Ruins of Vaal Permanently Locked After Death

Hey folks,

I was in the Apex of Filth in Act 3 when I came across an entrance to the Ruins of Vaal that are usually in every level in the druids league. I killed the mobs around the entrance, and the 6th crystal lit up red and the mechanism did its usual turning motion to open up the entrance to the Temple of Vaal.

For whatever reason, I decided to clear the rest of the map first. It was about 95% done, and I figured I might as well kill the Queen of Filth while I was at it, to see if I got any new drops to put through the upgrade tables. However, that did not go according to plan, I died on the boss fight, got it on the second try.

I came back to the entrance which was previously opened and marked with an orange marker on the map, to find that the entrance had seemingly closed. All the crystals seemed dull, and I could no longer enter. I figured that's a bummer, but a lesson learned that you cannot walk away from or die while the Ruins of Vaal entrance is open, or you lose your 6 crystal counter.

I moved on to the next area, but now I find that this entrance to the Ruins of Vaal mechanism is totally dead as well! The crystals don't light up, there are no bloody enemies nearby to feed it with, nothing happens at all. Definitely appears to be a bug. I'm hoping after the 15 minute instance reset expires it will go away, but this was pretty frustrating.

Update: I have continued playing, and all Vaal Ruins entrances on maps are totally dead. The bloody enemies which feed the entrance mechanism spawn, but all 6 crystals are stuck lit up and the entrance never opens again. RIP I guess the league is closed for me...

I figured out a work around -- From a waypoint, there is a sidebar on the right hand side that is either new or I never noticed it before. Anyway, the last option here "travel to Vaal Temple" at least lets me get inside the temple. Not sure if the crystal entrances on the outside world maps will get fixed after I do this run, I will update after if it is fixed from this or not