@bglw (staff member) is communicating in the pre-existing thread. I’d suggest moving to posting in/watching that thread - it’s where we are giving updates on this particular bug.
As I understand it, the problem is fixed for new Sprites and we are investigating whether/how to deploy a fix to existing Sprites.
As mentioned above, it’s a display issue, you’re not being billed. What is the ongoing concern over value prop?
Here are the conditions under which Sprites will go to sleep: Working with Sprites | Sprites
I’m not sure I follow your concern - it seems like you might be referring to the stale running state once again.