yay I just got the AltStore PAL to update while trying to screen record you what is happening 😅 guess it got scared, but it was "loading" (as if updating) and then something like "try again later", not 100% sure.
With Delta I just tried the method you described, and it hanged on "loading" for couple of tries. Then after like 4th attempt it finally installed the latest version 🤯 thanks 👍🏻
fingers crossed the flow gets fixed by Apple with iOS 18 🤞🏻