App Lounge not working for me this morning. I am not spamming App Lounge with more requests. The FAQ does mention “Try later”.
I am doing as, including reboot and wait …
So this is now “Later” and the response is as

As this happens after >4 seconds of animated blank screen on opening App Lounge, I read this as App Lounge itself is too busy, speculation, with other peer’s failing requests.
I will be back to “Try Later”, meanwhile meet immediate need with F-Droid or Aurora store.