"Failed to connect to server." - Into 15 Minute Suspension

I queue into competitive matchmaking as I have been. It gets stuck at the character screen and doesn’t load the match. Then it shows a “Failed to connect to Server” message. Ok fine, i’ll try again.

I try to queue back up and there is a 15-minute ban waiting for me. Are we for real right now? I haven’t quit out of any matches.

This has been a bug since 2018 apparently as I am currently looking at similar topics, aka exact same issue, as I type this.