It’s not an issue I’ve run into before. But what you’ve found is the same conclusion that I would have come to. This Closed GitHub Issue suggests that there might be a delay of sorts: https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/23958. So, maybe wait it out for a little bit longer?
You can also validate if your cron is working correctly, as they’re logged in <magento>/var/log/cron.log
Haha yes that makes even more sense - by the way I ment episode as in his youtube videos not some kind of breakdown (this is getting worse, im going to go now)