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@TheyLuvSB23if you go to the ucp (https://ucp.gta.world) and go to 'My profile' and then you should be able to view your server record. If you have been banned, it'll show up there and you'll need to make an appeal via the ucp. If you're not banned try turning off CEF in your rage settings, try adding ragemp and gta v as exceptions on Windows Defender, try restarting your router and flushing your dns (open cmd, type ipconfig /flushdns)

As mentioned before, it's a community wide problem. The more people that try to connect and download the update, the slower it gets. If you're around this morning, I'd definitely recommend starting from scratch and allowing RAGE to install the files. It literally took about 2 minutes to install everything via RAGE

If it's not already resolved, you could try installing EAC service updates manually (dl link: https://www.easy.ac/en-us/support/game/guides/service/), or it could be a corrupted system file causing problems (from what I've researched) open cmd and type sfc /scannow - this will scan for and repair any corrupted files. As you also mentioned, it could be related to a Windows update. Try rolling back the most recent to see if that helps (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/how-to-uninstall-a-windows-update-c77b8f9b-e4dc-4e9f-a803-fdec12e59fb0)

As already highlighted, it appears to be more of a connection issue, I know you previously asked for help with adjusting CEF, please see image: You could also try restarting your router, or adding RAGE and GTA V as exceptions on Windows Defender.

You could also try switching off CEF settings in RAGE, launching the game in single player and then re-launching RAGE, adding RAGE and GTA V as exceptions on Windows defender or re-installing RAGE.