Went through similar/same steps months ago. Since a nonsensical 'update'
on 5 January 2024, Google Nest Customer Care Team have not provided any
update despite chaser emails of 26 January 2024 and 7 February 2024.
Very poor indeed.
I reported this issue to the Google Nest Customer Support team (using my
Google One subscription) some time ago. The last update I received was
on 20 November 2023 - "I have received an update from our senior
specialist and they are currently looking...