Unbound times out with: "communications error to 127.0.0.1#5335: timed out"

[deHakkelaar]

I believe we're going in circles:

@deHakkelaar

If you configure unbound with that config file, it will function exactly the same as pihole-FTL does but without the ad blocking.
You can configure Pi-hole with any upstream DNS server IP(s) that you desire exactly the same as if you would with that unbound forward-addr config file but with one less DNS hop.
Check the Custom 1 to 4 address fields in the DNS settings also described in the docs:

Upstream DNS Providers - Pi-hole documentation

@BengalEmpire767 , elaborate why you want Unbound as upstream for Pi-hole if you cant get it to work recursively, like the official guide, bc all DNS root servers time-out?