I've been on Cyprus since August 24th, outside the Schengen zone. Actually, last Thursday I would have flown to the US via DOH with Qatar Airways.
For various reasons I decided at short notice (the evening before) to cancel the flight and not fly until October. On the day of the flight, I received an email from DHS that my ESTA had expired.
So it seems that Qatar Airways forwarded my passport details to DHS. I have just tried to apply for a new ESTA, but so far the status is still on "Pending". My GE status however is still "Approved". Does anyone here have any experience of how to best deal with the situation? Should I contact the DHS and describe the situation?