Skype repo broken?

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Since yesterday I have a problem running apt-get update with the official Skype repo enabled:

get:8 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [2.470 B]
Err:8 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
  File has unexpected size (2248 != 2470). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 23.210.253.5 443]
  Hashes of expected file:
   - Filesize:2470 [weak]
   - SHA512:735e1846804a5546772b89ba61e151741e0c1b60ca43b76e8e0cf6bf9fd07e1e2bf14ee479fe333ce9f8e9d38f3a9dc30f27a6cc22cd94d40a65f918607c7eab
   - SHA256:cd656d44eaf3e7a9d3e0e88854cd24a797d049271d52b61ae6a8c9cdc0aa9be9
   - SHA1:e9c7c67a369ec42d5bc5427393baaa3292b7f368 [weak]
   - MD5Sum:14462be88a636471854935b4add65b30 [weak]
  Release file created at: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:36:19 +0000
Fetched 87,7 kB in 5s (16,1 kB/s)                        
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch https://repo.skype.com/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  File has unexpected size (2248 != 2470). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 23.210.253.5 443]
   Hashes of expected file:
    - Filesize:2470 [weak]
    - SHA512:735e1846804a5546772b89ba61e151741e0c1b60ca43b76e8e0cf6bf9fd07e1e2bf14ee479fe333ce9f8e9d38f3a9dc30f27a6cc22cd94d40a65f918607c7eab
    - SHA256:cd656d44eaf3e7a9d3e0e88854cd24a797d049271d52b61ae6a8c9cdc0aa9be9
    - SHA1:e9c7c67a369ec42d5bc5427393baaa3292b7f368 [weak]
    - MD5Sum:14462be88a636471854935b4add65b30 [weak]
   Release file created at: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:36:19 +0000
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Anyone else have the same issue?

2

Remove your version of skype and then try the snap version of it
sudo snap install skype --classic

3

Looks like the issue was fixed - the repo works fine again.