Indeed, they have been working on it for a week. Which is why this message popped up on the main pool this morning

> Update 24-08-17 0500 UTC: New test code has been deployed to the pool server. It is expected to improve stability and issues with payments. However, it is still experimental, so please use hashing power with extreme prudence.

If you don't like the behavior of this coin, perhaps your time and hashing power would be better spent elsewhere?