- Annoyance
Description:
There is a persistent and frustrating behavior in Unraid that affects the usability of the WebUI when dealing with external links. Every time a user clicks a WebUI button (e.g., in the Docker tab) or accesses a third-party application (e.g., via the Community Applications (CA) tab), an "External Link" warning dialog appears. This occurs even when the user has previously selected "Always Allow" for a given IP address or URL.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Navigate to the Docker tab or Apps (Community Applications) tab.
- Click the WebUI button of any container or application that points to a third-party/internal IP.
- The "External Link" warning appears (see attached image).
- Check the "Always Allow" option and click OK.
- Log out and log back in to Unraid.
- Repeat step 2.
Expected Behavior:
The system should remember that "Always Allow" was selected and suppress the warning for that IP/domain in future sessions.
Actual Behavior:
The "Always Allow" setting is not reliably persisted. After a logout or reboot, the warning dialog appears again, requiring the user to manually approve the link each time.
Additional Context:
This issue becomes particularly noticeable in environments using multiple VLANs, where WebUI links often point to different subnets (e.g., 172.x, 192.x ranges), causing the warning to appear even more frequently despite having selected "Always Allow" for various addresses.
Suggestions for Improvement:
- Fix the "Always Allow" persistence so it reliably stores user preferences across sessions.
- Add a global setting in Unraid's UI to disable the warning entirely or to selectively apply it only to CA (Community Applications) links.
- Optionally, allow management of allowed URLs/IPs under a centralized settings section.
