gateway monitor "force_down", failover and the problem of "disabling" a gatway
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Since Nov 9, 2025.
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Document the fact that using "force_down" will failover states while "disable" will merely remove the gateway from usage in most parts of the system (except static routes).
See https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/6714495b62 for a fix coming to 25.1.7 after testing.
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