Unable to connect to F5 device using the extension version 3.17.0

[sanjew]

Environment

• Application Services Version: 3.17.0
• BIG-IP Version: 16.1.0

Summary

Unable to connect to the device using the extension code. It was working few days ago.

Steps To Reproduce

Install 3.17.0 and try to connect to F5 device

2. Observe the following error response:
6 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.101Z] [INFO]: atc release version already checked today, returning cache from c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\cache\atcVersions.json
7 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: ------ Environment Variables ------
8 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: F5_CONX_CORE_CACHE=c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\cache
9 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: F5_CONX_CORE_EXT_HTTP_AGENT=vscode-f5/3.17.0
10 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: F5_CONX_CORE_REJECT_UNAUTORIZED=false
11 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: F5_TELEMETRY_DEBUG=yes
12 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: F5_VSCODE_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
13 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.102Z] [INFO]: F5_VSCODE_TEEM=true
14 [2024-11-12T18:42:59.108Z] [INFO]: loading tmos -> xc rules file
15 [2024-11-12T18:43:08.349Z] [INFO]: selected device { device: 'user@device', provider: 'tmos' }
16 [2024-11-12T18:43:10.762Z] [INFO]: HTTPS-REQU [w4iy]: post -> https://device:443/mgmt/shared/authn/login
17 [2024-11-12T18:43:10.763Z] [ERROR]: token request failed: Protocol "http:" not supported. Expected "https:"
18 [2024-11-12T18:43:10.764Z] [ERROR]: Connect/Discover failed [TypeError: Protocol "http:" not supported. Expected "https:"
	at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:371:5)
	at new ClientRequest (node:_http_client:158:11)
	at request (node:https:353:10)
	at patched (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\node_modules.asar\vscode-proxy-agent\out\index.js:298:24)
	at Object.httpsWithTimer [as request] (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\dist\bigip\mgmtClient.js:70:49)
	at dispatchHttpRequest (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:2932:21)
	at c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:2622:5
	at new Promise (<anonymous>)
	at wrapAsync (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:2602:10)
	at http (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:2640:10)
	at Axios.dispatchRequest (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:3623:10)
	at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
	at async Axios.request (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:3872:14)
	at Axios.request (c:\Users\skesari\.vscode\extensions\f5devcentral.vscode-f5-3.17.0\node_modules\f5-conx-core\node_modules\axios\dist\node\axios.cjs:3877:41)
	at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)] {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_PROTOCOL'
}

### Expected Behavior
Should connect to the device 

### Actual Behavior
Not able to connect