Expired FortiGuard licences stop updates and real-time services; lapses must be covered back to expiry
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Expiry
- Statement
- FortiOS administration guide: a FortiGate still functions as a firewall with expired FortiGuard licences, but signature databases stop updating and real-time services such as category-based web and DNS filtering, anti-spam and outbreak prevention stop working (web and DNS traffic is dropped by default). FortiGuard services are designed to be continuous, and any lapse requires coverage back to the contract expiration date. (vendor page undated; as published on 2026-09-30)
- Applies when
- A FortiGate runs with expired subscriptions.
- Applies to
- FortiGate FortiGuard and FortiCare licences.
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