Help on declaring a cairo smart contract using protostar

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I have been getting some error when i want to declare my cairo smart contract before deploying.

The command below is what I use but i do get error after. what can be the cause ?

Command for building contract

protostar declare --network testnet --account-address 0x03...f84 --max-fee auto --private-key-path ./.env hello_starknet

Then the error i am getting is below here:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "aiohttp/connector.py", line 980, in _wrap_create_connection File "asyncio/base_events.py", line 1090, in create_connection File "asyncio/base_events.py", line 1120, in _create_connection_transport File "asyncio/selector_events.py", line 854, in _read_ready__data_received ConnectionResetError: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "binary_entrypoint.py", line 85, in <module> File "binary_entrypoint.py", line 24, in init File "protostar/start.py", line 21, in main File "protostar/start.py", line 47, in run_protostar File "protostar/start.py", line 42, in run_protostar File "asyncio/runners.py", line 44, in run File "asyncio/base_events.py", line 647, in run_until_complete File "protostar/protostar_cli.py", line 80, in run File "protostar/protostar_cli.py", line 117, in _run_command_from_args File "protostar/argument_parser/cli_app.py", line 25, in run File "protostar/commands/cairo1_commands/declare_command.py", line 117, in run File "protostar/commands/cairo1_commands/declare_command.py", line 152, in declare File "protostar/starknet_gateway/gateway_facade.py", line 249, in declare_cairo1 File "starknet_py/net/account/account.py", line 268, in sign_declare_v2_transaction File "starknet_py/net/account/account.py", line 302, in _make_declare_v2_transaction File "starknet_py/net/account/account.py", line 196, in get_nonce File "starknet_py/net/gateway_client.py", line 432, in get_contract_nonce File "starknet_py/net/http_client.py", line 63, in call File "starknet_py/net/http_client.py", line 37, in request File "starknet_py/net/http_client.py", line 48, in _make_request File "aiohttp/client.py", line 1141, in __aenter__ File "aiohttp/client.py", line 536, in _request File "aiohttp/connector.py", line 540, in connect File "aiohttp/connector.py", line 901, in _create_connection File "aiohttp/connector.py", line 1206, in _create_direct_connection File "aiohttp/connector.py", line 1175, in _create_direct_connection File "aiohttp/connector.py", line 988, in _wrap_create_connection aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorError: Cannot connect to host alpha4.starknet.io:443 ssl:default [Connection reset by peer] [50149] Failed to execute script 'binary_entrypoint' due to unhandled exception!

what can be the way out here please ?