H1B 2021 case pending result with weird case updates

USA H1B Visa
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My H1b 2021 petition status over the last few months:
Center: Vermont

5/20/20 - Case was received
09/10/2020 - Case was approved
09/10/2020 - Case was reopened for reconsideration
09/11/2020 - intent to revoke the previous approval decision
09/12/2020 - reopened your Form I-129,
11/09/2020 - Response To USCIS’ Request For Evidence Was Received (The RFE I never received)

My attorney has received the notice about the reopened case status (09/12/2020) and never received the approval notice. For RFE the status shows it received the RFE response which I never received in the first place and we never sent any response to RFE.

Could anyone explain what could be happening here?
Also, should I expect to get a concrete result before next year’s H1b filling date or the petition went into limbo? And also what are the viable options?

I am on STEM opt and it is expiring in July 2021

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Well, the online status can be very misleading.
One of the best solutions for this is to upgrade it to premium processing to get a result. This way you will have a closure before next season and file new one, if needed. Your attorney should take care of these.

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Hi Kumar,
Thanks for answering. I upgraded my petition to Premium processing on 12th Jan but still, it is in pending status. Don’t know when it is going to be processed.

Meanwhile, I just got to know from my university my status has been changed to h1b from f1. I checked the sevp portal and it says stem inactive since 10/1/2020.

In this case am I still eligible to work or I am out of status. Also, what are the options I have?