Cant play on custom lobbies, and other things won't load in FAF

the game will tell me that i cant join a game because of the below error. it won't even hesistate to provide the notice and it occasionally works after i restart my PC. there's also stuff that wont load like leaderboards, my info, maps, mods and sometimes even faf itself just refuses to enter.

java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientRequestException: Connection timed out: no further information: api.faforever.com/116.202.155.226:443; nested exception is io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information: api.faforever.com/116.202.155.226:443
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:331)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniComposeStage(CompletableFuture.java:1173)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.thenCompose(CompletableFuture.java:2299)
at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.joinGame(GameService.java:312)
at com.faforever.client.game.GameService$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$eb8a13b.invoke(<generated>)
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:218)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:689)
at com.faforever.client.game.GameService$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$68b52fa7.joinGame(<generated>)
at com.faforever.client.game.JoinGameHelper.join(JoinGameHelper.java:83)
at com.faforever.client.game.JoinGameHelper.join(JoinGameHelper.java:54)
at com.faforever.client.game.GamesTableController.lambda$gamesRowFactory$29(GamesTableController.java:219)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventHandler.java:86)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:234)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:191)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventDispatcher.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventDispatcher.java:59)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:58)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEventImpl(EventUtil.java:74)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEvent(EventUtil.java:54)
at javafx.event.Event.fireEvent(Event.java:198)
at javafx.scene.Scene$ClickGenerator.postProcess(Scene.java:3563)
at javafx.scene.Scene$MouseHandler.process(Scene.java:3865)
at javafx.scene.Scene.processMouseEvent(Scene.java:1851)
at javafx.scene.Scene$ScenePeerListener.mouseEvent(Scene.java:2584)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(GlassViewEventHandler.java:409)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(GlassViewEventHandler.java:299)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.lambda$handleMouseEvent$2(GlassViewEventHandler.java:447)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.runWithoutRenderLock(QuantumToolkit.java:412)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.handleMouseEvent(GlassViewEventHandler.java:446)
at com.sun.glass.ui.View.handleMouseEvent(View.java:556)
at com.sun.glass.ui.View.notifyMouse(View.java:942)
at com.sun.jna.Native.invokeLong(Native Method)
at com.sun.jna.Function.invoke(Function.java:427)
at com.sun.jna.Function.invoke(Function.java:360)
at com.sun.jna.Library$Handler.invoke(Library.java:244)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy93.CallWindowProc(Unknown Source)
at ch.micheljung.fxwindow.DecorationWindowProcedure.callback(DecorationWindowProcedure.java:192)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor53.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
at com.sun.jna.CallbackReference$DefaultCallbackProxy.invokeCallback(CallbackReference.java:520)
at com.sun.jna.CallbackReference$DefaultCallbackProxy.callback(CallbackReference.java:551)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$runLoop$3(WinApplication.java:174)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)
Caused by: org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientRequestException: Connection timed out: no further information: api.faforever.com/116.202.155.226:443; nested exception is io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information: api.faforever.com/116.202.155.226:443
at org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeFunctions$DefaultExchangeFunction.lambda$wrapException$9(ExchangeFunctions.java:141)
Suppressed: The stacktrace has been enhanced by Reactor, refer to additional information below:
Error has been observed at the following site(s):
*__checkpoint ⇢ Request to GET https://api.faforever.com/data/featuredMod?filter=technicalName%3D%3D"faf"&sort=order&page[size]=1 [DefaultWebClient]
Original Stack Trace:
at org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeFunctions$DefaultExchangeFunction.lambda$wrapException$9(ExchangeFunctions.java:141)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoErrorSupplied.subscribe(MonoErrorSupplied.java:55)
at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$ResumeSubscriber.onError(FluxOnErrorResume.java:103)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onError(FluxPeek.java:222)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onError(FluxPeek.java:222)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onError(FluxPeek.java:222)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoNext$NextSubscriber.onError(MonoNext.java:93)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMapMany$FlatMapManyMain.onError(MonoFlatMapMany.java:204)
at reactor.core.publisher.SerializedSubscriber.onError(SerializedSubscriber.java:124)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenMainSubscriber.whenError(FluxRetryWhen.java:225)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenOtherSubscriber.onError(FluxRetryWhen.java:274)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMap$ConcatMapImmediate.drain(FluxConcatMap.java:415)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMap$ConcatMapImmediate.onNext(FluxConcatMap.java:251)
at reactor.core.publisher.EmitterProcessor.drain(EmitterProcessor.java:491)
at reactor.core.publisher.EmitterProcessor.tryEmitNext(EmitterProcessor.java:299)
at reactor.core.publisher.SinkManySerialized.tryEmitNext(SinkManySerialized.java:100)
at reactor.core.publisher.InternalManySink.emitNext(InternalManySink.java:27)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenMainSubscriber.onError(FluxRetryWhen.java:190)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCreate$DefaultMonoSink.error(MonoCreate.java:194)
at reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClientConnect$MonoHttpConnect$ClientTransportSubscriber.onError(HttpClientConnect.java:304)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCreate$DefaultMonoSink.error(MonoCreate.java:194)
at reactor.netty.resources.NewConnectionProvider$DisposableConnect.onError(NewConnectionProvider.java:138)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapMain.secondError(MonoFlatMap.java:192)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMap$FlatMapInner.onError(MonoFlatMap.java:259)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$ResumeSubscriber.onError(FluxOnErrorResume.java:106)
at reactor.core.publisher.Operators.error(Operators.java:198)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoError.subscribe(MonoError.java:53)
at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4400)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$ResumeSubscriber.onError(FluxOnErrorResume.java:103)
at reactor.netty.transport.TransportConnector$MonoChannelPromise.tryFailure(TransportConnector.java:517)
at reactor.netty.transport.TransportConnector$MonoChannelPromise.setFailure(TransportConnector.java:471)
at reactor.netty.transport.TransportConnector.lambda$doConnect$7(TransportConnector.java:206)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.notifyListener0(DefaultPromise.java:578)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.notifyListeners0(DefaultPromise.java:571)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.notifyListenersNow(DefaultPromise.java:550)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.notifyListeners(DefaultPromise.java:491)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.setValue0(DefaultPromise.java:616)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.setFailure0(DefaultPromise.java:609)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultPromise.tryFailure(DefaultPromise.java:117)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioChannel$AbstractNioUnsafe.fulfillConnectPromise(AbstractNioChannel.java:321)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioChannel$AbstractNioUnsafe.finishConnect(AbstractNioChannel.java:337)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:710)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:658)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:584)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:496)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:986)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)
Caused by: io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information: api.faforever.com/116.202.155.226:443
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.pollConnect(Native Method)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.pollConnectNow(Net.java:660)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.finishConnect(SocketChannelImpl.java:875)
at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel.doFinishConnect(NioSocketChannel.java:330)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioChannel$AbstractNioUnsafe.finishConnect(AbstractNioChannel.java:334)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:710)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:658)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:584)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:496)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:986)
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:832)

Something in your computer or network is blocking the client's access to api.faforever.com/116.202.155.226:443, check your firewall and antivirus