I wouldn’t know about the speed bump. They are dumping the water on the ice to refreeze it, though.

140.82.121.5

Well, apparently, this is an A record for api.github.com. This name resolves to a different IP around the globe. See https://www.whatsmydns.net/#A/api.github.com

The IP is detected as “clean” on VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/140.82.121.5/detection , although apparently (probably not surprising as it is github) is also a favorite address for everything including malware.

Maybe you can ask in the keepassxc discussion forum on github.

VirusTotal doesn’t indicate keepassxc.exe 2.7.7 contacts this address. I’d be careful. Check the binaries’ signatures. Try a full install to see if that behaves differently.

keppassxc.exe: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fea4df5024f83155f6742a3372a801fc6cc97ed82627b36fce6f0caed54506cf/relations

KeePassXC-2.7.7-Win64.msi: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/9c3dab957db0f769c4e67bfdf4f0134a65ecfa65c5569718a36aa88e649158cd

haveibeenpwned:

Oh no — pwned! This password has been seen 726 times before

This password has previously appeared in a data breach and should never be used. If you’ve ever used it anywhere before, change it!

Apparently unrelenting DDOS attack, possibly because they defederated from some instances.