No (or empty) response form server - Request returns Error Code 403 about overpass-api HOT 2 CLOSED

The startup script doesn't create areas, they are created in background once the instance is started. Due to the fact, that this is second issue in quite recent time regarding this, I'll add step to create areas upfront. This will increase time to run through init phase (it may be like 25-50% longer)

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I fixed it - added the "interpreter" to the url and now I do get an response.
Still it is not working properly since the response itself is empty

{'version': 0.6, 'generator': 'Overpass API 0.7.55.7 8b86ff77', 'osm3s': {'timestamp_osm_base': '2020-02-25T13:44:59Z', 'copyright': 'The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.'}, 'elements': []}

I am sending the following request:
api.get('area[name="{}"]; way(area)[highway][name]; out'.format(str("Berlin")),responseformat="json")

which should return all streets in Berlin. When I run the request against: https://overpass.kumi.systems/api/ everything works fine... But not on my own system

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