Hi Norman,
It is not a satisfactory situation indeed.
Our assumption is that Steinberg has a grace period upgrade procedure that gets you a free upgrade if you bought Cubase in the last 2-3 months. All of this works with the eLicenser system, and I think that's most likely the cause of the drop-out.
Once the license server is not working under full pressure and has worked off all incoming tasks, this will be better.
Meanwhile, we're getting closer to the long-awaited iLok release.
Best,
Paul
Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL