Arduino IDE library manager empty

Good day,

I am facing an issue with my Arduino IDE. When I access the library manager, this is the error message that comes.

I have tried to install and uninstall, but still the same issue.

Hope someone can help me to solve this issue...

Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.json
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.json
at cc.arduino.contributions.libraries.ui.LibraryManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$2(LibraryManagerUI.java:207)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.json
at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:149)
at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:130)
at cc.arduino.contributions.JsonDownloader.download(JsonDownloader.java:49)
at cc.arduino.contributions.GZippedJsonDownloader.download(GZippedJsonDownloader.java:66)
at cc.arduino.contributions.libraries.LibraryInstaller.updateIndex(LibraryInstaller.java:84)
at cc.arduino.contributions.libraries.ui.LibraryManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$2(LibraryManagerUI.java:203)
... 1 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.TwoStacksPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:175)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:463)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient$1.run(HttpClient.java:515)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient$1.run(HttpClient.java:513)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.privilegedOpenServer(HttpClient.java:512)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:553)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.(HttpsClient.java:264)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:367)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:191)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1199)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1050)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:162)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.HttpConnectionManager.makeConnection(HttpConnectionManager.java:150)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.HttpConnectionManager.makeConnection(HttpConnectionManager.java:106)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloaderCache.updateCacheInfo(FileDownloaderCache.java:184)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloaderCache.getFileCached(FileDownloaderCache.java:153)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloader.downloadFile(FileDownloader.java:167)
at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloader.download(FileDownloader.java:129)
at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:147)
... 6 more

java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

Sounds like the server that the json file is hosted on was down?

Though it seems to be working for me currently. Arduino's servers are pretty flaky though...

If you're still having the problem, check if you can open this link in your browser:
https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.json

I can access the link in the browser.