talked to a human and together we figured out that i need the so-called tracking number from here: https://la.www4.irs.gov/esrv/esam/pages/landingPage.xhtml the application status is now 'Submitted' and was told the turnaround here is 24-28 hours.

enjoy the start to the tax season!

your experience may vary, so don't take this as any advice, tax, technical or anything like that whatsoever.