I booked a CO codeshare on UA metal a couple of weeks ago. None of my CO booked flights had the "upgrade: pending" message on .bomb, while all of my .bomb booked flights did. After hearing that others were getting the upgrade notification, I called today and they were able to put me into the UDU queue. It shows up on .bomb now.
Might have been a system glitch, since it sounds like others get automatically added to the queue.
Not sure it was worth a call as a 2P. If one of the six legs I got added clears I will be happy.