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Title: Old rules deprecation
Post by: dbd on January 29, 2026, 01:55:03 PM
Hi.
What are the plan for the old rules ? Will they be deprecated, and then removed at some point ?
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on January 29, 2026, 01:56:46 PM
Yes but there is no plan for that yet and it might take a longer while still. Check our roadmap sometimes for updates:

https://opnsense.org/roadmap/
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: franco on January 29, 2026, 01:58:38 PM
Likely moving to plugins where they would still work, but definitely not before 2027. No plans to EoL it.


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Seimus on January 29, 2026, 02:05:16 PM
There is enough time to get use to it, explore it and inspect it :)

The new rules section provides more visual appealing look and fixes some "mistakes" of the old ones.

Regards,
S.
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on January 29, 2026, 02:10:21 PM
I'm pretty surprised by the lack of negative feedback so far. So I guess overall it's a win (for most).
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Seimus on January 29, 2026, 02:14:09 PM
You are surprised? :D

But people literary wanted/cried for separators.... They got it and even more...

Regards,
S.
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on January 29, 2026, 02:15:29 PM
The funny thing is, once the separators were implemented the people who cried for them never gave any feedback anymore.
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Seimus on January 29, 2026, 02:17:30 PM
well... BAU [business-as-usual]

Or you guys achieved 100% customer satisfaction.

Regards,
S.
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: OPNenthu on January 29, 2026, 02:19:28 PM
I've been meaning to try the rule migration (haven't yet worked up the courage) mostly because I wasn't sure how a couple of single-interface floating rules would be handled.  I saw this in the 26.1 release notes:

QuoteSingle interface from the floating interface will not be considered "floating" in priorities.

But I still don't know, will I need to make manual edits in the csv export to fix those?  Or will I need to add them manually afterward?

I'll probably give it a go soon. :)
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Monviech (Cedrik) on January 29, 2026, 02:35:45 PM
You don't need any manual edits. Just import them, see the result, change things in the GUI as needed and then apply.
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: dbd on January 29, 2026, 03:24:40 PM
Thanks. That's a relief, as I'm a bit afraid it'll take me some time to migrate my main production system and its 2000 or so rules (or maybe the migration will work on first try, who knows ;-) )
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: nero355 on January 29, 2026, 03:30:03 PM
Quote from: Monviech (Cedrik) on Today at 02:10:21 PMI'm pretty surprised by the lack of negative feedback so far.
I will let you know once I have decided it's time to do the 26.x upgrade... Mwahahaha!!! >:)



But seriously :

Sometimes certain changes just simply "Hit the Jackpot!" and make everything soo much better that there is exactly 0,0 reason to complain about it :)

For me one of the most recent experiences was switching to OPNsense instead of my Ubiquiti UniFi USG 3P Router because it reminded me of the days when I had xDSL instead of Fiber and was using a DrayTek Router for that connection :
A simple and clear webGUI with so far all the options I could ever dream of and probably more than that, without fussing and fighting with Java and MongoDB from time to time !!!

And another change that was also simply excellent was the upgrade from Pi-Hole v5.x.x to v6.x.x when it was released last year and the whole concept of it basically totally changed :
- Dumped LigHTTPd
- Dumped PHP
- Switched to Civetweb
- FTLDNS got even better with a lof of new functions and features.
- The webGUI got basically 1:1 access to the config file which is also commented very nicely and extensively.



These two are now my favorite software projects on my network ;)
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Seimus on January 29, 2026, 05:00:28 PM
I am having the same combination, Pihole + OPN.
But I run Piholes in a HA setup cause why not.

Regards,
S.
Title: Re: Old rules deprecation
Post by: Seimus on January 29, 2026, 06:48:34 PM
Quote from: Monviech (Cedrik) on Today at 02:15:29 PMThe funny thing is, once the separators were implemented the people who cried for them never gave any feedback anymore.

Alright so that you don't feel sad about this I have one complain :)

Would it be possible to have the Statistic section in a single row if I expand its section?
(https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=51720)

It drives me nuts that its in two rows even tough I have a lot of space...

Regards,
S.