Hi guys,
I am actually a November applicant, but having been following your posts to see how things are progressing.
I called the CIC call centre an hour ago - the operator I spoke with told me that applications after Oct 20th would be getting returned due to cap being reached, and apparently they had receieved an internal communication stating this over the last 24 hours (I asked if it was online and was given the impression it would be shortly if not already). Basically what I was told sounded a lot like the cap reached message that was online and then taken down a month or two back.
If any of you do call in to CIC it might be worth checking this - if it has been circulated internally then all operators should have the same message.