Hello! After much chagrin and head bashing I finally got pihole to run on a raspber But the problem I’m having now is I can see pihole lists all of devices as clients but isn’t actually blocking ads! I know this because turtlecute reports a score of 5 on my Windows PC using Microsoft Edge. Can you please help? 
- Operating System: Windows 11 Pro
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Netgear C7000v2
Debug Token:
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Name resolution (IPv6) using a random blocked domain and a known ad-serving domain
[✓] cracksmat.com is NOERROR on lo (::1)
[✓] cracksmat.com is NOERROR on eth0 (2603:6080:2500:500:ba27:ebff:fe6b:4b55)
[✓] cracksmat.com is NOERROR on eth0 (fe80::ba27:ebff:fe6b:4b55%eth0)
[✓] No IPv6 address available on wlan0
[✓] doubleclick.com is 2607:f8b0:4004:c21::64 via a remote, public DNS server (2001:4860:4860::8888)
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Discovering active DHCP servers (takes 6 seconds)
Scanning all your interfaces for DHCP servers and IPv6 routers
Timeout: 6 seconds
-
Received 300 bytes from 192.168.0.1 @ eth0
Offered IP address: 192.168.0.16
Server IP address: 192.168.0.1
Relay-agent IP address: N/A
BOOTP server: (empty)
BOOTP file: (empty)
DHCP options:
Message type: DHCPOFFER (2)
netmask: 255.255.255.0
router: 192.168.0.1
dns-server: 192.168.0.16
default-ttl: 64
lease-time: 86400 ( 1d )
server-identifier: 192.168.0.1
--- end of options --- -
Received 152 bytes from fe80::5607:7dff:fe08:efd2 @ eth0
Hop limit: 64
Stateful address conf.: No
Stateful other conf.: Yes
Mobile home agent: No
Router preference: Medium
Neighbor discovery proxy: No
Router lifetime: 1800 s
Reachable time: N/A
Retransmit time: N/A
Source link-layer address: 54:07:7D:08:EF:D2- Prefix: 2603:6080:2500:500::/64
Valid lifetime: 604800 sec
Preferred lifetime: 604800 sec
On-link: Yes
Autonomous address conf.: Yes - Route: 2603:6080:2500:500::/56
Route preference: Medium
Route lifetime: 3600 sec
Recursive DNS server 1/2: 2001:1998:f00:1::1
Recursive DNS server 2/2: 2001:1998:f00:2::1
DNS server lifetime:60 sec
DNS search list: search.charter.net
DNS search list lifetime: 60 sec
- Prefix: 2603:6080:2500:500::/64
Received 1 DHCP (IPv4) and 1 RA (IPv6) answers on eth0
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Pi-hole processes
[✓] pihole-FTL daemon is active
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Pi-hole-FTL full status
● pihole-FTL.service - Pi-hole FTL
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2025-12-29 21:43:38 EST; 38min ago
Invocation: 71aab05e1f1f4bf7b7c207ba2e2cdbae
Main PID: 1327 (pihole-FTL)
Tasks: 18 (limit: 751)
CPU: 23.280s
CGroup: /system.slice/pihole-FTL.service
└─1327 /usr/bin/pihole-FTL -f
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.731 EST [1327M] INFO: FTL user: pihole
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.731 EST [1327M] INFO: Compiled for linux/arm64/v8 (compiled on CI) using cc (Alpine 14.2.0) 14.2.0
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.826 EST [1327M] INFO: Wrote config file:
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.827 EST [1327M] INFO: - 162 total entries
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.827 EST [1327M] INFO: - 156 entries are default
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.827 EST [1327M] INFO: - 6 entries are modified
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.827 EST [1327M] INFO: - 0 entries are forced through environment
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.861 EST [1327M] INFO: Parsed config file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml successfully
Dec 29 21:43:38 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.861 EST [1327M] INFO: PID file does not exist or not readable
Dec 29 21:43:40 pi-hole pihole-FTL[1327]: 2025-12-29 21:43:38.861 EST [1327M] INFO: No other running FTL process found.
