Looks like everything is all good now. All sync'd up and just hit my first block for the day.

Are you sure? It looks like it stops for a while and ten starts again, and it's like that all the time.
I think you're right. There's still issues. It's also taking forever for the blocks to be confirmed. I stopped mining for now. Hopefully the devs can get it fixed soon. Missing out on my FATEs.