Steel path alert mission timer broken(bug) + acolyte never spawns.

[Kiidah]

Just started the mission, (solo q)
Check the timer ( 'P' or 'tab' )
timer is already 14 min ~ 15 min.
of course acolyte never spawns

wasted my daily mission and time. 
ty :) 

[Uhkretor]

... I can only wonder why people are still considering it as "tied to time" when its tied to "kills per timer interval"...

... But I agree that if it sounds, walks, barks and howls inconsistent... Then its inconsistent and needs to be fixed.

[OceanSpirit05]

The wikiepedia page simply states:

"Acolytes typically spawn in any non-Archwing and non-Assassination Steel Path missions once every 3-7 minutes"

no mention is made of any other factor coming into play. If you are correct (and I assume you are because I regularly pass the 10 minute mark with no acolyte spawn), can you point me to a source that explains this or provide a detailed explanation of how this works?

Thanks