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Pi-hole FTL Query Database
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 176K Dec 29 21:43 /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Gravity Database
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 337M Dec 29 20:58 /etc/pihole/gravity.db
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Info table
property value
version 20
gravity_restored false
abp_domains 1
updated 1767056284
gravity_count 3558341
Last gravity run finished at: Mon 29 Dec 19:58:04 EST 2025
----- First 10 Gravity Domains -----
localhost.localdomain
ad-assets.futurecdn.net
ck.getcookiestxt.com
eu1.clevertap-prod.com
wizhumpgyros.com
coccyxwickimp.com
webmail-who-int.000webhostapp.com
010sec.com
01mspmd5yalky8.com
0byv9mgbn0.com
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Groups
id enabled name date_added date_modified description
0 yes Default 2025-12-29 18:34:43 2025-12-29 18:34:43 The default group
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Domainlist
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Clients
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Adlists
id enabled group_ids type address date_added date_modified comment
1 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts 2025-12-29 18:34:44 2025-12-29 18:34:44 Migrated from /etc/pihole/adlists.list
2 yes 0 Block https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/zachlagden/Pi-hole-Optimized-Blocklists/main/lists/all_dom 2025-12-29 19:03:00 2025-12-29 19:03:00
ains.txt
3 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt 2025-12-29 19:09:10 2025-12-29 19:09:10
4 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Ads.txt 2025-12-29 19:11:05 2025-12-29 19:11:05
5 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.2o7Net/hosts 2025-12-29 19:11:05 2025-12-29 19:11:05
6 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt 2025-12-29 19:11:05 2025-12-29 19:11:05
7 yes 0 Block https://hostfiles.frogeye.fr/firstparty-trackers-hosts.txt 2025-12-29 19:11:05 2025-12-29 19:11:05
8 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easyprivacy.txt 2025-12-29 19:11:05 2025-12-29 19:11:05
9 yes 0 Block https://lists.cyberhost.uk/malware.txt 2025-12-29 19:13:36 2025-12-29 19:13:36
10 yes 0 Block https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/downloads/hostfile/ 2025-12-29 19:13:36 2025-12-29 19:13:36
11 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AssoEchap/stalkerware-indicators/master/generated/hosts 2025-12-29 19:13:36 2025-12-29 19:13:36
12 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Spam404/lists/master/main-blacklist.txt 2025-12-29 19:13:37 2025-12-29 19:13:37
13 yes 0 Block https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/raw/master/notrack-malware.txt 2025-12-29 19:13:37 2025-12-29 19:13:37
14 yes 0 Block https://phishing.army/download/phishing_army_blocklist_extended.txt 2025-12-29 19:13:37 2025-12-29 19:13:37
15 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Risk/hosts 2025-12-29 19:13:37 2025-12-29 19:13:37
16 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Crypto.txt 2025-12-29 19:13:37 2025-12-29 19:13:37
17 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/Alternate%20versions%20Anti-Malware% 2025-12-29 19:13:37 2025-12-29 19:13:37
20List/AntiMalwareHosts.txt
18 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Turtlecute33/toolz/master/src/d3host.txt 2025-12-29 19:23:58 2025-12-29 19:23:58
20 yes 0 Block https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/pro.plus.txt 2025-12-29 19:28:47 2025-12-29 19:28:47
21 yes 0 Block https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/popupads.txt 2025-12-29 19:30:03 2025-12-29 19:30:03
22 yes 0 Block https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/tif.txt 2025-12-29 19:30:23 2025-12-29 19:30:23
23 yes 0 Block https://adguardteam.github.io/HostlistsRegistry/assets/filter_7.txt 2025-12-29 19:47:53 2025-12-29 19:47:53
24 yes 0 Block https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malvertising.txt 2025-12-29 19:48:11 2025-12-29 19:48:11
25 yes 0 Block https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/spam-tlds-adblock.txt 2025-12-29 19:48:49 2025-12-29 19:48:49
26 yes 0 Block https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hagezi/dns-blocklists@latest/adblock/gambling.txt 2025-12-29 19:48:57 2025-12-29 19:48:57
27 yes 0 Block https://gitlab.com/hagezi/mirror/-/raw/main/dns-blocklists/adblock/hoster.txt 2025-12-29 19:49:05 2025-12-29 19:49:05
28 yes 0 Block https://big.oisd.nl 2025-12-29 19:49:20 2025-12-29 19:49:20
