Regex and exact blacklist filter issues

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so, I have been able to install, run and watch the dashboard stats and log
of pihole very well, infact it has been great fun.

this having been said, Im running it in an unsupported OS-
Linux Mint 22, Kernel Linux 6.8.0-53-generic.

I plan on getting a Pi to run it on eventually, but I was already
running a server for my surveillance cams and it sounded like a
good project, im glad I have tried it- im hooked.

so far most everything has worked as expected except for
adding my own regex or exact blacklist domain filters.

in hopes that this is something Im missing I thought I would
ask for future reference, what that might be.

clients and filters ARE added to default group.
pihole seems to be working as expected otherwise

here is my debug, any feedback would be appreciated.
https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/QwstJoe3/

thanks!

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Your debug log shows you successfully added 3 regex (blocking) and 2 exact domains (blocking).

What is exactly your issue?

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sorry... they are not being blocked

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Did you disable "Secure DNS" in your browser?

If you didn't, disable it and try again. Also, you can try from a different browser or a different device, to check if the behavior is the same everywhere.

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secure DNS is disabled, same results on all devices tested.
I have been to a handfull of test sites and junky wwws and
it seems like manually added regex/exact blacklists are the
only thing not working as expected.

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From a computer where the block rules are failing, try these commands (in a terminal window) and post the output:

nslookup google.com

nslookup flurry.com 192.168.1.250

nslookup twitter.com 192.168.1.250
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nslookup infact verifies that they ARE being blocked.
I mistakenly thought that blocking them via DNS would also prevent me from ever getting
search results which include the domain, as searching for how to accomplish that led me to finding
out about pihole in the first place- and this was obviously misinformed.
I wouldnt actually ever GO to those sites!
this all makes perfect sense now that I've seen behind the curtain of DNS
and I apologize for the goose chase.
pihole is working 100% on my unsupported system.
thanks for the help and insight!

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