postUrl, getURL & 'SocketTimeoutException error

postUrl, getURL & 'SocketTimeoutException error

Hi all,
suddenly on Thursday/Friday last week, I started to get the following error on all my calls to an external service using both the getUrl & postUrl (separate functions):

  Failed to execute function
Time out : 'SocketTimeoutException' 

the service is accessible - I even tested typing the URL directly in the browser (instead of the getUrl query) & I do get data back..

which points me to an issue on Zoho's side / my CRM setup with both those methods.

Anyone with an idea? anyone else seeing issues their side?

Thanks,
Julien