Sophos Central Dashboard: Why does a newly created Global Exclusion disappear after saving and refreshing?
Overview
This article explains a known behavior where our built in anti-script check will prevent a Global Exclusion from being saved if you use (intentionally or not) anything that resembles HTML code, such as the combination of ‘<‘ and ‘>‘ in the Comment section.
Global Settings–>Global Exclusions:
After selecting ‘Save’ (See #1 below) – the UI will show a green toast message saying this was successful (see #2 below), and the change or addition will remain in the UI (see #3 below).
The issue is only seen when you either browse away, then back to this page, or if you refresh the page, the change will be removed. For example:
- If you were creating a new exclusion, that exclusion will be removed
- If you edited a current exclusions Comment section, that comment will revert to before new global exclusion or editing of a current exclusion
This article describes this behavior and how to work around this in the interim of improved UI error display for this.
The following sections are covered:
Applies to the following Sophos products and versions
Sophos Central Admin
What to do
- If you experience this behavior (Your changes are removed or reverted when you either browse away, then back to this page, or if you refresh the page) – review what you are entering in the comments section and remove/edit/replace any < > combinations before saving.
- One common use case, is copy/pasting email addresses into the Comments section, where the format of the email is pasted within these carrots.
- A future version of Central will proactively warn/alert you that invalid text was entered.
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