I had it this morning too but only knew about it because I had received a message about an hour before I sat down to get working and there was an auto-reply stating I'm working on my current orders...etc. I never sent that and only use auto-reply if I know I'm going to be away for more than a day.
Checked my shopfront and everything was available but no badges. Sent off a quick message through the help section and asked if I had done anything that needed to be corrected and only mentioned the badges at the end of the message asking to reinstate them if it's appropriate.
I had a HUMAN reply in less than an hour and at some point, they were back and the "limited" banner disappeared. I had orders to fill and clients to work with so I don't know how long it was before they came back.
This isn't the first time that has happened. I think 3 or 4 times? It's always fixed quickly but it sure makes the heart beat a bit faster.
And I think the OP might be on to something. I've been active in my shop but not as much as usual because I went out of state for the holidays and then jumped into a move and personal shakeup. So I've not been as active as I usually am. I listed 1 new item right after I reopened my shop to get the flow going but haven't been able to add more mostly because I can't find anything! (hate moving)
One of my regular repeat buyers purchased another 4 things from me but did it individually. So she paid shipping 4 times. Same address as usual so I asked if I could ship together and refund the other charges. Obviously she agreed so I did that last night around the time I shut down for the night. So I processed 3 partial refunds. Maybe that triggers something. *shrug*
