Adblock support thread

mccurly · October 30, 2025, 12:02pm

Hello,

Is it possible to whitelist Google sponsored ads?

AcidSlide · October 30, 2025, 12:38pm

What do you mean google sponsored ads? Or are you saying ads from google?

If the latter, google ads, then yes, you just need to add the domains you want in the Allowlist.

Google ads are usually from "www.googleadservices.com".

mccurly · October 30, 2025, 12:43pm

Hi, I mean those ads on top of a Google search, but maybe I'm translating poorly.

Maybe in English they would show up as promoted...

Let me check.

[Edit]

This:

But perhaps it's allowed by default...

dobran · November 6, 2025, 11:35pm

Hello, i like to update Adblocks feeds with 0 */1 * * * /etc/init.d/adblock reload, but this did not work. For which directory is the file for this?

Thanks

dave14305 · November 6, 2025, 11:41pm

What do you see in the log?

logread -e adblock

If the feed hasn’t been updated at the source, it won’t do anything.

dobran · November 6, 2025, 11:58pm

Thank you for your fast answer. I see in the log, blocklist are successfully loaded. I don't know if i have use the correct file of the command in the command line. I have written it in the config of adblock under the last line.

dave14305 · November 7, 2025, 12:14am

Oh, the schedule gets entered (in LuCI) under System -> Scheduled Tasks.

Or via SSH:

cat >> /etc/crontabs/root <<EOF
0 */1 * * * /etc/init.d/adblock reload
EOF
echo 'root' >> /etc/crontabs/cron.update

dobran · November 12, 2025, 10:27pm

I have paste it into Scheduled Tasks, but the list will not be updated, but i am not sure. Is "cron.err" in logread an error?

dave14305 · November 12, 2025, 11:41pm

No, it’s not an error, just an oddity of the cron logging level. Mine works fine and logs like this:

Tue Nov 11 04:37:00 2025 cron.err crond[2429]: USER root pid 31227 cmd /etc/init.d/adblock reload

dibdot · November 16, 2025, 7:25pm

After a couple of month there is a new adblock release in master:

github.com/openwrt/packages

adblock: release 4.4.3-1

committed 06:19PM - 16 Nov 25 UTC

dibdot

+113 -83

* support TLDs in feeds and local block-/allowlist, e.g. to block all 'de' domai…ns with a single entry * add active feed domains (of the feed download URLs) automatically to the local allowlist, to prevent download erros * update the feed categories of 1hosts * update and change the feed categories of hagezi: new categories are 'abusetlds', 'social', 'urlshortener' and 'nrd' (newly registered domains). The latter one required download URL changes. Please note: if you use hagezi than remove and re-add the categories in LuCI feed selection after the updae * Add an external adblock test (https://adblock.turtlecute.org/) on the DNS reporting tab, itprovides a simple way to check whether your current adblock setup is working as expected * readme update Signed-off-by: Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>

Have fun!
Dirk

dobran · November 17, 2025, 8:09pm

When adblock automaticlly refresh the lists, and no internetconnection is avalable, delete the command the existing lists?

dibdot · November 17, 2025, 8:57pm

Which command? On an usual adblock start or reload all feeds/feed backups are restored e.g.

