Unsure if anyone else encountered this, but I got a cert error from my OS (Mac) when I launched the game, and it didn’t find the server for updates. Looked like it expired yesterday - maybe a new one is in the works and just was slow finding me, but thought I’d better bring it up in case it wasn’t noticed yet.
If I click though the cert error fast enough the game does then recognize the update server fine. And of course you wisely added the ability to just bypass that part entirely (which I need whenever I play while on the train to work).