T14:21:13Z")

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Hey, very much like Pi-hole. I have an idea: when Pi-hole is being used on bigger networks (e.g., a big family), it would be nice to give users the opportunity to check if a particular domain is blocked without providing…

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## [Adjust the threshold for the "misc.check.load" warning](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/adjust-the-threshold-for-the-misc-check-load-warning/85211)

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**Author:** [@firewire](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/firewire)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/adjust-the-threshold-for-the-misc-check-load-warning/85211 "2026-02-28T10:50:39Z")

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It would be helpful to be able to adjust the threshold for the "misc.check.load" warning. With the current fixed value, I unfortunately have to disable the warning because I constantly receive notifications for minimal e…

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## [Need a restriction on FTL binding](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/need-a-restriction-on-ftl-binding/84943)

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**Author:** [@wanou](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/wanou)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/need-a-restriction-on-ftl-binding/84943 "2026-02-22T02:20:55Z")

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My versions: Core v6.3 FTL v6.4.1 Web interface v6.4 My PiHole is running on a raspberry pi 2 without container. My network have two network interface: vlan@eth0 : ULA IPv6 prefix, no IPv4 eth0 : global IPv6 prefix…

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## [PiHole directly on Routers (Tomato, MerlinWRT, DD-WRT, openWRT)](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-directly-on-routers-tomato-merlinwrt-dd-wrt-openwrt/1314)

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**Author:** [@steve](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/steve)\
**Replies:** 101\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-directly-on-routers-tomato-merlinwrt-dd-wrt-openwrt/1314 "2026-02-19T13:08:08Z")

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Starting a feature request to spread PiHole to routers. Many users of powerful routers run modified firmware such as Tomato, MerlinWRT, DD-WRT or OpenWRT. Many of the supported routers have enough processing power avail…

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## [Support for Read-Only Root Filesystem & Non-Root User (Kubernetes Hardening)](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/support-for-read-only-root-filesystem-non-root-user-kubernetes-hardening/85076)

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**Author:** [@nunoferna](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/nunoferna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/support-for-read-only-root-filesystem-non-root-user-kubernetes-hardening/85076 "2026-02-17T10:53:07Z")

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I am deploying Pi-hole in a hardened Kubernetes environment following security best practices: readOnlyRootFilesystem: true runAsNonRoot: true (User 10…

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## [NTS (Network Time Security) Support for FTL's NTP Client](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/nts-network-time-security-support-for-ftls-ntp-client/85070)

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**Author:** [@xprs](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/xprs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/nts-network-time-security-support-for-ftls-ntp-client/85070 "2026-02-16T20:57:06Z")

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Hey folks, I’ve been thinking it would be great to add NTS support to FTL’s built-in NTP client. With Pi-hole as the central DNS hub, accurate and secure time is crucial. Quick why NTS? • Plain NTP (port 123) is unenc…

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## [SSO OIDC Integration](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/sso-oidc-integration/85056)

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**Author:** [@CrazyWolf13](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/CrazyWolf13)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/sso-oidc-integration/85056 "2026-02-16T13:30:43Z")

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Hi, Following a lot of other apps, are there/or have there been yet any plans to create any sort integration for pihole to allow OIDC login? I imagine, this could be either a full integration or just some sort of middl…

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## [UI suggestion/request](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ui-suggestion-request/85036)

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**Author:** [@darrenoleary74](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/darrenoleary74)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ui-suggestion-request/85036 "2026-02-15T11:30:03Z")

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Not sure if this has been requested/suggested before, but would it be possible to display the Core, FTL and Web Interface versions could be shown at the top of the window in the same section as the hostname instead of ri…

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## [Need some way to set NTP client](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/need-some-way-to-set-ntp-client/84888)

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**Author:** [@peasea](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/peasea)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/need-some-way-to-set-ntp-client/84888 "2026-02-08T06:54:13Z")

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It seems that in times passed, there was an ‘All settings page’ where a local NTP server could be setup for Pihole use. This doesn’t seem to be there now on my current setup: Core version is v6.3 (Latest: v6.3) Web ver…

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## [Schedule, Blocked Services/Websites](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/schedule-blocked-services-websites/84889)

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**Author:** [@Donald\_Lee](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Donald_Lee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/schedule-blocked-services-websites/84889 "2026-02-05T17:09:50Z")

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I would like to be able to block certain websites/services during specific times of the day. This would be great to be implemented without additional script writing but rather a basic UI setting. Most routers have the ab…

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## [pihole as gateway](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-as-gateway/84796)

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**Author:** [@terxleben](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/terxleben)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-as-gateway/84796 "2026-01-31T17:43:14Z")

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What if Pi-hole could also be used as a gateway proxy? So, Pi-hole monitors x gateways on the internal network and automatically switches to another defined gateway if the main gateway fails? I'm only interested in fail…

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## [The mystery of /etc/custom.list - can we have its functionality back please?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/the-mystery-of-etc-custom-list-can-we-have-its-functionality-back-please/84789)

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**Author:** [@peasea](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/peasea)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/the-mystery-of-etc-custom-list-can-we-have-its-functionality-back-please/84789 "2026-01-30T21:24:00Z")

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It seems that at some point, when upgrading to a new version, Pi-hole arranged to read /etc/pihole/custom.list, and move it into /etc/pihole/hosts. This file is now automatically updated if you fiddle with the web local …

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## [Filter Query Log by Allowed/Denied Only](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/filter-query-log-by-allowed-denied-only/84645)

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**Author:** [@reub](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/reub)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/filter-query-log-by-allowed-denied-only/84645 "2026-01-20T20:18:47Z")

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Simply put, it’d be helpful to be able to filter the Query Log view down only to denied entries (or allowed).

