To work around this issue for Monterey, we apply the 'default route' rule.

When you use iCloud Private Relay and switch AdGuard into the 'split-tunnel' mode, you can't open websites in Safari.

As AdGuard blocks QUIC, including iCloud Private Relay traffic - otherwise, ad blocking is impossible.

iCloud Private Relay uses QUIC, which AdGuard can't filter in filtered apps because HTTP/3 filtering is not yet available.

iCloud Private Relay is applied to connections at the library level - before they reach the socket level, where AdGuard operates.

Privacy features of the Mail app also use Private Relay servers.Īs a result, AdGuard can't work together with iCloud Private Relay and the Mail app privacy features: On Monterey, iCloud Private Relay got introduced. On Big Sur, AdGuard developed 'split-tunnel' rules to avoid creating the 'default route' rule because it causes problems on early Big Sur releases. The network extensions API has a VPN-like configuration with a list of route-like entries. Over the last 1.5 years, we've reported more than 20(!) bugs to Apple regarding their new filtering method. This new and rather buggy mechanism replaced good old Kernel extensions. In detail ĪdGuard for Mac now uses macOS built-in socket filtering based on the network extensions API. The same applies to using any VPN apps on Mac: you have to choose between using iCloud Private Relay or a VPN service. To keep using iCloud Private Relay, consider installing AdGuard for Safari. Yet, AdGuard still filters traffic in other browsers.

Thus, AdGuard can't filter traffic or perform DNS filtering in Safari.

When iCloud Private Relay is active, any filtering (including local filtering) becomes impossible. AdGuard cannot block ads because iCloud Private Relay encrypts traffic before AdGuard can filter network connections.

ICloud Private Relay and AdGuard Problem description in a nutshell īy default, AdGuard uses the 'default route' which disables iCloud Private Relay.Ĭurrently, AdGuard and iCloud Private Relay cannot work at the same time.

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