Mon Nov 17 21:22:30 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: adblock instance started ::: action: reload, priority: 0, pid: 8558
Mon Nov 17 21:22:30 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: iplist, mode: iplist, cnt: 0, in_rc: 0, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:30 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: blocklist, mode: blocklist, cnt: 0, in_rc: 0, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:30 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: allowlist, mode: allowlist, cnt: 0, in_rc: 0, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:35 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: 1hosts, suffix: Lite/domains.wildcards, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:35 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: adguard, suffix: -, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:35 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: adguard_tracking, suffix: -, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:35 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: certpl, suffix: -, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:35 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: doh_blocklist, suffix: -, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'adguard' failed, url: https://adguardteam.github.io/AdGuardSDNSFilter/Filters/filter.txt, rule: BEGIN{FS="[|^]"}/^\|\|([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)+[[:alpha:]]+\^(\$third-party)?$/{print tolower($3)}, categories: -, rc: 6
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of '1hosts' failed, url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/badmojr/1Hosts/master/, rule: /^(([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)*[[:alnum:]-]{2,63}([[:space:]]|$))/{print tolower($1)}, categories: Lite/domains.wildcards , rc: 6
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'adguard_tracking' failed, url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/cname-trackers/master/data/combined_disguised_trackers_justdomains.txt, rule: /^(([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)*[[:alnum:]-]{2,63}([[:space:]]|$))/{print tolower($1)}, categ
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'certpl' failed, url: https://hole.cert.pl/domains/v2/domains.txt, rule: /^(([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)*[[:alnum:]-]{2,63}([[:space:]]|$))/{print tolower($1)}, categories: -, rc: 6
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'doh_blocklist' failed, url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dibdot/DoH-IP-blocklists/master/doh-domains_overall.txt, rule: /^(([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)*[[:alnum:]-]{2,63}([[:space:]]|$))/{print tolower($1)}, categories: -, rc: 6
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: doh_blocklist, mode: restore, cnt: 1899, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: doh_blocklist, mode: prepare, cnt: 1899, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: adguard_tracking, mode: restore, cnt: 89796, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: 1hosts, mode: restore, cnt: 92499, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: adguard, mode: restore, cnt: 144524, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: adguard_tracking, mode: prepare, cnt: 89796, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: certpl, mode: restore, cnt: 152914, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: 1hosts, mode: prepare, cnt: 92499, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: adguard, mode: prepare, cnt: 144524, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:40 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: certpl, mode: prepare, cnt: 152914, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:45 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: hagezi, suffix: wildcard/spam-tlds-onlydomains.txt, http_code: -, feed/etag: 3/3, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:45 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: stevenblack, suffix: hosts, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:45 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: winspy, suffix: -, http_code: -, feed/etag: 1/1, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: hagezi, suffix: wildcard/pro-onlydomains.txt, http_code: -, feed/etag: 3/3, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'stevenblack' failed, url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/, rule: /^0\.0\.0\.0[[:space:]]+([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)+[[:alpha:]]+([[:space:]]|$)/{print tolower($2)}, categories: hosts , rc: 6
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'winspy' failed, url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt, rule: /^0\.0\.0\.0[[:space:]]+([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)+[[:alpha:]]+([[:space:]]|$)/{print tolower($2)}, categories: -, rc: 6
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: winspy, mode: restore, cnt: 347, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: winspy, mode: prepare, cnt: 347, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: stevenblack, mode: restore, cnt: 110351, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:50 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: stevenblack, mode: prepare, cnt: 110351, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:22:55 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_etag   ::: feed: hagezi, suffix: wildcard/tif-onlydomains.txt, http_code: -, feed/etag: 3/3, rc: 4
Mon Nov 17 21:23:10 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: download of 'hagezi' failed, url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/, rule: /^(([[:alnum:]_-]{1,63}\.)*[[:alnum:]-]{2,63}([[:space:]]|$))/{print tolower($1)}, categories: wildcard/spam-tlds-onlydomains.txt wildcard/pro-onlydomain
Mon Nov 17 21:23:11 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: hagezi, mode: restore, cnt: 677523, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:23:11 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: hagezi, mode: prepare, cnt: 677523, in_rc: 6, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:23:12 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: -, mode: merge, cnt: 956356, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:23:15 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_tld    ::: name: -, cnt: 956356, cnt_tld: 638228, cnt_rem: -
Mon Nov 17 21:23:17 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_list   ::: name: -, mode: final, cnt: 638225, in_rc: 4, out_rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:23:29 2025 user.debug adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: f_dnsup  ::: dns: unbound, cache_cmd: /usr/sbin/unbound-control, lookup_domain: localhost, restart_rc: 0, dns_flush: 0, dns_timeout: 20, dns_pid: 9324, dns_cnt: 0, rc: 0
Mon Nov 17 21:23:34 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[9389]: mail sent to 'xxx@xxx.xxx' with rc '75'
Mon Nov 17 21:23:34 2025 user.info adblock-4.4.3-r1[8558]: blocklist with overall 638 225 blocked domains loaded successfully (Bananapi BPI-R3, mediatek/filogic, OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r31857-501f4edb04 )

dibdot · November 21, 2025, 7:16pm

New week, new adblock release! This will be the baseline for 25.x ... whenever it comes.

github.com/openwrt/packages

adblock: release 4.4.4-1

committed 06:04PM - 21 Nov 25 UTC

dibdot

+68 -236

* major feed cleanup, removed the following default feeds: - adaway, unmainta…ined for more than 2 years - easylist/easyprivacy, not effective for DNS-based ad blocking plus too many false positives - energized_*, broken - lightswitch05, abandoned - notracking, abandoned - openphish, not effective for DNS-based ad blocking plus too many false positives - reg_*, not effective for DNS-based ad blocking plus too many false positives - winhelp, unmaintained for more than 2 years * update the utcapitole categories * automatically migrate the hagezi categories via uci-defaults script to the new format * the adblock status now includes the backend- and frontend version information * small performance improvements * LuCI: no longer call the logread binary, use rpc / the ubus log object instead * LuCI: various code cleanups * LuCI: various small usability improvements * readme update Signed-off-by: Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>

In LuCI there are at least two small visual changes:
On the overview/start page, you can see the version number of the Adblock frontend and backend at a glance. If there are significant discrepancies, you should check the software updates again to see if an update is available for any of the software components.

