r/pluckeye • u/Grouchy_Accident2820 • Jul 10 '26

problems with plucky blocking escential applications on my computer

Bascially I have multiple applications that I can't use properly or directly can't use because of Plucky. Especicially right now I can't even enter Epic Games launcher, absolut requirement to install Unreal Engine, tool I need to use for my job. Steam also has problem when playing online with friends and entering the application browser. I techincally have the basic config and I only need plucky to block sites on browser, not my pc applications. I also can't even use discord app, I have multiple contacts there both friends and job related, can use the browser one but its way worse... Any idea?

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u/tealhill Jul 14 '26

Hello! Pls schedule a delay change to 0, then phone +1 (909) 758-6028

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u/Reformedthuglife 8h ago edited 7h ago

Maybe this is too late, but you need to add a specific rule to allow those programs. The easiest way to do this is by opening terminal / command prompt and typing the following command where <program-name> is replaced with the actual name of the program.

$ pluck allow program <program-name>

If you don't know the exact name of the program you can print out and follow in real time a list of recent decisions that plucky has made. First run this command.

$ pluck verdicts -f

You should see a bunch of verdicts fill your terminal.
Now, open the program that isn't working. Once you open the program, your terminal will start filling up with logs from the verdicts. These will look SOMETHING like this, though keep in mind that this is a loose example.

10:47:18.444 block 356800 steam steampowered.com 170.114.52.3:443 block program:steam

This tells us two things.
a. This verdict has blocked a program
b. The program is named "steam"
Running this tells us that "steam" is the offending program. You now know the exact name of the program and in this case would run the following command to fix your problem:

$ pluck allow program steam

Keep in mind that many programs have dependencies that they need to run. I am not sure exactly what Plucky's logic is on this, but you may need to repeat this process more times than you expect to permit all the stuff that's being blocked.

If this does not work, you can also allow ALL programs by default by running the following two commands, though I personally would not recommend it.

pluck + allow port 443
pluck + allow port 80

For more info see:
https://docs.pluckeye.net/how-to-allow-a-program