Daily scan limit

Hi. A weird thing happened yesterday - after scanning 3-4 times yesterday within maybe 45 minutes, I started to see the Now, it's a new day (at least in my time zone that I was scanning in) and I still can see the message, and more, I clearly remember having the achievements scanned even 8 times on a single afternoon in the past.

What's going on?
I tried to find any FAQ at all, there did not appear to exist any.
Is that explained anywhere at all?

The way the scanners work is non-Pro users are scanned once a day. Non-pro users also get 3 forced scans in a 24 hour period. So if you used all 3 within 45 minutes, you would not be eligible to get another forced scan until 24 hours after the first one.

And sorry, we don't have a FAQ here. But our sister site, TrueAchievements, does and the scanner works the same way over there. Here is a link to their FAQ:

https://www.trueachievements.com/forum/viewthread.aspx?tid=1...

Thank you, that's what I wanted to know.

Koding said:Quoting you hoping you'd get notified.

The follow-up question (thought I would not open another thread) is:
how much time do I need to wait to scan after I switch my privacy settings on steam from friends-only to public?

Just waited few minutes now and it "Scanned" but did not update anything.
I ensured it's not the Steam's API caching as steamgifts updated successfully a minute before scanning here.

I wasted 1 of the 3 scans this way. It's not the first time it happens, it's annoying.
It's apparently some sort of caching either on TSA or on one of the mid-platforms you guys may use. Misconfigured Cloudflare can be an issue here.

HellRider said:Well, according to your scanner page (https://truesteamachievements.com/scanner.aspx?scanner=TSA+S...), you were scanned 6 minutes after this post and 17 new achievements were seen. So it looks like it was working.

However, now looking at your SteamDB page (https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198056346645/?cc=us), all of your privacy settings are back on. No further achievements will be scanned in until your settings are set like the article stated.

Koding said:I appreciate your answer, however...
I believe it was clear from my post that I switch from private to public before scanning.
I also asked something completely different, please revise my previous message, I won't copy the question to maintain the clarity in the thread.

As per the scans, I also scanned before posting here, which was long after I changed the privacy settings to public. Both the Steam and Steamgifs recognized it, TSA did not.

That then was just yet another time it happened, something is off.

I won't exaggerate if I say that literally every single site ever that required to read my steam profile, worked immediately after changing the privacy settings. TSA is the first and the only site I've encountered that has an abnormal delay there.

HellRider said:I checked your profile and it appears that your games are still set on private.

I also double checked with SteamDB - and you are indeed still private.

Flippol said:It's pretty obvious he's turning his profile to public to get scanned and once the scan is complete, setting it to private again. So you guys are looking at the wrong issue. He's wondering why there is a delay between setting it to public and it registering as such on his scans, as he is burning a forced scan because of it.

Stormie said:Stormie - the one guy who gets it. Praise you.

As of a week ago the question remains unanswered.

EDIT: Changed the steam profile to public again, verified with steamgifts that it can read it at 19:17:
Then synced TSA at 19:18
ANNOYING! It's clearly some sort of caching on your side.

Well, it's been nearly three weeks since I asked for help in the Site Help forum.

It is now fair to assume either (or both) of the following:
1. You look like you have no clue what's happening or why it's happening, in the thread.
2. You look like ignoring inconvenient requests for help.

Good day, don't bother.

You can close the thread as unsolved.

I doubt it's a lack of knowledge or them ignoring you... I think it's more of a lack of admin/mods to actually help you with the actual probelm

Close to 9 months later the problem remains not fixed.