Serialization Error When Connecting from Behind Firewall Not Informative

[GeToNIX531]

System.Text.Json.JsonException: "'<' is an invalid start of a value. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0."
JsonReaderException: '<' is an invalid start of a value. LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.

Example:
var response = await client.CreateChatCompletionAsync(request);

[GeToNIX531]

Solution:
Enable VPN

Please add exceptions about connection error
It is associated with an incorrect/incomplete system for parsing responses from the API

[GeToNIX531]

The error occurs in several regions. I can say for sure that in the CIS countries

[johniwasz]

Version 1.7 includes error handling for deserialization issues. Please update, retest, and validate.

[johniwasz]

Closing issue due to inactivity and completed work.