29 yes 0 Block https://adguardteam.github.io/HostlistsRegistry/assets/filter_50.txt 2025-12-29 19:49:35 2025-12-29 19:49:35
30 yes 0 Block https://threatfox.abuse.ch/downloads/hostfile/ 2025-12-29 19:49:42 2025-12-29 19:49:42
31 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt 2025-12-29 19:52:51 2025-12-29 19:52:51
32 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/AmazonFireTV.txt 2025-12-29 19:52:59 2025-12-29 19:52:59
33 yes 0 Block https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/alt-version/smart-tv-nl.txt 2025-12-29 19:53:06 2025-12-29 19:53:06
34 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hkamran80/blocklists/main/smart-tv.txt 2025-12-29 19:53:13 2025-12-29 19:53:13
35 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mboutolleau/block-samsung-tv-telemetry/refs/heads/master/samsung_t 2025-12-29 19:53:20 2025-12-29 19:53:20
v_telemetry_urls.txt
36 yes 0 Block https://energized.pro/blu/adblock.txt 2025-12-29 19:53:33 2025-12-29 19:53:33
37 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PolishFiltersTeam/KADhosts/master/KADomains.txt 2025-12-29 19:53:41 2025-12-29 19:53:41
38 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Spam/hosts 2025-12-29 19:53:46 2025-12-29 19:53:46
39 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/static/w3kbl.txt 2025-12-29 19:53:52 2025-12-29 19:53:52
40 yes 0 Block https://adaway.org/hosts.txt 2025-12-29 19:53:58 2025-12-29 19:53:58
41 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt 2025-12-29 19:54:04 2025-12-29 19:54:04
42 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt 2025-12-29 19:54:10 2025-12-29 19:54:10
43 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt 2025-12-29 19:54:16 2025-12-29 19:54:16
44 yes 0 Block https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext 2025-12-29 19:54:29 2025-12-29 19:54:29
45 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/UncheckyAds/hosts 2025-12-29 19:54:35 2025-12-29 19:54:35
46 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/hosts 2025-12-29 19:54:43 2025-12-29 19:54:43
47 yes 0 Block https://bitbucket.org/ethanr/dns-blacklists/raw/8575c9f96e5b4a1308f2f12394abd86d0927a4a0/bad_lists/M 2025-12-29 19:55:47 2025-12-29 19:55:47
andiant_APT1_Report_Appendix_D.txt
48 yes 0 Block https://v.firebog.net/hosts/RPiList-Malware.txt 2025-12-29 19:55:47 2025-12-29 19:55:47
49 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/adblock/pro.txt 2025-12-29 19:56:10 2025-12-29 19:56:10
50 yes 0 Block https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/adblock/tif.txt 2025-12-29 19:56:10 2025-12-29 19:56:10
51 yes 0 Block https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/ads-and-tracking-extended.txt 2025-12-29 19:56:10 2025-12-29 19:56:10
52 yes 0 Block https://badmojr.github.io/1Hosts/Lite/domains.txt 2025-12-29 19:56:10 2025-12-29 19:56:10
53 yes 0 Block https://big.oisd.nl/ 2025-12-29 19:56:10 2025-12-29 19:56:10
54 yes 0 Block https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/tracking-aggressive-extended.txt 2025-12-29 19:56:44 2025-12-29 19:56:44
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: contents of /etc/pihole
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 5.8K Dec 29 20:55 /etc/pihole/dnsmasq.conf
hostsdir=/etc/pihole/hosts
no-resolv
port=53
server=208.67.222.222
server=208.67.220.220
cache-size=10000
localise-queries
log-queries
log-async
log-facility=/var/log/pihole/pihole.log
bogus-priv
use-stale-cache=3600
local-service
local=/home.arpa/
local=/internal/
domain=lan
local=/lan/
local=/pi.hole/
host-record=pi.hole,0.0.0.0,::
server=/test/
server=/invalid/
address=/localhost/127.0.0.1
address=/localhost/::1
server=/bind/
server=/onion/
cache-rr=ANY
filter-rr=ANY
-rw-r----- 1 root root 439 Dec 29 18:34 /etc/pihole/logrotate
/var/log/pihole/pihole.log {
su root root
daily
copytruncate
rotate 5
compress
delaycompress
notifempty
nomail
}
/var/log/pihole/FTL.log {
su root root
weekly
copytruncate
rotate 3
compress
delaycompress
notifempty
nomail
}
/var/log/pihole/webserver.log {
su root root
weekly
copytruncate
rotate 3
compress
delaycompress
notifempty
nomail
}
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 66K Dec 29 20:55 /etc/pihole/pihole.toml
[dns]
upstreams = [
"208.67.222.222",
"208.67.220.220"
] ### CHANGED, default =
CNAMEdeepInspect = true
blockESNI = true
EDNS0ECS = true
ignoreLocalhost = false
showDNSSEC = true
analyzeOnlyAandAAAA = false
piholePTR = "PI.HOLE"
replyWhenBusy = "ALLOW"
blockTTL = 2
hosts =
domainNeeded = false
expandHosts = false