The Log View in adblock no longer calls logread directly, it uses rpc/ubus object calls instead (with proper json output).

The date and time information is now displayed in a much more space-saving way so that more log content can be seen at a glance. I would also like to point out that anyone using the new hagezi “abusetlds” category should also use tld compression... it only takes a few seconds, but saves over 200k unnecessary domains in the final block list.

Have fun!
Dirk

AcidSlide · November 24, 2025, 3:21pm

Hi @dibdot

Not sure if this is a bug introduced in the latest version 4.4.4-r1. Adding some "ru" domains into the blocklist doesn't do anything after a reload or even a restart.

This is after adding the domain appmetrica.yandex.ru and doing a reload or restart.

# /etc/init.d/adblock query appmetrica.yandex.ru
:::
::: domain 'appmetrica.yandex.ru' in active blocklist
:::
  - no match

:::
::: domain 'yandex.ru' in active blocklist
:::
  - no match

:::
::: domain 'ru' in active blocklist
:::
  - no match

:::
::: domain 'appmetrica.yandex.ru' in backups and in local block-/allowlist
:::
  + adblock.blocklist             appmetrica.yandex.ru

I added the following:

appmetrica.yandex.ru
adfstat.yandex.ru
metrika.yandex.ru
adfox.yandex.ru

I have other items in my blocklist and all works, only the above doesn't work.

dibdot · November 24, 2025, 5:32pm

Thanks! Most probably a regex bug - I'll take a look later this evening.

dave14305 · November 24, 2025, 6:58pm

While you’re in there, there is also an extra colon before the cat command:

github.com/openwrt/packages

net/adblock/files/adblock.sh

7733ddb73


      
          			tld="${domain#*.}"
          		done
          		if [ -d "${adb_backupdir}" ]; then
          			search="${1//[+*~%\$&\"\']/}"
          			search="${search//./\\.}"
          			printf "%s\n%s\n%s\n" ":::" "::: domain '${1}' in backups and in local block-/allowlist" ":::"
          			for file in "${adb_backupdir}/adb_list".*.gz "${adb_blocklist}" "${adb_allowlist}"; do
          				suffix="${file##*.}"
          				if [ "${suffix}" = "gz" ]; then
          					"${adb_zcatcmd}" "${file}" 2>/dev/null |
          						{ [ "${adb_tld}" = "1" ] && "${adb_awkcmd}" 'BEGIN{FS="."}{for(f=NF;f>1;f--)printf "%s.",$f;print $1}' || :"${adb_catcmd}"; } |
          						"${adb_awkcmd}" -v f="${file##*/}" "BEGIN{rc=1};/^($search|.*\\.${search})$/{i++;if(i<=3){printf \"  + %-30s%s\n\",f,\$1;rc=0}else if(i==4){printf \"  + %-30s%s\n\",f,\"[...]\"}};END{exit rc}"
          					rc="${?}"
          				else
          					"${adb_awkcmd}" -v f="${file##*/}" "BEGIN{rc=1};/^($search|.*\\.${search})$/{i++;if(i<=3){printf \"  + %-30s%s\n\",f,\$1;rc=0}else if(i==4){printf \"  + %-30s%s\n\",f,\"[...]\"}};END{exit rc}" "${file}"
          					rc="${?}"
          				fi
          				if [ "${rc}" = "0" ]; then
          					result="true"
          					query_end="$(date "+%s")"
          					if [ "$((query_end - query_start))" -gt "${query_timeout}" ]; then

Causes an error in query when tld compression is disabled.

:::
::: domain 'g.doubleclick.net' in backups and in local block-/allowlist
:::
/usr/bin/adblock.sh: line 1025: :/bin/cat: not found
  - no match

dibdot · November 24, 2025, 8:44pm

@dave14305 @AcidSlide Both issues are fixed ...

Thanks!

Fejitatete · December 3, 2025, 8:35am

Hi all,

Recently, adblock changed his behavior on commands : while running, sending /etc/init.d/adblock resume stop it. In order to running back, reload is mandatory. Bug or feature ?

I used /etc/init.d/adblock resume in crontab every hour to make sure adblock is running after manually suspend it in LuCI and forgot to resume manually. Any workaround ?

