When you connecting with UA Expert I expect, that you use the same security settings. Therefore I expect the problem on Opc UA client side (check docu of the client).
I once had problems with establishing a connection with WebIQ UA client, and couldn't find a missconfiguration. At the end I delete the configuration and created it new, and than it worked.
I don't think that the problem is on OpcUA server side, but as I mentioned you can try version 1.18 and check the OpcUA diagnostic on datalayer.
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