Thank you so much for sharing! Exact same thing here. I sent a webform on Dec 27. But I got a reply yesterday asking me to send another webform.....An update to all, I submitted my application on 25 December and sent a web form on 31 December and I just got a reply they can confirm that my application has been received.
Edit: I’m a non-EE pnp PR applicant and the reason I’m mentioning this over here is because some applicants who applied in the PR portal in different programs in mid-end December didn’t receive the ircc auto generated confirmation email.
I am kind of relieved when I read your post. I registered to say thank you!