unexpected exception fetching https://www.debian.org/mirror/list

[Cronus89]

`root@plex:~# apt-smart -b
2021-01-13 13:19:24 plex.cronus89.com apt_smart[10633] INFO Checking if Debian 10 (buster) is available on http://security.debian.org ..
2021-01-13 13:19:29 plex.cronus89.com apt_smart[10633] INFO Debian 10 (buster) is supported (based on security mirror).
2021-01-13 13:19:29 plex.cronus89.com apt_smart[10633] INFO Adding BASE_URL mirror:
2021-01-13 13:19:29 plex.cronus89.com apt_smart[10633] INFO http://ftp.debian.org/debian
2021-01-13 13:19:29 plex.cronus89.com apt_smart.backends.debian[10633] INFO Discovering Debian mirrors at https://www.debian.org/mirror/list ..
2021-01-13 13:19:39 plex.cronus89.com apt_smart.cli[10633] ERROR Encountered unexpected exception! Aborting ..
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/backends/debian.py", line 108, in discover_mirrors
response = fetch_url(url, timeout=2)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/http.py", line 53, in fetch_url
response = urlopen(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 222, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 543, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 1367, in https_open
context=self._context, check_hostname=self._check_hostname)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 1324, in do_open
encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1244, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1290, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1239, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1026, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 966, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1399, in connect
super().connect()
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 938, in connect
(self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 707, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 748, in getaddrinfo
for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/stopit/signalstop.py", line 29, in handle_timeout
'value (%d seconds).' % self.seconds)
stopit.utils.TimeoutException: Block exceeded maximum timeout value (2 seconds).

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/cli.py", line 211, in main
callback()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/cli.py", line 224, in report_best_mirror
output(updater.best_mirror)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/property_manager3/init.py", line 784, in get
value = super(custom_property, self).get(obj, type)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/init.py", line 208, in best_mirror
return self.ranked_mirrors[0].mirror_url
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/property_manager3/init.py", line 784, in get
value = super(custom_property, self).get(obj, type)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/init.py", line 390, in ranked_mirrors
mirrors = sorted(self.available_mirrors, key=lambda c: c.sort_key, reverse=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/property_manager3/init.py", line 784, in get
value = super(custom_property, self).get(obj, type)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/init.py", line 153, in available_mirrors
for candidate in self.backend.discover_mirrors():
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/backends/debian.py", line 118, in discover_mirrors
response = fetch_url(url, timeout=5)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/apt_smart/http.py", line 53, in fetch_url
response = urlopen(url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 222, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 543, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 503, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 1352, in http_open
return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPConnection, req)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py", line 1324, in do_open
encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1244, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1290, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1239, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 1026, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 966, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py", line 938, in connect
(self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 707, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 748, in getaddrinfo
for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/stopit/signalstop.py", line 29, in handle_timeout
'value (%d seconds).' % self.seconds)
stopit.utils.TimeoutException: Block exceeded maximum timeout value (5 seconds).`

When I manually curl https://www.debian.org/mirror/list it connects fine and has no issues.