is the value of $secret unique across the sites?

got the same

with a request like this

in my case the problem arise from https://github.com/joomla/statistics-server
i suspect don't validate the input in some circumstances

https://github.com/joomla/statistics-server/blob/4e8bcaa164b5002683ed131fcc137be7f9950dcf/src/Controllers/SubmitDataController.php#L100-L138

    // Validate the submitted data
    $data['php_version'] = $this->checkPHPVersion($data['php_version']);
    $data['cms_version'] = $this->checkCMSVersion($data['cms_version']);
    $data['db_type']     = $this->checkDatabaseType($data['db_type']);
    $data['db_version']  = $this->validateVersionNumber($data['db_version']);


    // We require at a minimum a unique ID and the CMS version
    if (empty($data['unique_id']) || (empty($data['cms_version']) && $data['cms_version'] !== false)) {
        $this->getApplication()->getLogger()->info(
            'Missing required data from request.',
            ['postData' => $originalData]
        );


        /** @var JsonResponse $response */
        $response = $this->getApplication()->getResponse();
        $response = $response->withPayload(
            [
                'error'   => true,
                'message' => 'There was an error storing the data.',
            ]
        );
        $response = $response->withStatus(500);


        $this->getApplication()->setResponse($response);


        return true;
    }


    // If the below data does not pass tests, we do not accept the POST
    if ($data['php_version'] === false || $data['cms_version'] === false || $data['db_type'] === false || $data['db_version'] === false) {
        /** @var JsonResponse $response */
        $response = $this->getApplication()->getResponse();
        $response = $response->withPayload(
            [
                'error'   => true,
                'message' => 'Invalid data submission.',
            ]
        );
        $response = $response->withStatus(500);

is the value of $secret unique across the sites?

Indeed, good idea. I changed the secret Key in one of the sites before first login and the message did not appear.

I have the same Issue on a new site.

I have this issue on all my J5. sites.

Checking the settings I don't get the information @brianteeman does. I get

I have reset the unique key and will wait 12 hours to test again.

Same here.

is the value of $secret unique across the sites?

What does it say in the plugin for the information that will be sent

Click on the Text in blue!

After waiting 12 hours, I tried again. The one that I had reset unique id seems to be working fine, the one I didn't update, came up with the can't connect. These are the plugin settings:

I also tried an older 5.2.2 site and got the message there.

Thanks to @Hackwar debugging the stats server this problem should now be resolved

Thanks you all!