PiHole api always shows disabled status

[sanjeev40084]

Versions

• Pi-hole: 5.8.1
• AdminLTE:
• FTL: 5.13

Platform

• OS and version:

• Platform: Rasberry Pi

Expected behavior

PiHole API (http://pi.hole/admin/api.php?status replace pi.hole with your ip-address) is supposed to show 'enabled' status when the pi-hole is enabled and 'disabled' when it is disabled.

Actual behavior / bug

PiHole API always shows 'disabled' status.

Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Login to your pi-hole and keep it enabled
2. Go to http://pi.hole/admin/api.php?status (replace pi.hole with your pihole ip address)
3. Check the value of 'status'
4. The value is 'disabled' instead of 'enabled'

Debug Token

• URL:

Screenshots

UI:

API:

Additional context

This issue started after updating pihole to latest version i.e. 5.8.1

[dschaper]

pi-hole/web#2080 (comment)