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Environment questions
GTA V version: Current Up to date: Yes Legit or Pirate copy: Legit Purchased where - Steam/Rockstar Launcher/Epic: Steam Windows version: Windows 11 Did you try to delete content_index.xml and try again? Yes System specifications:
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor 3.70 GHz
RAM - 16GB CitizenFX crash zip file (‘Save information’ on a crash): logs/CitizenFX_log files: .dmp files/report IDs:
Which antivirus/firewall software are you using? - Windows Defender Did you try to disable/uninstall your Anti-virus? - Yes
Important parts
What is the issue you’re having? - Error 35, OpenSSL SSL_connect: Connection was reset in connection to content.cfx.re:443 occurred while checking game version
What are you trying to do? - Open the FiveM Client
What have you tried already to fix the issue? - uninstall/reinstall FiveM, GTA V, open incoming ports on firewall, disable AV
Error screenshot (if any):
What did you do to get this issue? - Just launch the FiveM client
What server did you get this issue on? Be specific and name some, ‘all of them’ by itself isn’t useful! - No specific server. This happens whenever I try to open the fivem client
Additional comments - FiveM was working yesterday and then this error randomly started coming up. I did not make any changes from the time I logged out to when this error came up.
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I wouldn’t say you’re the only one but it’s definitely not a common problem. From my Googling, best guess is that your ISP is being blocked from connecting. I’ve found a couple topics in which the problem was resolved by using a VPN.