bogusPriv = true
dnssec = false
interface = "wlan0" ### CHANGED, default = ""
hostRecord = ""
listeningMode = "LOCAL"
queryLogging = true
cnameRecords =
port = 53
localise = true
revServers =
[dns.domain]
name = "lan"
local = true
[dns.cache]
size = 10000
optimizer = 3600
upstreamBlockedTTL = 86400
[dns.blocking]
active = true
mode = "NULL"
edns = "TEXT"
[dns.specialDomains]
mozillaCanary = true
iCloudPrivateRelay = true
designatedResolver = true
[dns.reply.host]
force4 = false
IPv4 = ""
force6 = false
IPv6 = ""
[dns.reply.blocking]
force4 = false
IPv4 = ""
force6 = false
IPv6 = ""
[dns.rateLimit]
count = 1000
interval = 60
[dhcp]
active = false
start = "192.168.0.10" ### CHANGED, default = ""
end = "192.168.0.254" ### CHANGED, default = ""
router = "75.184.80.1" ### CHANGED, default = ""
netmask = ""
leaseTime = ""
ipv6 = false
rapidCommit = false
multiDNS = false
logging = false
ignoreUnknownClients = false
hosts =
[ntp.ipv4]
active = true
address = ""
[ntp.ipv6]
active = true
address = ""
[ntp.sync]
active = true
server = "pool.ntp.org"
interval = 3600
count = 8
[ntp.sync.rtc]
set = false
device = ""
utc = true
[resolver]
resolveIPv4 = true
resolveIPv6 = true
networkNames = true
refreshNames = "IPV4_ONLY"
[database]
DBimport = true
maxDBdays = 91
DBinterval = 60
useWAL = true
[database.network]
parseARPcache = true
expire = 91
[webserver]
domain = "pi.hole"
acl = ""
port = "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
threads = 50
headers = [
"X-DNS-Prefetch-Control: off",
"Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:;",
"X-Frame-Options: DENY",
"X-XSS-Protection: 0",
"X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff",
"Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
]
serve_all = false
advancedOpts =
[webserver.session]
timeout = 1800
restore = true
[webserver.tls]
cert = "/etc/pihole/tls.pem"
validity = 47
[webserver.paths]
webroot = "/var/www/html"
webhome = "/admin/"
prefix = ""
[webserver.interface]
boxed = true
theme = "default-auto"
[webserver.api]
max_sessions = 16
prettyJSON = false
pwhash = "$BALLOON-SHA256$v=1$s=1024,t=32$IdtuOuS1sSdNAWZGwuOf6A==$tivZj7+FKtu6fS0S71muk3Iww42UygdyiS/vJ70hZA4=" ### CHANGED, default = ""
totp_secret = ""
app_pwhash = ""
app_sudo = false
cli_pw = true
excludeClients =
excludeDomains =
maxHistory = 86400
maxClients = 10
client_history_global_max = true
allow_destructive = true
[webserver.api.temp]
limit = 60.000000
unit = "C"
[files]
pid = "/run/pihole-FTL.pid"
database = "/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db"
gravity = "/etc/pihole/gravity.db"
gravity_tmp = "/tmp"
macvendor = "/etc/pihole/macvendor.db"
pcap = ""
[files.log]
ftl = "/var/log/pihole/FTL.log"
dnsmasq = "/var/log/pihole/pihole.log"
webserver = "/var/log/pihole/webserver.log"
[misc]
privacylevel = 0
delay_startup = 0
nice = -10
addr2line = true
etc_dnsmasq_d = false
dnsmasq_lines =
extraLogging = false
readOnly = false
normalizeCPU = true
hide_dnsmasq_warn = false
[misc.check]
load = true
shmem = 90
disk = 90
[debug]
database = false
networking = false
locks = false
queries = false
flags = false
shmem = false
gc = false
arp = false
regex = false
api = false
tls = false
overtime = false
status = false
caps = false
dnssec = false
vectors = false
resolver = false
edns0 = false
clients = false
aliasclients = false
events = false
helper = false
config = false
inotify = false
webserver = false
extra = false
reserved = false
ntp = false
netlink = false
timing = false
all = false
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 315 Dec 29 21:44 /etc/pihole/versions
CORE_VERSION=v6.3
CORE_BRANCH=master
CORE_HASH=5a23c9c3
GITHUB_CORE_VERSION=v6.3
GITHUB_CORE_HASH=5a23c9c3
WEB_VERSION=v6.4
WEB_BRANCH=master
WEB_HASH=cd0c392d
GITHUB_WEB_VERSION=v6.4
GITHUB_WEB_HASH=cd0c392d
FTL_VERSION=v6.4.1
FTL_BRANCH=master
FTL_HASH=8d1add8d
GITHUB_FTL_VERSION=v6.4.1
GITHUB_FTL_HASH=8d1add8d
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: contents of /etc/dnsmasq.d
ls: cannot access '/etc/dnsmasq.d/*': No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/dnsmasq.d/*: No such file or directory
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: contents of /etc/cron.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.7K Dec 29 18:34 /etc/cron.d/pihole
5 3 * * 7 root PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updateGravity >/var/log/pihole/pihole_updateGravity.log || cat /var/log/pihole/pihole_updateGravity.log
00 00 * * * root PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole flush once quiet
