It takes a lot more time to connect to the bank server. I use Gnucash 2.7.3 and aqbanking 5.7.6beta2
Compared with Stable? Can you try to determinate, if it is a change in aqbanking and it helper libs or gnuchash by temporary stepwise downgrading aqb*, gwen* stuff?
When you say "a lot more time", which comparison do you have in mind? Of Version 2.7.3 versus some older 2.6.x version? Or some other comparison? Also, what do you mean by "connect to server" - do you mean the transaction download and import, or something else?
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