Can't connect to FAF #2 (as requested)

Creating a new thread for the continuation of FAF client login issues, as requested by @magge on thread #1.

Here's a snapshot of what my client keeps logging in the log files as the UI keeps spinning on "logging in". I've tried starting the client offline. I tried starting with a fresh client.prefs file. Not sure what else to try...
2023-10-08T09:39:30.223-07:00 DEBUG 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Starting session listener
2023-10-08T09:39:30.224-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connected to lobby.faforever.com on port 8002
2023-10-08T09:39:30.397-07:00 ERROR 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Inbound channel closed with error

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:426)
at io.netty.buffer.UnpooledDirectByteBuf.setBytes(UnpooledDirectByteBuf.java:570)
at io.netty.buffer.AbstractByteBuf.writeBytes(AbstractByteBuf.java:1132)
at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel.doReadBytes(NioSocketChannel.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:151)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:788)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:724)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:650)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:562)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:997)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

2023-10-08T09:39:30.398-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Inbound channel cancelled
2023-10-08T09:39:30.398-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Outbound channel cancelled
2023-10-08T09:39:30.399-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Disconnected from server
2023-10-08T09:39:30.399-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Attempting to reconnect
2023-10-08T09:39:30.399-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Disconnected from server
2023-10-08T09:39:30.400-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Attempting to reconnect
2023-10-08T09:40:30.224-07:00 WARN 14064 --- [parallel-4] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Could not reach server retrying: Attempt #1 of 10

java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Did not observe any item or terminal signal within 60000ms in 'flatMap' (and no fallback has been configured)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxTimeout$TimeoutMainSubscriber.handleTimeout(FluxTimeout.java:295)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxTimeout$TimeoutMainSubscriber.doTimeout(FluxTimeout.java:280)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxTimeout$TimeoutTimeoutSubscriber.onNext(FluxTimeout.java:419)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorReturn$ReturnSubscriber.onNext(FluxOnErrorReturn.java:162)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDelay$MonoDelayRunnable.propagateDelay(MonoDelay.java:271)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoDelay$MonoDelayRunnable.run(MonoDelay.java:286)
at reactor.core.scheduler.SchedulerTask.call(SchedulerTask.java:68)
at reactor.core.scheduler.SchedulerTask.call(SchedulerTask.java:28)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:304)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

2023-10-08T09:41:00.570-07:00 DEBUG 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Starting session listener
2023-10-08T09:41:00.572-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connected to lobby.faforever.com on port 8002
2023-10-08T09:41:00.741-07:00 ERROR 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Inbound channel closed with error

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:426)
at io.netty.buffer.UnpooledDirectByteBuf.setBytes(UnpooledDirectByteBuf.java:570)
at io.netty.buffer.AbstractByteBuf.writeBytes(AbstractByteBuf.java:1132)
at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel.doReadBytes(NioSocketChannel.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:151)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:788)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:724)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:650)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:562)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:997)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

2023-10-08T09:41:00.743-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Inbound channel cancelled
2023-10-08T09:41:00.743-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Outbound channel cancelled
2023-10-08T09:41:00.744-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Disconnected from server
2023-10-08T09:41:00.745-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Attempting to reconnect
2023-10-08T09:41:00.746-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Disconnected from server
2023-10-08T09:41:00.748-07:00 INFO 14064 --- [reactor-tcp-nio-3] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Attempting to reconnect

Sorry, apparently, it's related to another hiccup. Was working fine the last hour. We can just be patient for now, until it is sorted out.

Thanks @magge . This resolved itself for me.

I saw on the Status Page (https://uptime.faforever.com/status/default) there were API problems earlier, but I'm still trying to connect and getting stuck on "Logging In...".

I also can't connect..stuck on logging in

Discord says it's DDoS

Aha. Thanks for that update @Melanol . That explains why the issue has come back for me. It's not easy for a small service like FAF to protect against DDoS. Perhaps it's some a**hole who got banner from playing.

@kandaker said in Can't connect to FAF #2 (as requested):

Perhaps it's some a**hole who got banner from playing.

That is granted. The attack didn't target "default" endpoints that many services have, but against very specific parts of the FAF infrastructure that are quite unique.

Unfortunately FAF was never designed against something like this, so we'll have to do some changes to protect us from future attacks.