@reboot root /usr/sbin/logrotate --state /var/lib/logrotate/pihole /etc/pihole/logrotate
56 16 * * * root PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker
@reboot root PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker reboot
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: contents of /var/log/pihole
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 48K Dec 29 21:54 /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
-----head of FTL.log------
2025-12-29 18:34:43.258 EST [4095M] INFO: Config file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml not available (r): No such file or directory
2025-12-29 18:34:43.344 EST [4094M] INFO: ########## FTL started on pi-hole! ##########
2025-12-29 18:34:43.344 EST [4094M] INFO: FTL branch: master
2025-12-29 18:34:43.345 EST [4094M] INFO: FTL version: v6.4.1
2025-12-29 18:34:43.345 EST [4094M] INFO: FTL commit: 8d1add8d
2025-12-29 18:34:43.345 EST [4094M] INFO: FTL date: 2025-11-27 18:02:19 +0000
2025-12-29 18:34:43.345 EST [4094M] INFO: FTL user: pihole
2025-12-29 18:34:43.345 EST [4094M] INFO: Compiled for linux/arm64/v8 (compiled on CI) using cc (Alpine 14.2.0) 14.2.0
2025-12-29 18:34:43.358 EST [4094M] INFO: Wrote config file:
2025-12-29 18:34:43.358 EST [4094M] INFO: - 162 total entries
2025-12-29 18:34:43.358 EST [4094M] INFO: - 160 entries are default
2025-12-29 18:34:43.358 EST [4094M] INFO: - 2 entries are modified
2025-12-29 18:34:43.358 EST [4094M] INFO: - 0 entries are forced through environment
2025-12-29 18:34:43.364 EST [4094M] INFO: Parsed config file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml successfully
2025-12-29 18:34:43.364 EST [4094M] INFO: PID file does not exist or not readable
2025-12-29 18:34:43.364 EST [4094M] INFO: No other running FTL process found.
2025-12-29 18:34:43.372 EST [4094M] INFO: PID of FTL process: 4094
2025-12-29 18:34:43.373 EST [4094M] INFO: listening on 0.0.0.0 port 53
2025-12-29 18:34:43.373 EST [4094M] INFO: listening on :: port 53
2025-12-29 18:34:43.377 EST [4094M] INFO: PID of FTL process: 4094
2025-12-29 18:34:43.377 EST [4094M] WARNING: No database file found, creating new (empty) database
2025-12-29 18:34:43.512 EST [4094M] INFO: Database version is 1
2025-12-29 18:34:43.513 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 2
2025-12-29 18:34:43.535 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 3
2025-12-29 18:34:43.585 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 4
2025-12-29 18:34:43.604 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 5
2025-12-29 18:34:43.635 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 6
2025-12-29 18:34:43.653 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 7
2025-12-29 18:34:43.679 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 8
2025-12-29 18:34:43.726 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 9
2025-12-29 18:34:43.751 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 10
2025-12-29 18:34:43.790 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 11
2025-12-29 18:34:43.825 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 12
2025-12-29 18:34:43.896 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 13
2025-12-29 18:34:43.938 EST [4094M] INFO: Updating long-term database to version 14
-----tail of FTL.log------
2025-12-29 21:43:39.061 EST [1327M] INFO: Database version is 21
2025-12-29 21:43:39.064 EST [1327M] INFO: Database successfully initialized
2025-12-29 21:43:39.185 EST [1327M] INFO: Imported 1482 queries from the on-disk database (it has 1482 rows)
2025-12-29 21:43:39.185 EST [1327M] INFO: Parsing queries in database
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: Imported 1482 queries from the long-term database
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Total DNS queries: 1482
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Cached DNS queries: 832
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Forwarded DNS queries: 265
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Blocked DNS queries: 321
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Unknown DNS queries: 0
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Unique domains: 113
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Unique clients: 10
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> DNS cache records: 21
2025-12-29 21:43:39.237 EST [1327M] INFO: -> Known forward destinations: 2
2025-12-29 21:43:40.875 EST [1327M] INFO: FTL is running as user pihole (UID 999)
2025-12-29 21:43:40.877 EST [1327M] INFO: Reading certificate from /etc/pihole/tls.pem ...
