Yea its just a waiting game no matter what anyone says. When they eventually surpass the allowed time and someone gets the MP involved they reply it needs more security checks or whatever reason they come up with then.
Its been down for everyone. If you want to check it, manually change the date and time on your phone or computer to November 10 or earlier and then open the tracker page on a new page.
Yes you are 100% right. Asking where you applied knowing well that different offices have been having different processing times is the same as asking your height.
It is normal since both are indirectly correlated. Happy to hear you got movement on your file? Where did you apply from and any idea which office is handling your file?