In which order are firewall policies processed on a FortiGate unit?

FortiGate firewall policies are processed in a strict top-to-bottom, sequential order based on their position or sequence number in the policy list, with the first policy that matches the traffic criteria being enforced.

While policies have unique ID numbers, their processing order is determined by their sequential position in the policy list, which can be rearranged, rather than strictly by their ID number.

FortiGate firewall policies do not use a 'best match' algorithm like routing tables; instead, they are evaluated strictly in the order they appear until a match is found.

Firewall policies on FortiGate do not have an explicit 'priority value' that dictates their processing order; their position in the policy list directly determines their evaluation priority.