2025-12-29 21:43:40.879 EST [1327M] INFO: Using SSL/TLS certificate file /etc/pihole/tls.pem
2025-12-29 21:43:40.881 EST [1327M] INFO: Web server ports:
2025-12-29 21:43:40.881 EST [1327M] INFO: - 0.0.0.0:80 (HTTP, IPv4, optional, OK)
2025-12-29 21:43:40.881 EST [1327M] INFO: - 0.0.0.0:443 (HTTPS, IPv4, optional, OK)
2025-12-29 21:43:40.881 EST [1327M] INFO: - [::]:80 (HTTP, IPv6, optional, OK)
2025-12-29 21:43:40.881 EST [1327M] INFO: - [::]:443 (HTTPS, IPv6, optional, OK)
2025-12-29 21:43:40.898 EST [1327M] INFO: Restored 0 API sessions from the database
2025-12-29 21:43:40.917 EST [1327M] INFO: Blocking status is enabled
2025-12-29 21:43:41.005 EST [1327/T1353] INFO: Compiled 0 allow and 0 deny regex for 10 clients in 0.2 msec
2025-12-29 21:43:41.005 EST [1327/T1353] WARNING: List with ID 36 (https://energized.pro/blu/adblock.txt) was inaccessible during last gravity run
2025-12-29 21:43:45.241 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Received 8/8 valid NTP replies from pool.ntp.org
2025-12-29 21:43:45.241 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Time offset: 1.298720e+04 ms (excluded 0 outliers)
2025-12-29 21:43:45.241 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Round-trip delay: 4.263395e+01 ms (excluded 0 outliers)
2025-12-29 21:43:58.228 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Local time is too inaccurate, retrying in 600 seconds before launching NTP server
2025-12-29 21:54:02.911 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Received 8/8 valid NTP replies from pool.ntp.org
2025-12-29 21:54:02.915 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Time offset: -5.267348e+00 ms (excluded 1 outliers)
2025-12-29 21:54:02.915 EST [1327/T1352] INFO: Round-trip delay: 7.878017e+01 ms (excluded 1 outliers)
2025-12-29 21:54:02.915 EST [1327/T3206] INFO: NTP server listening on 0.0.0.0:123 (IPv4)
2025-12-29 21:54:02.916 EST [1327/T3207] INFO: NTP server listening on :::123 (IPv6)
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 4.2K Dec 29 22:02 /var/log/pihole/webserver.log
-----head of webserver.log------
[2025-12-29 18:34:44.710 EST 4094] Initializing HTTP server on ports "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
[2025-12-29 18:36:45.477 EST 4094] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 19:02:30.115 EST 4094] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 20:46:10.799 EST 4094] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 20:52:01.156 EST 4094] Initializing HTTP server on ports "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
[2025-12-29 20:55:05.735 EST 4094] Initializing HTTP server on ports "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
[2025-12-29 21:29:41.980 EST 1329] Initializing HTTP server on ports "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
[2025-12-29 21:43:40.875 EST 1327] Initializing HTTP server on ports "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.010 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.055 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.109 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.156 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.209 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.258 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.300 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.357 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.403 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.450 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.507 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.557 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.608 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.652 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.700 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.756 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.802 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
-----tail of webserver.log------
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.700 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.756 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.802 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.848 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.891 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.944 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:07.986 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.036 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.092 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.145 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.185 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.244 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.291 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.343 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.394 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.443 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.493 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.544 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.593 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.644 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.694 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.740 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.795 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.844 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
[2025-12-29 22:02:08.886 EST 1327] Authentication required, redirecting to /admin/login
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: contents of /dev/shm
total 2.1M
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 340K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-clients
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 4.0K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-clients-lookup
