[2023] launcher keeps downloading update to no avail

I have just recently seen reports here of this only happening when a VPN is in use, in fact! No real idea why.

What launcher version shows ? Current is 2023.1.1 .  

Then it is not the current VPN issue I think.

In this folder are some .log files:
C:/users/{userName}/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.