The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.
.NET could not complete the TLS handshake
Seen in .NET HttpClient (HttpRequestException), ASP.NET Core, PowerShell 7
HttpClient opened the connection but TLS failed; the inner exception gives the actual reason.
Common causes
- The server certificate is untrusted, expired or for another name (inner: "The remote certificate is invalid...").
- No TLS version or cipher in common with the server.
- The connection was closed during the handshake by a proxy or firewall (inner: "Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream").
How to fix it
- Log the full exception including InnerException to see the real cause.
- On Linux containers, install and update ca-certificates.
- Check the certificate and TLS versions the server offers.
- Returning true from ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback hides the problem and is not a fix.
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