compressor stall Yes, I have had the same anxiety inducing panic when tracking my bags. Yes, they're right, just wait a bit and all's well. Most of the time.
I check the time stamps before flying into a rage these days.
I did think I had misplaced my Earbuds as the last known place was the hotel... Sure enough, I had packed them but since I hadn't used them, they showed the last place where I had used them. Cue apologies all round.
Recently, my bag was misplaced in Miami Airport. Very long story. However, I am pretty certain if I hadn't had a Tag on it, my bag would have been lost in the void that is Miami and later, the void that is London Heathrow airport. I saw it being moved and made some phone calls. That spurred the airlines into action in delivering the bag to the UK. It landed in T2 (TAP) but it needed to go to T3 (American). I elected to pick it up from T3 (as I said, very long story) and it took me 3 hours to get it. The Tag said it was about 15' away but the staff assured me that it "couldn't be there". It was...
I use the AirTags as I have an iPhone. I am happy with them. There are other brands, Tile, Samsung etc.