Just a minor maintenance update ...
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I wanted to check whether all lists are available from Russia so I tried to replicate your feed selection and it took ~30 seconds to reload (with xtra as 1hosts list selection). Can you post your /etc/config/adblock content (judging by non-standard directories and 0 MB you have made some changes)? Can you reproduce the issue when you reload blocklists?
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Restarted adblock and it took only 11 s.
config adblock 'global'
option adb_enabled '1'
option adb_debug '1'
option adb_safesearch '0'
option adb_mail '0'
option adb_report '1'
option adb_dns 'dnsmasq'
option adb_dnsinstance '0'
option adb_repiface 'br-lan'
option adb_fetchcmd 'curl'
option adb_dnsforce '0'
option adb_dnsshift '1'
option adb_backupdir '/mnt/extra/qnap/adblock'
list adb_hst_feed 'Lite/domains.wildcards'
list adb_feed '1hosts'
list adb_feed 'adaway'
list adb_feed 'adguard'
list adb_feed 'bitcoin'
list adb_feed 'certpl'
list adb_feed 'disconnect'
list adb_feed 'hblock'
list adb_feed 'oisd_small'
list adb_feed 'openphish'
list adb_feed 'phishing_army'
list adb_feed 'reg_ru'
list adb_feed 'spam404'
list adb_feed 'stopforumspam'
list adb_feed 'yoyo'
list adb_trigger 'wan'
option adb_nicelimit '0'
... BTW, openphish and reg_ru lists are not created for DNS blocking software. After processing url parameters will be stripped and you will be left with just domain part. Do you want to block entire domain when only part of it was meant to be blocked by list creators?
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Now you need to figure out why it didn't work last time. Will the problem reappear if you reboot the router?
This sometimes happens on booted/rebooted routers (which most doesn't have a battery backed RTC) when the routers date/time update gets delayed (ntpd not yet triggered) during startup of Adblock.
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This can happen after booting the router if the clock has not yet been synchronized via ntp.
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Adding additional trigger delay?
It's not worth it - IMHO.
But you already have some trigger delay internally, right?
5 seconds by default. Maybe it's a better approach to simply ignoring this timing information after boot, e.g. just print "n/a" after boot.
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Can someone help me?
My adblock stopped working.
Here are my configs and logs.
Information
Status / Version
error / 4.4.2-r3
Blocked Domains
0
Active Feeds
-
DNS Backend
dnsmasq (2.91-r2), /tmp/dnsmasq.cfg01411c.d, 7.55 MB
Run Interfaces
trigger: wan , report: -
Run Directories
base: /tmp, dns: /tmp/dnsmasq.cfg01411c.d, backup: /tmp/adblock-backup, report: /tmp/adblock-report, jail: /tmp
Run Flags
shift: ✘, custom feed: ✘, force: ✔, flush: ✘, tld: ✔, search: ✘, report: ✘, mail: ✘, jail: ✘
Last Run
-
System Info cores: 4, fetch: uclient-fetch, GL.iNet GL-MT6000, mediatek/filogic, OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r30108-0bca24493e
Wed Jun 18 13:39:33 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_dns ::: dns: dnsmasq, dns_instance: 0, dns_user: dnsmasq, dns_dir: /tmp/dnsmasq.cfg01411c.d, backup_dir: /tmp/adblock-backup, final_dir: /tmp/dnsmasq.cfg01411c.d, jail_dir: /tmp
Wed Jun 18 13:39:33 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_fetch ::: update: 0, cmd: /bin/uclient-fetch
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_dnsup ::: dns: dnsmasq, cache_cmd: -, lookup_domain: localhost, restart_rc: 0, dns_flush: 0, dns_timeout: 20, dns_pid: 11052, dns_cnt: 21, rc: 4
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: adblock instance started ::: action: restart, priority: 0, pid: 10762
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: iplist, mode: iplist, cnt: 0, in_rc: 0, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: blocklist, mode: blocklist, cnt: 0, in_rc: 0, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: allowlist, mode: allowlist, cnt: 0, in_rc: 0, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: certpl, mode: restore, cnt: 79184, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: adguard, mode: restore, cnt: 109782, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: adguard_tracking, mode: restore, cnt: 121604, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:20 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: -, mode: merge, cnt: 266851, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:40:21 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_tld ::: name: -, cnt: 266851, cnt_tld: 188603, cnt_rem: -
Wed Jun 18 13:40:21 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_list ::: name: -, mode: final, cnt: 188603, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Wed Jun 18 13:41:08 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_dnsup ::: dns: dnsmasq, cache_cmd: -, lookup_domain: localhost, restart_rc: 0, dns_flush: 0, dns_timeout: 20, dns_pid: 11482, dns_cnt: 21, rc: 4
Wed Jun 18 13:41:08 2025 user.err adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: dns backend restart with adblock blocklist failed
Wed Jun 18 13:41:54 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.2-r3[10762]: f_dnsup ::: dns: dnsmasq, cache_cmd: -, lookup_domain: localhost, restart_rc: 0, dns_flush: 0, dns_timeout: 20, dns_pid: 11902, dns_cnt: 21, rc: 4
config adblock 'global'
option adb_enabled '1'
option adb_debug '1'
option adb_dnsforce '1'
option adb_safesearch '0'
option adb_mail '0'
option adb_report '0'
list adb_feed 'adguard'
list adb_feed 'adguard_tracking'
list adb_feed 'certpl'
option adb_fetchcmd 'uclient-fetch'
list adb_trigger 'wan'
option adb_nicelimit '0'
list adb_zonelist 'lan'
list adb_portlist '53'
option adb_dns 'dnsmasq'
Most probably your router can't resolve localhost any longer. Change it to a public domain like "www.google.com" as a workaround.
I didn't quite get what I should do here.
One important piece of information is that I am using dnsmasq-full + stubby for DoT and DNSSEC.
That did the trick!
Thank you
Hi @dibdot minor error using query in command line.. getting sh: out of range
Using: adblock_version : 4.4.2-r3
# /etc/init.d/adblock query checkip.amazonaws.com
sh: out of range
:::
::: domain 'checkip.amazonaws.com' in active blocklist
:::
+ checkip.amazonaws.com
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Not reproducible for me, could you provide your adblock config, too? Thanks!
Below is my config
config adblock 'global'
option adb_enabled '1'
option adb_debug '1'
option adb_safesearch '0'
option adb_mail '0'
option adb_report '1'
option adb_dns 'dnsmasq'
option adb_fetchparm '--connect-timeout 20 --retry-delay 10 --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --fail --silent --show-error --location -o'
option adb_reportdir '/tmp/usb/openwrt/adblock/reports'
option adb_backupdir '/tmp/usb/openwrt/adblock/backups'
option adb_repchunkcnt '10'
option adb_repchunksize '10'
option adb_replisten '53 853'
option adb_repiface 'br-lan'
option adb_fetchcmd 'curl'
option adb_dnsforce '0'
option adb_dnsshift '1'
list adb_stb_feed 'alternates/fakenews-porn/hosts'
list adb_hst_feed 'Lite/domains.wildcards'
option adb_nicelimit '0'
option adb_map '1'
list adb_feed '1hosts'
list adb_feed 'adaway'
list adb_feed 'adguard'
list adb_feed 'adguard_tracking'
list adb_feed 'android_tracking'
list adb_feed 'andryou'
list adb_feed 'anti_ad'
list adb_feed 'anudeep'
list adb_feed 'bitcoin'
list adb_feed 'certpl'
list adb_feed 'disconnect'
list adb_feed 'divested'
list adb_feed 'doh_blocklist'
list adb_feed 'easylist'
list adb_feed 'easyprivacy'
list adb_feed 'hagezi'
list adb_feed 'oisd_big'
list adb_feed 'oisd_nsfw'
list adb_feed 'phishing_army'
list adb_feed 'stevenblack'
list adb_feed 'winspy'
list adb_feed 'yoyo'
list adb_hag_feed 'pro-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'tif.medium-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'doh-vpn-proxy-bypass-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.amazon-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.apple-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.huawei-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.lgwebos-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.oppo-realme-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.samsung-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.vivo-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.winoffice-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'native.xiaomi-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'popupads-onlydomains.txt'
list adb_hag_feed 'nsfw-onlydomains.txt'