Websites displayed as "BLOCKED" in query log, but still accessible through browser

Expected Behaviour:

Visiting either pornhub.com or www.pornhub.com from a browser should not access the website.

Actual Behaviour:

The query log displays the access to the website as 'BLOCKED' (AAAA record), but the browser actually opens the webpage as if it was not blocked.

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/koqblqn4z6

More information:

This problem is visible on a Windows 10 x64 machine, using Google Chrome 75.0.3770.142. I have tried the following workarounds/steps:

  • Cleared browser DNS cache;
  • Cleared OS DNS cache;
  • Rebooted Pi-Hole;
  • Rebooted router;
  • Rebooted PC;
  • Update gravity;
  • Blacklist the websites again;
  • Enable and disable Pi-Hole;
  • Change upstream DNSs;
  • Tried using Internet Explorer instead.

Nothing has worked. The blocked sites are still accessible!

Output of dig pornhub.com (on the Pi-Hole):

; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Raspbian <<>> pornhub.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28692
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pornhub.com.                   IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
pornhub.com.            2       IN      A       0.0.0.0

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Aug 04 01:29:37 BST 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 56

Output of dig www.pornhub.com (on the Pi-Hole):

; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Raspbian <<>> pornhub.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28692
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;pornhub.com.                   IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
pornhub.com.            2       IN      A       0.0.0.0

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Aug 04 01:29:37 BST 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 56

nslookup outputs (on Windows machine) (diba_nose is the name of the Pi-Hole):

>nslookup pornhub.com
Server:  diba_nose
Address:  fd00::4f75:21a8:1f28:45ba

Name:    pornhub.com
Addresses:  ::
          0.0.0.0


>nslookup www.pornhub.com
Server:  diba_nose
Address:  fd00::4f75:21a8:1f28:45ba

Name:    www.pornhub.com
Addresses:  ::
          0.0.0.0

I have no idea why the sites are still accessible. Please help!

Please post the contents of /var/log/pihole.log when you load both of those sites.

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