Clearance Action Date meaning on ats.doe.gov

I’m a former DoE term employee with an L clearance, and I left my position in late 2023. Fast forward to today, and I’m in the process of getting my L reactivated to return to DoE as a contractor. Just for the heck of it, I tried to create an account on ats.doe.gov, and much to my surprise, I was able to create a new account and see my previous investigation info!

Here’s the catch: the “Clearance Action Date” provided the date I was read off from the program back in late 2023.

Since ats.doe.gov only allows for user login up to 30 days after a clearance action date, would it be safe to assume that my clearance reinstatement is currently in process? I’m leaning towards that assumption as I have not been able to create an ATS user account for several weeks, and now suddenly, I was able to do so.

Bottom line is that I’m hoping to log back into ATS soon to see an updated Clearance Action Date with a reference to 2025. :-)