error: pythonmod: python error: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xae

[OffstageRoller]

I recently got Graylog up and running, and I now noticed that I'm getting a bunch of these errors reported by Unbound in my logs:

[99157:3] error: pythonmod: Exception occurred in function operate, event: module_event_new

[99157:3] error: pythonmod: python error: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xae in position 1: invalid start byte The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "pfb_unbound.py", line 1410, in operate tld = get_tld(qstate) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "pfb_unbound.py", line 584, in get_tld if qstate and qstate.qinfo and len(qstate.qinfo.qname_list) > 1: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SystemError: <built-in function _get_qname_components> returned a result with an exception set

I thought this might be related to the top1m feature since that has a TLD Inclusion option, but the errors are still happening even after disabling top1m and force reloading all my rules.

Here is a screenshot showing the frequency of the error showing up in my logs over the last 24 hours:

pfSense version: 23.09.1
pfBlocker version: 3.2.0_7
pfBlocker DNSBL Mode: Unbound python mode
pfBlocker Wildcard Blocking (TLD): Unchecked

[OffstageRoller]

Just an update that I'm still getting errors multiple times per day on the latest pfSense 24.03_1.

I get this error:

[87931:3] error: pythonmod: Exception occurred in function operate, event: module_event_new

Followed by this error:

[87931:3] error: pythonmod: python error: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa6 in position 1: invalid start byte The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "pfb_unbound.py", line 1410, in operate tld = get_tld(qstate) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "pfb_unbound.py", line 584, in get_tld if qstate and qstate.qinfo and len(qstate.qinfo.qname_list) > 1: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SystemError: <built-in function _get_qname_components> returned a result with an exception set