Adlist https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net not working

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I did a default-everything install about 5 days ago on a pi 2B. Not sure if this even matters, but 2 days ago I began noticing...

Expected Behaviour:

no errors in adlist or under tools or diagnosis
blocking all ads or domains under adclic.g.doubleclick.net

Actual Behaviour:

red 'x' appears next to adclick entry in adlist
some increased ad traffic coming through where errors or blocks were previously
diagnosis menu/tab says:

Adlist with ID 2 was inaccessible during last gravity run. https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/

Debug Token:

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Name resolution (IPv4) using a random blocked domain and a known ad-serving domain
[✓] tr.courrier.charentelibre.fr is 0.0.0.0 on lo (127.0.0.1)
[✗] Failed to resolve tr.courrier.charentelibre.fr on eth0 (192.168.0.62)
[✓] doubleclick.com is 142.251.40.78 via a remote, public DNS server (8.8.8.8)
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Name resolution (IPv6) using a random blocked domain and a known ad-serving domain
[✓] www.misyoke.pl is :: on lo (::1)
[✓] www.misyoke.pl is :: on eth0 (fe80::dbba:2e2f:9f80:bd75)
[✗] Failed to resolve doubleclick.com via a remote, public DNS server (2001:4860:4860::8888)

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*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Adlists
id enabled group_ids address date_added date_modified comment

1 1 0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts 2022-09-21 23:46:28 2022-09-21 23:46:28 Migrated from /etc/pihole/adlists.list
2 1 0 https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/ 2022-09-21 23:59:51 2022-09-25 08:48:22 google

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*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Pi-hole diagnosis messages
count last timestamp type message blob1 blob2 blob3 blob4 blob5

1 2022-09-25 10:17:26 ADLIST https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/ 2

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i'm not anyone special here, but i think i can help.

This is not an adlist, it's a domain
You need to blacklist "adclick.g.doubleclick.net" as a domain, not an adlist.
An adlist is this -
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

So you put this URL in "adlist" and pihole reads all of these domains.
You're telling pihole to read all the text at "adclick.g.doubleclick.net" when there isn't a list of domains at that URL

In Steven Black's list, "adclick.g.doubleclick.net" is already there, so adding it again will achieve nothing. It's already "activated" in pihole
ctrl + f in that github link and you'll see it's there. Or "Tools --> Search Adlist" in pihole GUI

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