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## [Find Domains In Lists - Make it more functional](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-domains-in-lists-make-it-more-functional/84525)

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**Author:** [@Redback](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Redback)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/find-domains-in-lists-make-it-more-functional/84525 "2026-01-14T21:25:00Z")

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Hi People, Is it possible for your programmers to give users the ability to search with regex from the search bar for a list of specific words or domain names under “Find Domains In Lists”? This would help narrow down t…

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## [Add ability to use a "URL" for upstream DNS (for dns over https](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/add-ability-to-use-a-url-for-upstream-dns-for-dns-over-https/84537)

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**Author:** [@Matsukami7](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Matsukami7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/add-ability-to-use-a-url-for-upstream-dns-for-dns-over-https/84537 "2026-01-14T00:11:36Z")

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Due to the deprecation of dns over https using cloudfalreD. and setting this to the upstream resolver for PiHole. is it possible to add more ways to have an upstream resolver in pihole? I.E A DoT/DoH endpoint, that u…

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## [Automatic Gravity Update?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/automatic-gravity-update/84340)

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**Author:** [@ChibitulSmecher](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/ChibitulSmecher)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/automatic-gravity-update/84340 "2026-01-03T04:24:52Z")

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Hi, I log in to my Pi-Hole device once in a while and I manually click “Update Gravity (list of blocked domains“ to refresh the list which is hosted at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts. I…

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## [More DNS(SEC)/NTP resilience after power fail  ](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/more-dns-sec-ntp-resilience-after-power-fail/84320)

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**Author:** [@philippseith](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/philippseith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/more-dns-sec-ntp-resilience-after-power-fail/84320 "2025-12-31T15:40:32Z")

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Problem I recently had a power fail for several hours. After that, the DNS server of the pi-hole wasn’t working correctly anymore. dig google.com returned status SERVFAIL, but dig @8.8.8.8 google.com worked. The root c…

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## [Power monitor](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/power-monitor/83361)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_Slater](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Dave_Slater)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/power-monitor/83361 "2025-12-23T19:33:31Z")

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I've been running pihole for at least 5 or 6 years and the only problem I run into is failing power supplies (they seem to last about 2 years). It would be helpful to see power output in the “status” area at the top of …

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## [Adding small section on DNS rebind protection in Fritz!Box docs](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/adding-small-section-on-dns-rebind-protection-in-fritz-box-docs/84149)

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**Author:** [@cozy\_doomer](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/cozy_doomer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/adding-small-section-on-dns-rebind-protection-in-fritz-box-docs/84149 "2025-12-23T16:53:22Z")

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I recently had issues setting up Pi-hole with a Fritz!Box router. The docs on this are really good but didn’t mention anything about DNS rebind protection which was enabled by default on my router (FRITZ!Box 4050, FRITZ…

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## [Search field on top](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/search-field-on-top/83938)

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**Author:** [@peack](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/peack)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/search-field-on-top/83938 "2025-12-19T17:48:10Z")

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Is there any way to have a search field on top of the Query log in Pihole 6 ? For illustration, Pihole 5 has a search field on top, which is always useful to filter when using “Show 100+ entries”.

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## [Add GROUP as a filtering option on query log pages](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/add-group-as-a-filtering-option-on-query-log-pages/83954)

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**Author:** [@rymalia](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/rymalia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/add-group-as-a-filtering-option-on-query-log-pages/83954 "2025-12-12T23:19:04Z")

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It would be great to filter by Group on the Query log pages. I love the Group feature. It’s the venn diagram of pi-hole. Everything is assigned to Groups (clients, domains rules, lists) , but you can’t search by Group i…

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## [Client Hostnames](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/client-hostnames/83889)

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**Author:** [@softfoot](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/softfoot)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/client-hostnames/83889 "2025-12-10T18:01:33Z")

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We have a number (10+) of Android phones and it is not possible to set a hostname for these “non-rooted” devices so PiHole always displays just the IP address. We cannot use the PiHole DHCP system. Would it be possible …

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## [Greater regex capabilities or a user whitelist](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/greater-regex-capabilities-or-a-user-whitelist/83881)

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**Author:** [@just-decent](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/just-decent)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/greater-regex-capabilities-or-a-user-whitelist/83881 "2025-12-09T16:53:38Z")

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I think that adding a ip whitelist for the pihole so you can use the pihole outside of your network without the risk of a DNS amplification attack would be great, or the ability to make a negative lookahead in regex so y…

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