Reproduce the problem:
$ configure # set interfaces ethernet eth2 traffic-policy in 1G # commit # save # exit $ sudo tc filter show dev eth2 parent ffff
I am getting empty output, limiter does not work.
After reboot vyos:
$ sudo tc filter show dev eth2 parent ffff: filter protocol all pref 255 basic chain 0 filter protocol all pref 255 basic chain 0 handle 0x1 flowid ffff:1 action order 1: police 0x1 rate 1Gbit burst 192375b mtu 2Kb action drop overhead 0b ref 1 bind 1