Indeed. The process seems an automated process from every aspect of it. There is no way a human would finish the review and generate the approval within a few minutes the application is accepted - just by opening the attached files in each category would take close to 10 min, yet many approvals received within 3 to 5 min.

I urged a friend to redo theirs as early as possible and not to wait till the following Monday - he did theirs on Friday France morning time. His first but took longer to get the approval, like 45 min but his wife's submitted after his, got the approval in 3 min. Very Radom, YES. But it is working for most people and that is all that matters!

Otherwise the CDC cards work everywhere, as well as certain pharmacies still do the conversion with 20 euro fee, though the one at CDG would gouge you at 35 euro, but get it done in a few minutes. So if you feel you must have the QR and the online method still wont give you one, you still have enough back ups when arrive Paris.