Server Version#: 1.32.0.6973
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Plex TV Series scanner.
Some server that provides posters for Plex exhibits malicious web-breaking behavior by blocking valid requests (403). These blocked posters get saved to metadata and used by default, resulting in blank previews for tv series.
Example of saved “poster”:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<TITLE>ERROR: The request could not be satisfied</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>403 ERROR</H1>
<H2>The request could not be satisfied.</H2>
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The Amazon CloudFront distribution is configured to block access from your country.
We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner.
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If you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.
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<PRE>
Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront)
Request ID: 2vo7xrGYHchjXyNRrTfAMST4ZErsZooY73B2sO9ABprHWMCx8Z4Gug==
</PRE>
<ADDRESS>
</ADDRESS>
</BODY></HTML>
