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PC (Xbox Game Pass) - "Cannot connect to online services. Error 8001"
The status shows, "Looking for a match...", and then the above stated error occurs. At that point, even though the game still says, "Looking for a match...", nothing happens and the entire UI cannot be interacted with. I must end the process via Task Manager (presumably Alt+F4 works too) and restart the game.
Frankly, that's just unacceptable considering how long the game takes to initialise. Not to mention it happens far too frequently; on average after every other match. This appears to be an issue since at least five years and surprisingly has yet to be resolved especially considering the issue results in the game being unplayable and having to constantly restart it (this is not a fix!).
Hopefully, the attached log file provides some information to debug the issue.
I'm reposting this as I have not had any acknowledgement on the first post. When I say the problem happens on average after every other match, that is not an exaggeration, it really does!