I'm familiar with the 3 withdraw duty finder penalty.

Today, I queue up for something with 6 FC members, looking for two in the DF. First attempt? After 30 seconds, I get some random "duty finder error" message. Second attempt? Same thing.

Third attempt a few minutes later: the commence window pops, an FC member clicks withdraw. I'm penalized for 30 minutes. So is everyone else in the PT.

How is it that another member's actions blocks me for 30 minutes?