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I forgot to mention, theres actually a whole underworld of router hardware hackers out there (me included) who add custom firmware to these consumer devices - and thus never have these issues. Ever.
A part of hacking router hardware means somtimes "alternative" ways uploading unbricking are needed, and the bwlow link is one such example. Asus routers looks like they all use a simple TFP recovery mode which wont specifically need the Asus recovery app, (which is prob rubbish anyway), you just need a TFP server and the right sequence and timing of upload.
Here is a hacker's recovery method for a similar model.. Asus are likely all the same.
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1208723
Manual unbricking should be faily straight forward if you pay attention to those steps. They should also map to what the recovery app is trying to do as well, jst without the flakiness.
On a side note, these Asus models look like more security and stability hassles than they are worth OMG Asus firwares have broken so many motherboard and routers this year. Next time, buy somthing compatible with DDWRT (easy) or OpenWRT (adavnced) firmware. This always means avoiding routers with Broadcom based chipsets. Confirm future purchases with these links and play.. you'll never look back..
https://openwrt.org/toh/start
https://dd-wrt.com/support/router-database/