General Filter Disable/Enable Issue

[ahpourani]

Please answer the following questions for yourself before submitting an issue.

• I am running the latest version
• I made sure all content blockers are enabled in Safari settings
• I checked the documentation and found no answer
• I checked to make sure that this issue has not already been filed

AdGuard version

1.11.20

Environment

- OS:Sequia 15.1
- Safari version: 18.1

What filters do you have enabled?

EasyList

Issue Details

Steps to reproduce:
If I disable the general content blocker, it should be removed from Safari’s directional blocking settings. However, when I try to reenable it in Safari’s directional blocking settings, there’s no general content blocker, and it won’t block ads anymore. Restarting Safari or the operating system doesn’t resolve this issue. I need to remove and reinstall AdGuard several times to see when it will reappear.

Expected Behavior

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Actual Behavior

Sometimes, users want to uncheck the general adblock option for performance reasons.

Screenshots

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Additional Information

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[windwak3r]

@ahpourani, hello! Please explain step by step how to reproduce the problem.

[ahpourani]

I’ll try to describe the problem step by step:

1. I’ll install AdGuard for Safari (from the App Store or GitHub).
2. I’ll open the AdGuard app and want to activate Safari-related extensions.
3. I’ll activate the Safari-related extensions.
4. Then, I’ll uncheck the unwanted list except for the general filter list.

At this point, everything functions as intended.

5. Now, let’s say I want to uncheck the “General Extension” option from my Safari for performance reasons. It will delete the “Content Filter” option from my Safari’s directory: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/WebKit/ContentExtensions.

6. Next, I want to reenable it from the Safari extensions settings file. However, it doesn’t rewrite the directory again, and it doesn’t show up. This issue is specific to the “General Filter” list; other lists work as expected.

7. If I want to make the “General Filter” list available again, I need to reinstall AdGuard several times to see when it shows up the content blocker list in my safari directory.

I hope this clarifies the issue for you.

[ahpourani]

It seems all the filter lists have this issue