# Define what traffic Exception rules match

Exception rules in Inspection Policy elements are matched based on the patterns defined in Situation elements.

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The traffic is checked against all patterns in the Inspection Policy. When a match is found, the Situation element is used in looking up the rule that determines what happens to the traffic. If none of the Exceptions match, the matching continues in the Rules tree.

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