Ancientando ✭

This game couldn’t have more bugs when bug catching kit is bugged.

Btw, I’ve contacted Pokémon support and they are investigating it atm.

I believe the OP has the correct understanding. As seen in the recently streamed official Japanese “Elite Four” tournament, Pokestop should be disabled by toedscruel.

Later it was confirmed to be an unrelated issue as it couldn’t be reproduced on my end. Probably something was wrong with the network.