Thx.

root@Routeur:~# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: adblock runtime information
  + adblock_status  : enabled
  + adblock_version : 4.4.2-r3
  + blocked_domains : 494 444
  + active_feeds    : adaway, adguard, android_tracking, bitcoin, disconnect, firetv_tracking, openphish, phishing_army, smarttv_tracking, spam404, stevenblack, utcapitole, winspy, yoyo
  + dns_backend     : dnsmasq (2.90-r4), /tmp/dnsmasq.d, 40.74 MB
  + run_ifaces      : trigger: -, report: br-lan
  + run_directories : base: /adblock/tmp, dns: /tmp/dnsmasq.d, backup: /adblock/backup, report: /adblock/report, jail: /tmp
  + run_flags       : shift: ✘, custom feed: ✘, force: ✔, flush: ✘, tld: ✔, search: ✔, report: ✔, mail: ✔, jail: ✘
  + last_run        : mode: reload, 2025-12-03T04:00:43+01:00, duration: 0m 42s, 820.98 MB available
  + system_info     : cores: 4, fetch: uclient-fetch, FriendlyElec NanoPi R2C Plus, rockchip/armv8, OpenWrt 24.10.0 r28427-6df0e3d02a
root@Routeur:~# /etc/init.d/adblock resume
root@Routeur:~# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: adblock runtime information
  + adblock_status  : stopped
  + adblock_version : 4.4.2-r3
  + blocked_domains : 0
  + active_feeds    : -
  + dns_backend     : dnsmasq (-), /tmp/dnsmasq.d, 0 MB
  + run_ifaces      : trigger: -, report: br-lan
  + run_directories : base: /adblock/tmp, dns: /tmp/dnsmasq.d, backup: /adblock/backup, report: /adblock/report, jail: /tmp
  + run_flags       : shift: ✘, custom feed: ✘, force: ✔, flush: ✘, tld: ✔, search: ✔, report: ✔, mail: ✔, jail: ✘
  + last_run        : mode: reload, 2025-12-03T04:00:43+01:00, duration: 0m 42s, 820.98 MB available
  + system_info     : cores: 4, fetch: uclient-fetch, FriendlyElec NanoPi R2C Plus, rockchip/armv8, OpenWrt 24.10.0 r28427-6df0e3d02a
root@Routeur:~# /etc/init.d/adblock reload
root@Routeur:~# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: adblock runtime information
  + adblock_status  : enabled
  + adblock_version : 4.4.2-r3
  + blocked_domains : 494 588
  + active_feeds    : adaway, adguard, android_tracking, bitcoin, disconnect, firetv_tracking, openphish, phishing_army, smarttv_tracking, spam404, stevenblack, utcapitole, winspy, yoyo
  + dns_backend     : dnsmasq (2.90-r4), /tmp/dnsmasq.d, 40.74 MB
  + run_ifaces      : trigger: -, report: br-lan
  + run_directories : base: /adblock/tmp, dns: /tmp/dnsmasq.d, backup: /adblock/backup, report: /adblock/report, jail: /tmp
  + run_flags       : shift: ✘, custom feed: ✘, force: ✔, flush: ✘, tld: ✔, search: ✔, report: ✔, mail: ✔, jail: ✘
  + last_run        : mode: reload, 2025-12-03T09:29:53+01:00, duration: 0m 38s, 818.12 MB available
  + system_info     : cores: 4, fetch: uclient-fetch, FriendlyElec NanoPi R2C Plus, rockchip/armv8, OpenWrt 24.10.0 r28427-6df0e3d02a

dave14305 · December 3, 2025, 9:56pm

Check if the status is paused before resuming.

adblock_status  : paused

It looks like it expects resume to be used only after suspend has been issued and status is paused. done is still equal to false by line 958 and so it runs f_rmdns.

github.com/openwrt/packages

net/adblock/files/adblock.sh

765866975


      
          	elif [ "${mode}" = "resume" ] && [ "${status}" = "paused" ]; then
          		if [ "${adb_dnsshift}" = "0" ] && [ -f "${adb_backupdir}/${adb_dnsfile}" ]; then
          			mv -f "${adb_backupdir}/${adb_dnsfile}" "${adb_finaldir}/${adb_dnsfile}"
          			f_count "resume" "${adb_finaldir}/${adb_dnsfile}"
          			done="true"
          		elif [ "${adb_dnsshift}" = "1" ] && [ ! -L "${adb_finaldir}/${adb_dnsfile}" ]; then
          			ln -fs "${adb_finaldir}/${adb_dnsfile}" "${adb_dnsdir}/${adb_dnsfile}"
          			f_count "resume" "${adb_finaldir}/${adb_dnsfile}"
          			done="true"
          		fi
          	fi
          	if [ "${done}" = "true" ]; then
          		f_dnsup
          		f_jsnup "${mode}"
          		f_log "info" "${mode} adblock service"
          		f_rmtemp
          	else
          		f_jsnup "stopped"
          		f_rmdns
          	fi
          }

Fejitatete · December 4, 2025, 10:00am

Right, I can parse the adblock_status before issuing resume but a few versions back that was not the case, I was wondering if it's a side effect or a voluntary change (I did not took the time to review the code ).
Regards