pfsense 25.11 - pfblocker stopped working - Uncaught ValueError

[mki]

Hi all,

Since 25.11 I get the following error message:

amd64
16.0-CURRENT
FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT #41 plus-RELENG_25_11-n256500-a43915e7ef55: Mon Dec  1 19:02:15 UTC 2025     root@pfsense-build-release-amd64-1.eng.atx.netgate.com:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-25_11-main/obj/amd64/mjYGPXLl/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSe

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[13-Dec-2025 04:06:31 Europe/Zurich] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught ValueError: idn_to_ascii(): Argument #1 ($domain) must not be empty in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc:8674
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc(8674): idn_to_ascii()
#1 /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php(684): sync_package_pfblockerng()
#2 /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php(174): pfblockerng_sync_cron()
#3 {main}
  thrown in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc on line 8674

MKI

[mki]

Solved it.

1. Menu DNSBL
   Clicked "Save DNSBL settings"

2. Disable and Enable DNSBL

[PRS777]

@mki Had similar issue. When force reloading DNSBL , process was stalling and erroring with CCT_BD.

Ending up having to delete CCT_BD (https://cybercrime-tracker.net/all.php) and all is now well.