keyword block in URL not working

Question

Hi , I am on Sophos XG 18.5. 
 URL to block: www.google.com/.../ads.js 
 I have added a custom blocking category with keyword filters like below 
 www.google.com/adsense/search/ads.js 
 search/ads.js 
 adsense/search/ads.js 
 
 but this does not block this site. 
 
 When I do a policy test, it shows the correct policy, when when I test this URL it passed through it. I have tried decryption as well, does not work, 
 either block the entire domain i.e google.com or does not block at all 
 
 it 
 
 Please advice

Michael Dunn · Answer

So if you use the Tester on the policy, it shows the policy does what you want. So if you use the Tester on the traffic, it shows that it is not using that policy.? It says that will use Firewall Rule 5. It says that rule will use DPI mode and not Proxy mode. It says that the traffic will not be decrypted (in DPI mode this means that the SSL/TLS rules do not decrypt the traffic). If you are not decrypting the traffic then only the domain name is used for categorization/url groups. The path is not visible/useable as it is encrypted.

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