VS code error installing extensions net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED

I'm trying to install an extension on my VS code, but I can't seem to access the marketplace from VS code. It's working fine from the browser but when I try accessing it from VS Code I get

"Error while fetching extensions, XHR failed"

When I toggle the developer options and check the console it says

net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED

And as you can imagine, since I'm asking this, it means I've tried most of the options I could find on stack overflow and otherwise

Maybe I'm setting it up all wrong

my settings.json file is as follows

{
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Monokai",
    "http.proxyStrictSSL": false,
    "http.proxyAuthorization": null,
    "http.proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:61575",
    "https.proxy": "https://127.0.0.1:61575"
}

Perhaps I've configured something incorrectly, I just don't know what.

it worked in the past

Please help. Thanks