API error?

Hi all,
I have recently upgraded my FAF client to the 2022.12.0 version, and have experienced problems like slow-downs of the client since then.

I am now trying to play on ladder matches, but cannot connect and am prompted with the following error message:

Client Version: 2022.12.0
org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientRequestException: handshake timed out after 10000ms; nested exception is io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandshakeTimeoutException: handshake timed out after 10000ms
	at org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeFunctions$DefaultExchangeFunction.lambda$wrapException$9(ExchangeFunctions.java:141)
	Suppressed: The stacktrace has been enhanced by Reactor, refer to additional information below: 
Error has been observed at the following site(s):
	*__checkpoint ⇢ Request to GET https://api.faforever.com/data/featuredMod?filter=technicalName%3D%3D%22faf%22&sort=order&page%5Bsize%5D=1 [DefaultWebClient]
Original Stack Trace:
		at org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeFunctions$DefaultExchangeFunction.lambda$wrapException$9(ExchangeFunctions.java:141)
		at reactor.core.publisher.MonoErrorSupplied.subscribe(MonoErrorSupplied.java:55)
		at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4455)
		at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$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$ConcatMapImmediate.onNext(FluxConcatMap.java:251)
		at reactor.core.publisher.EmitterProcessor.drain(EmitterProcessor.java:537)
		at reactor.core.publisher.EmitterProcessor.tryEmitNext(EmitterProcessor.java:343)
		at reactor.core.publisher.SinkManySerialized.tryEmitNext(SinkManySerialized.java:100)
		at reactor.core.publisher.InternalManySink.emitNext(InternalManySink.java:27)
		at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenMainSubscriber.onError(FluxRetryWhen.java:190)
		at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCreate$DefaultMonoSink.error(MonoCreate.java:201)
		at reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClientConnect$MonoHttpConnect$ClientTransportSubscriber.onError(HttpClientConnect.java:307)
		at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCreate$DefaultMonoSink.error(MonoCreate.java:201)
		at reactor.netty.resources.NewConnectionProvider$NewConnectionObserver.onUncaughtException(NewConnectionProvider.java:198)
		at reactor.netty.channel.ChannelOperationsHandler.exceptionCaught(ChannelOperationsHandler.java:147)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:346)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:325)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:317)
		at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler$DelegatingChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:424)
		at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:92)
		at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler$1.fireExceptionCaught(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:145)
		at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:143)
		at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.exceptionCaught(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:231)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:346)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:325)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:317)
		at reactor.netty.tcp.SslProvider$SslReadHandler.userEventTriggered(SslProvider.java:850)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeUserEventTriggered(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:400)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeUserEventTriggered(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:376)
		at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireUserEventTriggered(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:368)
		at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslUtils.handleHandshakeFailure(SslUtils.java:443)
		at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler$7.run(SslHandler.java:2119)
		at io.netty.util.concurrent.PromiseTask.runTask(PromiseTask.java:98)
		at io.netty.util.concurrent.ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledFutureTask.java:153)
		at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.runTask(AbstractEventExecutor.java:174)
		at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:167)
		at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:470)
		at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:569)
		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)
Caused by: io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandshakeTimeoutException: handshake timed out after 10000ms
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler$7.run(SslHandler.java:2115)
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.PromiseTask.runTask(PromiseTask.java:98)
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledFutureTask.java:153)
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.runTask(AbstractEventExecutor.java:174)
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:167)
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:470)
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:569)
	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)

Any idea on what's going on, and how to solve this?