pfSense/HAproxy servers only reachable in private/incognito browser

Hello, noob here trying to get HAproxy working on my pfsense. I’ve followed Tom’s videos over and over again even the troubleshooting one and I can’t seem to get HAproxy working consistently in my browser. It does work pretty well if I open it in private/incognito mode on both Chrome and Firefox. At this point I am only interested in getting this working locally.

1 Front end, 3 backends all work the same way.
Issues:
Only works in private mode on browser.
When it does work in private mode, a certificate is not always assigned the first time, I have to click refresh 2 or 3 times, then a cert is served.
Normal browser just times out, no error pages.

Steps I’ve checked:
pfsense port was changed so that it doesn’t conflict with haproxy.
If the frontend/backend wasn’t configured properly I assume it wouldn’t work even in private mode.
Openssl check resolves with my correct certificate.
When I perform dig command, it returns the proper IP address of HAproxy.

I feel like there’s a missing checkbox in my front end or certificate configuration but I am wondering if anyone has experienced this issue or what could be happening here. I can post screenshots of my configuration if it helps but considering it opens my webui every time I try in private mode, it has to be something different to the way normal browsing mode is handled.

TIA,
Robert

Welcome to the forums, odd issues so this is just a guess:You might have an issue where the where your browser is running may not be pulling only the DNS entry from the pfsense or may have DNS over HTTPS enabled in the browser.