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Currently have an issue with upgrading from OPNsense 23.1.5 series to later versions (including 23.1.6 and 21.1.7).

My rules rely heavily on BGP aliases (e.g., to limit SMTP and IMAP to locally valid addresses).  On upgrades, and possibly other configuration/setup change events (e.g., possibly restoring configuration backups?), the configured BGP alias lists are empty.  This has immediate consequences on email as well as push notifications (e.g., Apple, WhatsApp, etc.) among others.

Am I correct that BGP alias lists are flushed on these type of events?  How long does it take to refresh these aliases?  Can I manually force the BGP alias lists to be refreshed?  (Or, has the BGP alias system broke since 23.1.5?)

I have not filed a bug report until I hear back from the community here in the forums as per the guidelines for contributing.

I apologize if this has been discussed and addressed before.  The subject uses language too general to search, I have found.

I would like to see what OPNsense is using for the different default/build-in names.  So, for example, each interface has a choice for INT net and INT address that can be used for source/destination.  Where can I see exactly what OPNsense is using for these.

I have created a number of Groups (of Interfaces).  These interface groups have names for the "net" (e.g. "GroupINT net").  I would like to see what OPNsense is using for these and for the other built-in names.