QGIS crashes in the Plugins manager when the VPN is connected

[PhilippeD31]

What is the bug or the crash?

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In the Plugins manager, when my VPN is connected, QGIS crashes when I click on some plugin name (installed, not installed...).
VPN software : BIG-IP Edge
It is happening since QGIS 3.16.0.

Report Details

Crash ID: 472ea3512682a3798d2cecc71f612973b1cc7185

Stack Trace

QMetaObject::activate :
QHttpMultiPart::qt_metacast :
QSslKey::operator!= :
QSslKey::operator!= :
QMetaObject::activate :
QAbstractSocket::proxyAuthenticationRequired :
QMetaObject::activate :
QAbstractSocket::proxyAuthenticationRequired :
QNetworkProxyQuery::networkConfiguration :
QMetaObject::activate :
QAbstractSocket::disconnected :
QAbstractSocket::canReadLine :
QNetworkProxyQuery::networkConfiguration :
QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper :
QApplication::notify :
QgsApplication::notify :
QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2 :
QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents :
UserCallWinProcCheckWow :
DispatchMessageWorker :
QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents :
QEventLoop::exec :
QThread::exec :
QThread::start :
BaseThreadInitThunk :
RtlUserThreadStart :

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Open the Plugins manager.
2. I can see the plugins lists. Searching works fine.
3. But the crashes happen if I click on a plugin name to see it's metadatas.

Versions

QGIS Info QGIS Version: 3.16.10-Hannover QGIS code revision: e5b665e952 Compiled against Qt: 5.11.2 Running against Qt: 5.11.2 Compiled against GDAL: 3.1.4 Running against GDAL: 3.1.4

System Info CPU Type: x86_64 Kernel Type: winnt Kernel Version: 10.0.18363

Supported QGIS version

• [x] I'm running a supported QGIS version according to the roadmap.

New profile

• [X] I tried with a new QGIS profile

Additional context

No response

[Gustry]

Clicking the crash ID leads to many tickets like #34941 (related to a proxy)