Geocode function stopped working: requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

Everything was working fine last week, this week it has been completely broken. I download the .zip files from the Alaskan Satellite Facility and then process them using the Geocode function. This week this error has been occuring when it was completely fine before, I have not made any changes to the code.

Ubuntu 22.04 GUI and Server

which environment is pyroSAR running in?
Virtual Environment
which version of pyroSAR are you using?
Install via PIP, version 0.22.2
which function of pyroSAR did you call with which parameters?

from pyroSAR.snap.util import geocode

geocode(f'{download_save_dir}/{result.properties["fileName"]}',
           out_dir,
           polarizations='all',  # or select 'VV' 'VH'
           shapefile=geojson_vector,
           # can crop out the area of interest (coordinates from the geojson), otherwise put None
           scaling=scale,  # transforms to decibel scale, you can also choose 'linear'
           geocoding_type='Range-Doppler',
           # demName='SRTM 1Sec HGT',
           # which digital elevation model (DEM) to apply in terrain correction, SRTM 1Sec has 30m resolution
           speckleFilter=filter
           # choose a speckle filtering method from 'Boxar', 'Median', 'Frost', 'Gamma Map', 'Refined Lee', 'Lee', 'Lee Sigma'
                        )

if applicable, which version of SNAP or GAMMA are you using in pyroSAR?
SNAP UNIX version 9

the full error message


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "[user file path]/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 971, in json
return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "[user file path]/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyroSAR/drivers.py", line 1758, in getOSV files = osv.catch(sensor=self.sensor, osvtype=osvType, File "[user file path]/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyroSAR/S1/auxil.py", line 421, in catch items = self.__catch_gnss(sensor, start, stop, osvtype) File "[user file path]/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyroSAR/S1/auxil.py", line 351, in __catch_gnss response_json = response.json()['feed'] File "[user file path]/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 975, in json raise RequestsJSONDecodeError(e.msg, e.doc, e.pos) requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

johntruckenbrodt / pyroSAR

Geocode function stopped working: requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) #274