New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…
Original story (published on August 13, 2021) follows:
They are points of interest from where players can collect particular items and complete the research tasks in the game.
Experienced Pokemon Go and Ingress players can apply to the Niantic Wayfarer platform to recommend locations for new Wayspots in their area.
In case you want to be a part of the Niantic Wayfarer platform, you will need to be Level 8 or higher in Ingress, whereas Pokemon Go players must be at least Level 40.
But in the last few days, numerous users have been complaining that Wayspot in Pokemon Go and photo submissions, edits and Portal nominations in Ingress Prime are not working.
Some players also report that their existing submissions are disappearing.
Well, there’s no reason to panic. Niantic recently announced that they are performing maintenance that might affect the Pokemon Go and Wayfarer experience.
The developers have stated that PokeStop nominations will be halted for a week. Moreover, Niantic has announced that they are upgrading their website, which should increase the overall stability of the platform.
Coming to Ingress Prime, Niantic has announced that they will be working on upgrading the backend of the Portal Network. It is being updated to the latest version of Niantic Lightship and Wayfarer.
Because of this, certain features such as photo submissions, edit, and Portal nominations will be disabled for some weeks.
Keep in mind that if you have already submitted your nominations, photos, or edits, you do not need to do it again.
So, before you go all out on Pokemon Go developers and ask them why Wayspot is not working, you might want to take a deep breath and wait for the maintenance to finish.
Update 1 (September 17)
IST 06:15 pm: As per multiple reports, Ingress players are still unable to see their Portals in the Intel map or the game even after being approved/accepted in Wayfarer. Issue being looked into.
Update 2 (August 11)
03:55 pm (IST): Many Pokemon Go players are reporting (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) that they aren’t able to make any new Wayspot nominations at level 38.
Luckily, the support team has acknowledged the issue and said that they are currently working to resolve it.
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