Expert Raw adding "fake stars" or just "hot pixels"?

[userZNnTdcqwZP]

I am not sure what's going on with this Expert Raw 5.0.02.17 on S25 Ultra, but there seems to be an issue because it seems to have "fake stars" or "hot pixels" all over a photo when shooting manually at night (not in Astrophotography mode)

5x, ISO800, 4 seconds

This photo looks kindaokay at first, but when looking closely at the clouds or trees, there are these white dots or hot pixels that look like stars adding to in front of them

I then manually took an out-of-focus shot and here is the photo that clearly shows those "hot pixels"

5x, ISO800, 4 seconds

However, when I shoot in Pro mode on the normal camera app with the same settings, none of those "hot pixels" show up.

5x, ISO800, 4 seconds

This is the first time I have seen this kind of issue/problem with Expert Raw on any devices. I hope these "hot pixels" are not intentionally used to create the illusion of "nice night stars," even though some of them are artifacts. I have also tried this on a friend's S25 Ultra, and it is showing the similar "hot pixel" issue.

These "hot pixels" happen on both the 3x and 5x telephoto lenses, so I am curious if other people are experiencing this as well. If you have tried shooting in Expert Raw with the 3x and 5x telephoto at night (not in Astrophotography mode) with long exposure, are you also finding these "hot pixels" or "fake stars"?

[Tom6068]

Try clearing both the cache and data in both the camera and the Expert Raw apps. This will change any settings that were set in them to default, but they can easily be implemented again. Go to Settings/Apps then to each of the apps mentioned and open them. Click on the storage section, then clear both cache and the data at the bottom. See if that helps.

[userZNnTdcqwZP]

Before I posted this, I did all that (even uninstalling and reinstalling the app) but nothing helped.