python error (ssl related) while running ui-tests

[MohammadAlHajj]

I'm trying to run the demo on my linux machine. Full CI/CD pipeline:

the build is failing at 'API Tests' stage

the console output:
console output.txt

it is easier to spot the bug at the end of the file

$ python3 --version
Python 3.9.5

$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.1j  16 Feb 2021

i am running everything locally through localhost (no VMs or docker)
ports:
8080 for demo (through intellij)
8081 for jenkins (through tomcat)

i am not experienced in python, but some googling pointed to the error being related to python's integration of openssl.

I am dumbfounded by this error at this point

PS. thank you for this amazing demo...