@Brutus5000 I don't know what you did, but everything started working for me even without a VPN! Thanks a lot!

@Brutus5000 I agree that the problem is likely on my end, but could you please suggest some ways to resolve it? I’ve already tried various VPNs.

Client Version: 2026.7.1
org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientRequestException: handshake timed out after 10000ms
at org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeFunctions$DefaultExchangeFunction.lambda$wrapException$0(ExchangeFunctions.java:139)
Suppressed: The stacktrace has been enhanced by Reactor, refer to additional information below:
Error has been observed at the following site(s):
*__checkpoint ⇢ Request to POST https://hydra.faforever.com/oauth2/device/auth [DefaultWebClient]
Original Stack Trace:
at org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeFunctions$DefaultExchangeFunction.lambda$wrapException$0(ExchangeFunctions.java:139)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoErrorSupplied.subscribe(MonoErrorSupplied.java:56)
at reactor.core.publisher.Mono.subscribe(Mono.java:4569)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnErrorResume$ResumeSubscriber.onError(FluxOnErrorResume.java:104)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onError(FluxPeek.java:225)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onError(FluxPeek.java:225)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeek$PeekSubscriber.onError(FluxPeek.java:225)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoNext$NextSubscriber.onError(MonoNext.java:94)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoFlatMapMany$FlatMapManyMain.onError(MonoFlatMapMany.java:206)
at reactor.core.publisher.SerializedSubscriber.onError(SerializedSubscriber.java:125)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenMainSubscriber.whenError(FluxRetryWhen.java:230)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenOtherSubscriber.onError(FluxRetryWhen.java:282)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.onError(FluxContextWrite.java:123)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMapNoPrefetch$FluxConcatMapNoPrefetchSubscriber.maybeOnError(FluxConcatMapNoPrefetch.java:326)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMapNoPrefetch$FluxConcatMapNoPrefetchSubscriber.onNext(FluxConcatMapNoPrefetch.java:211)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.onNext(FluxContextWrite.java:109)
at reactor.core.publisher.SinkManyEmitterProcessor.drain(SinkManyEmitterProcessor.java:480)
at reactor.core.publisher.SinkManyEmitterProcessor$EmitterInner.drainParent(SinkManyEmitterProcessor.java:624)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPublish$PubSubInner.request(FluxPublish.java:879)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.request(FluxContextWrite.java:138)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxConcatMapNoPrefetch$FluxConcatMapNoPrefetchSubscriber.request(FluxConcatMapNoPrefetch.java:336)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxContextWrite$ContextWriteSubscriber.request(FluxContextWrite.java:138)
at reactor.core.publisher.Operators$DeferredSubscription.request(Operators.java:1740)
at reactor.core.publisher.FluxRetryWhen$RetryWhenMainSubscriber.onError(FluxRetryWhen.java:197)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCreate$DefaultMonoSink.error(MonoCreate.java:206)
at reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClientConnect$MonoHttpConnect$ClientTransportSubscriber.onError(HttpClientConnect.java:336)
at reactor.core.publisher.MonoCreate$DefaultMonoSink.error(MonoCreate.java:206)
at reactor.netty.resources.NewConnectionProvider$NewConnectionObserver.onUncaughtException(NewConnectionProvider.java:223)
at reactor.netty.channel.ChannelOperationsHandler.exceptionCaught(ChannelOperationsHandler.java:156)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:290)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:272)
at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler$DelegatingChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:422)
at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:92)
at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler$1.fireExceptionCaught(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:144)
at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:143)
at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.exceptionCaught(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:229)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:290)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:272)
at reactor.netty.tcp.SslProvider$SslReadHandler.userEventTriggered(SslProvider.java:734)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireUserEventTriggered(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:324)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslUtils.handleHandshakeFailure(SslUtils.java:513)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.lambda$applyHandshakeTimeout$6(SslHandler.java:2261)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.PromiseTask.runTask(PromiseTask.java:98)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledFutureTask.java:160)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.runTask(AbstractEventExecutor.java:148)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:141)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:535)
at io.netty.channel.SingleThreadIoEventLoop.run(SingleThreadIoEventLoop.java:201)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1195)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)
Caused by: io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandshakeTimeoutException: handshake timed out after 10000ms
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.lambda$applyHandshakeTimeout$6(SslHandler.java:2257)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.PromiseTask.runTask(PromiseTask.java:98)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledFutureTask.java:160)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.runTask(AbstractEventExecutor.java:148)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:141)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:535)
at io.netty.channel.SingleThreadIoEventLoop.run(SingleThreadIoEventLoop.java:201)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1195)
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:1474)