Same for me. What I do now is refresh the Bench page periodically and look for any small red numbers on the envelope and bell icons that would indicate I have a direct message or a reply to a subscribed thread.
THANK YOU!I've sent a text to @doniceage, who knows @Shaggy pretty well, so hopefully he'll be able to nudge this along and get it fixed. I'm sorry I'm not able to do more but hopefully someone will get it sorted out soon.