Fortigate Web Rating Override Not Working 〈EASY ⚡〉

set ovrd-permit – wait, no. That wasn't the issue.

action: block – reason: rating-error

Marcus sighed. He’d personally whitelisted that exact URL two weeks ago. fortigate web rating override not working

And the override? Overrides only work when the FortiGuard rating is successful . If the rating fails, the override is never even checked. The firewall sees an unrated URL and says, “I don’t know this site, and I can’t check, so… block.” set ovrd-permit – wait, no

He fixed the DNS, forced a FortiGuard update via CLI ( execute update-now ), and watched the debug flow switch to: set ovrd-permit – wait

He ran diagnose debug flow on the firewall. The logs showed the traffic hitting the correct policy. It matched the URL. It applied the webfilter profile. Then, the magic: