repo.Network.ListReferences(remote) throwing exception "this remote has never connected" intermittently

Calling repo.Network.ListReferences(remote) throws exception "this remote has never connected" intermittently. This is how I have called it ... if it matters

          string localRepoPath = "path to cloned folder";
          string remoteName = "origin";            
            using (Repository repo = new Repository(localRepoPath))
            {
                remoteName = repo.Network.Remotes.FirstOrDefault()?.Name ?? remoteName;
                Remote remote = repo.Network.Remotes[remoteName];                
                List<Reference> references = repo.Network.ListReferences(remote).ToList();
				
				// some more code logic here
			}

So am calling the overload of ListReferences(Remote remote) which essentially calls ListReferencesInternal(string url, CredentialsHandler credentialsProvider) passing null to CredentialsHandler. Should this be an issue? Don't think so since it's working in second try or so. Relevant exception stack trace below

{
"Depth": 1,
"ClassName": "",
"Message": "this remote has never connected",
"Source": "LibGit2Sharp",
"StackTraceString": " at LibGit2Sharp.Core.Ensure.HandleError(Int32 result)\r\n at LibGit2Sharp.Core.Proxy.git_remote_ls(Repository repository, RemoteHandle remote)\r\n at LibGit2Sharp.Network.ListReferencesInternal(String url, CredentialsHandler credentialsProvider)\r\n

Please suggest, what's wrong is going on (Or) if you need further information from my end.

Found this existing issue https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1504 but am not passing any credential, and it's a public repo which am trying to access.

Comienza con Network.ListReferences(Remote), ListReferencesInternal y la llamada a git_remote_ls que se muestra en el stack trace. Reproduce la primera llamada y las posteriores utilizando el ejemplo proporcionado y, a continuación, rastrea el estado intermitente del remote; se considera terminado cuando se haya identificado la causa y el fallo tenga una prueba de regresión o una resolución claramente documentada.