Party member pre loading infinite waiting

PSN: PS4 and PS5

MeTheMightyLT

What were you doing leading up to the issue? Going into matchmaking.

Can you reproduce it? What are the steps? Yes, every time, for the last 2 or 3 years. First, on the main menu, switch the game mode, doesn't matter from which one to which but just select another game mode. Start matchmaking. Get stuck in endless waiting with the text saying "party member preloading" even if I'm the only one with nobody else and there is no party. It used to say "party member preprocessing" but then it got changed some years ago but the bug is still there, every day, every time with no fault. It started happening around the time crossplay was introduced, but back then it was inconsistent. But now it's always the same.