Safari "Reload Without Content Blockers" has no effect on uBlock Origin Lite?

[vwkd]

Safari's "Reload Without Content Blockers" option seems to have no effect on uBlock Origin Lite.

I noticed this on websites that were broken from partially hiding the cookie banners without the grayish overlay. After selecting "Reload Without Content Blockers", cookie banners and ads were still hidden. Only after disabling the entire uBlock Origin Lite extension, they appeared again.

Anyone else have this issue? Is this caused by uBlock Origin Lite or by macOS?

macOS Tahoe 16.0.1
uBlock Origin Lite 2025.1019.1656

[gorhill]

Use uBOL's own filtering mode slider to lower filtering surface on a given website.

[vwkd]

I’ll try it, thanks. The „Reload Without Content Blocker“ option is a great onetime escape for this load, without having to reactivate anything again later. I’m still confused why uBlock Origin Lite continues to work when using this option.

[gorhill]

I think Apple uses the term "content blocker" for app-based content blockers using it's content blocking API: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/creating-a-content-blocker

uBOL is a browser extension, using the WebExtensions API: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/blocking-content-with-your-safari-web-extension

Presumable "Reload Without Content Blockers" acts on the former.

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Actually "Reload Without Content Blockers" -- does affect uBOL, but only the DNR counterparts, the content scripts, responsible for a good portion of the filtering, are still injected. There is no way for Safari to know that content scripts injected by an extension are for filtering purpose, hence these are not disabled.