Raspberry Pi inserts Special Character in Model string

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 1.42.1.10060-4e8b05daf
Player Version#:
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 running on Buster (Debian 10). Since the last update of the server I noticed this error, and I can’t access many features, including libraries. This is the top of my pms server logs:

Sep 09, 2025 09:35:34.957 [3000693616] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.42.1.10060-4e8b05daf - Raspbian GNU/Linux Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2� armv7l - build: linux-armv7neon debian - GMT -04:00
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:34.960 [3000693616] INFO - Linux version: 10 (buster), language: en-US
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:34.960 [3000693616] INFO - Processor: 4-core ARM Cortex-A72
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:34.961 [3000693616] INFO - Compiler is - Clang 11.0.1 (https://plex.tv 9b997da8e5b47bdb4a9425b3a3b290be393b4b1f)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:34.961 [3000693616] INFO - /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:35.358 [3070095376] INFO - Running migrations. (EPG 0)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:36.668 [3070095376] INFO - Running migrations. (EPG 0)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:36.789 [2996274032] WARN - Crash: Crash reporting disabled
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.230 [2932601712] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.231 [2936820592] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.233 [2945258352] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.467 [2962207600] INFO - LibraryUpdateManager path watching is disabled
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.566 [2945258352] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.677 [2953696112] ERROR - MyPlex: Error 401 requesting JSON from:
Sep 09, 2025 09:35:43.677 [2945258352] WARN - FeatureManager: Couldn’t get features. Trying again soon.
Sep 09, 2025 09:38:26.394 [2986898288] WARN - Deleted file “/tmp/logs.zip97212180-b848-4686-ad10-574d6bf0956a” after connection reset
Sep 09, 2025 09:40:43.487 [2919945072] WARN - SLOW QUERY: It took 210.000000 ms to retrieve 0 items.
Sep 09, 2025 09:40:43.678 [2953696112] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:40:43.991 [2953696112] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:40:44.094 [2949477232] ERROR - MyPlex: Error 401 requesting JSON from: https://plex.tv/api/v2/server/users/features
Sep 09, 2025 09:40:44.095 [2953696112] WARN - FeatureManager: Couldn’t get features. Trying again soon.
Sep 09, 2025 09:45:44.095 [2953696112] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)
Sep 09, 2025 09:45:44.441 [2953696112] ERROR - [HttpHeader] invalid ‘X-Plex-Device’ header value (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2�)

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That’s the OS returning the bad value. It should be filtering it.

This is HTTP for Permission Denied. (Password / Claiming ?)

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I had to reclaim my server… as I had changed my password due to the security warning recently issued. Thank you.

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