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 344 Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-counters
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 24K Dec 29 22:22 FTL-1327-dns-cache
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 4.0K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-dns-cache-lookup
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 12K Dec 29 22:22 FTL-1327-domains
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 4.0K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-domains-lookup
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 556K Dec 29 22:02 FTL-1327-fifo-log
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 120 Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-lock
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 8.0K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-overTime
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 4.0K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-per-client-regex
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 288K Dec 29 22:22 FTL-1327-queries
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 768K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-recycler
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 144 Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-settings
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 80K Dec 29 22:22 FTL-1327-strings
-rw------- 1 pihole pihole 28K Dec 29 21:43 FTL-1327-upstreams
-rw-rw-rw- 1 109 nogroup 4.0K Dec 29 21:43 lttng-ust-wait-8
-rw-r----- 1 pi pi 4.0K Dec 29 21:44 lttng-ust-wait-8-1000
-rw-r----- 1 109 nogroup 4.0K Dec 29 21:43 lttng-ust-wait-8-109
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: contents of /etc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Dec 29 21:43 /etc/resolv.conf
search search.charter.net
nameserver 192.168.0.16
nameserver 2001:1998:f00:1::1
nameserver 2001:1998:f00:2::1
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Pi-hole diagnosis messages
count last timestamp type message blob1 blob2 blob3 blob4 blob5
1 2025-12-29 21:43:41 LIST https://energized.pro/blu/adblock.txt 36
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Pi-hole log
-rw-r----- 1 pihole pihole 580K Dec 29 22:22 /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
-----head of pihole.log------
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: started, version pi-hole-v2.92test21 cachesize 10000
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: DNS service limited to local subnets
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-UBus no-i18n IDN2 DHCP DHCPv6 Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset no-nftset auth DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using nameserver 208.67.222.222#53
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using nameserver 208.67.220.220#53
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for onion
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for bind
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for invalid
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for test
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for pi.hole
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for lan
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for internal
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: using only locally-known addresses for home.arpa
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: read /etc/hosts - 8 names
Dec 29 18:34:44 dnsmasq[4094]: read /etc/pihole/hosts/custom.list - 0 names
Dec 29 18:51:31 dnsmasq[4094]: query[HTTPS] captive.apple.com from 192.168.0.11
Dec 29 18:51:31 dnsmasq[4094]: forwarded captive.apple.com to 208.67.222.222
Dec 29 18:51:31 dnsmasq[4094]: forwarded captive.apple.com to 208.67.220.220
Dec 29 18:51:31 dnsmasq[4094]: query[A] captive.apple.com from 192.168.0.11
Dec 29 18:51:31 dnsmasq[4094]: forwarded captive.apple.com to 208.67.222.222
-----tail of pihole.log------
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: forwarded ipv4only.arpa to 208.67.222.222
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: reply ipv4only.arpa is NODATA-IPv6
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: query[A] ipv4only.arpa from 192.168.0.16
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: cached ipv4only.arpa is 192.0.0.171
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: cached ipv4only.arpa is 192.0.0.170
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: query[AAAA] ipv4only.arpa from 192.168.0.16
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: forwarded ipv4only.arpa to 208.67.222.222
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: reply ipv4only.arpa is NODATA-IPv6
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: query[A] ipv4only.arpa from 192.168.0.16
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: cached ipv4only.arpa is 192.0.0.170
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: cached ipv4only.arpa is 192.0.0.171
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: query[AAAA] ipv4only.arpa from 192.168.0.16
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: forwarded ipv4only.arpa to 208.67.222.222
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: reply ipv4only.arpa is NODATA-IPv6
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: query[A] ipv4only.arpa from 192.168.0.16
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: cached ipv4only.arpa is 192.0.0.171
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: cached ipv4only.arpa is 192.0.0.170
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: query[AAAA] ipv4only.arpa from 192.168.0.16
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: forwarded ipv4only.arpa to 208.67.222.222
Dec 29 22:22:34 dnsmasq[1327]: reply ipv4only.arpa is NODATA-IPv6