Extremely slow connection to servers

[Beertje]

Hi, I have Wesnoth version 1.16.1. running in English on Windows 10 via STEAM. I have not played in a while (last time was januari 2021) but now suddenly Wesnoth only connects extremely slow to any server (add-on, multiplayer). It usually takes 15+ minutes before the connection is made. This was not the case before.

I've tried downloading and running Wesnoth from the official Wesnoth site (wesnoth.org) but once installed, this version had the same problems. I know it might be something on my computer, but I have no idea what. I already uninstalled my anti-virus scanner and disabled the firewall, but both did not work.

Does anyone have an idea what might cause these extremely slow connections?

The issues occur when following the following steps:
1. start up wesnoth
2. choose 'add-on' or 'multiplayer'
3. Click on 'connect'

[Pentarctagon]

This sounds like a known issue (#6291) that will be fixed in 1.16.2, though that was for CJK languages rather than English.

[Byron]

When can we expect 1.16.2 to be released?

[Pentarctagon]

It should be released on January 16th or so.