gcloud crashing due to (SSLHandshakeError): [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] - google-compute-engine

Question

I have installed gcloud sdk by following the link https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/downloads-apt-get on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS. I have also done the proxy configuration using the following link https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/proxy-settings.
Google Cloud SDK 288.0.0
alpha 2020.04.03
beta 2020.04.03
bq 2.0.56
core 2020.04.03
gsutil 4.49
kubectl 2020.04.03
gcloud init is successful and gcloud info --run-diagnostics displays no problems. However gcloud crashes for any other commands I run. I have tried the following commands.
1. gcloud compute images list
2. gcloud services list
3. gcloud logging logs list
Here is the message I get after the crash.
ERROR: gcloud crashed (SSLHandshakeError): [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] unknown protocol (_ssl.c:590)
If you would like to report this issue, please run the following command:
gcloud feedback
To check gcloud for common problems, please run the following command:
gcloud info --run-diagnostics
Can someone please help.
PS. Here is debug output.
DEBUG: Running [gcloud.compute.images.list] with arguments: [--verbosity: "debug"]
INFO: Refreshing access_token
INFO: Display format: " table(
name,
selfLink.map().scope(projects).segment(0):label=PROJECT,
family,
deprecated.state:label=DEPRECATED,
status
)"
DEBUG: [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] unknown protocol (_ssl.c:590)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/cli.py", line 983, in Execute
resources = calliope_command.Run(cli=self, args=args)
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/backend.py", line 809, in Run
display_info=self.ai.display_info).Display()
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/display.py", line 483, in Display
self._printer.Print(self._resources)
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/resource/resource_printer_base.py", line 275, in Print
for resource in resources:
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/surface/compute/images/list.py", line 113, in _FilterDeprecated
for image in images:
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/compute/lister.py", line 1065, in __call__
errors=errors):
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/compute/request_helper.py", line 204, in ListJson
for item in _ListCore(requests, http, batch_url, errors, _HandleJsonList):
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/compute/request_helper.py", line 134, in _ListCore
requests=requests, http=http, batch_url=batch_url)
File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/compute/batch_helper.py", line 106, in MakeRequests
batch_request_callback=batch_checker.BatchCheck)
File "/usr/bin/../lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/apitools/base/py/batch.py", line 226, in Execute
batch_http_request.Execute(http)
File "/usr/bin/../lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/apitools/base/py/batch.py", line 492, in Execute
self._Execute(http)
File "/usr/bin/../lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/apitools/base/py/batch.py", line 449, in _Execute
response = http_wrapper.MakeRequest(http, request)
File "/usr/bin/../lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/apitools/base/py/http_wrapper.py", line 356, in MakeRequest
max_retry_wait, total_wait_sec))
File "/usr/bin/../lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/third_party/apitools/base/py/http_wrapper.py", line 304, in HandleExceptionsAndRebuildHttpConnections
raise retry_args.exc
SSLHandshakeError: [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] unknown protocol (_ssl.c:590)
ERROR: gcloud crashed (SSLHandshakeError): [SSL: UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL] unknown protocol (_ssl.c:590)

Answer 1

I got it working after some debugging. Seems like firewall was the issue in my case. I shifted to python 3.5 . After which I ran the same command gcloud compute images list
I got the error "Caught socket error, retrying request to url https://compute.googleapis.com/batch/compute/v1". Adding this url to firewall exception solved my issue.