netbirdio/netbird · error

skipping firewall rule: %s

Error message

skipping firewall rule: %s

What it means

Error "skipping firewall rule: %s" thrown in netbirdio/netbird.

Source

Thrown at client/internal/acl/manager.go:289

	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("add route rule: %w", err)
	}

	return id.RuleID(addedRule.ID()), nil
}

func (d *DefaultManager) protoRuleToFirewallRule(
	r *mgmProto.FirewallRule,
	ipsetName string,
) (id.RuleID, []firewall.Rule, error) {
	ip, err := extractRuleIP(r)
	if err != nil {
		return "", nil, err
	}

	protocol, err := convertToFirewallProtocol(r.Protocol)
	if err != nil {
		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("skipping firewall rule: %s", err)
	}

	action, err := convertFirewallAction(r.Action)
	if err != nil {
		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("skipping firewall rule: %s", err)
	}

	var port *firewall.Port
	if !portInfoEmpty(r.PortInfo) {
		port = convertPortInfo(r.PortInfo)
	} else if r.Port != "" {
		// old version of management, single port
		value, err := strconv.Atoi(r.Port)
		if err != nil {
			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid port: %w", err)
		}
		port = &firewall.Port{
			Values: []uint16{uint16(value)},

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/internal/acl/manager.go:289 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of netbirdio/netbird@93e97f4bf1 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8185729347eca3a6. Report an issue: GitHub.