As careful readers of this thread may have already figured out, the Irving, Texas, processing center seems to have returned to normal:

3/12/21: Mailed application by certified mail; did not pay to expedite
3/18/21: Application received (six days for an intra-Metroplex letter!)
3/19/21: Check cashed
4/13/21: Approved
4/15/21: New passport received

That's 34 days, less than five weeks, which is back to normal. I deliberately didn't expedite so as to avoid the Philadelphia processing center. I did, however, pay Walgreens $15 for a passport photo -- wasted money, I know. I also renewed early so as to avoid any "back to traveling" rush that might happen since my old passport was on its last couple of years anyway and since, conversely, a "no international travel" time like now is a good time to renew.

But, unfortunately, I've suffered the same fate as Kale73: my Global Entry personal information page won't accept the new passport number; all I get when I punch the "Save" button is an automated popup that says I have to visit an enrollment center in person. And, no, I most assuredly did NOT change my name! Did waiting a few days and trying again help your situation, Kale73, or am I just stuck with having to make an extra trip to DFW? Seems pretty pointless.

Hope this helps someone. And, Kale73, please let me know if you have any advice.

speak for yourself, my renewal application along with that of my wife has been sitting at the Irving texas mailing center for almost 4 weeks waiting to get into the system, you might have been lucky but operations are far from getting back to normal

My GE profile similarly didn’t take it right away. But I tried it again a week or so later and it worked

+1

I'm in the same boat as FallenPlat re TTP not accepting a new passport. I'm thinking the back end system only updates once or twice per month (unbelievable, right?) and am simply trying once per day to make my passport update on the TTP website. I'll report back as to the number of days it takes from the date a passport is issued to the date that TTP website will accept that new passport number.

Thanks for the input. I had also suspected that the government's back-end data synchronization procedures might not be exactly real time. I'll keep trying to update the Global Entry information page as well and report back.

As for the passport application, it's possible that Certified Mail, as opposed to Priority Mail, may have helped since certification requires essentially immediate manual processing in the form of a "received" signature or rubber stamp together with mailing back the little green postcard.

And for most people, by the way, the best way of knowing the fate of an application is seeing when the check is cashed through an online banking application. Everything else comes close to being just (inaccurate) noise, or at least that's what I think.

Passport card renewal update/correction:
Tue 1/26 First class certified mail sent from CA.
Mon 2/22 Delivered to Irving, TX, PO box
Wed 2/24 6am CST "In process" email from state.gov, estimate 10-12 weeks
Wed 2/24 $30 check cleared
Tue 4/06 7pm EDT "Approved" email from state.gov, estimate arrival Mon 4/12
Tue 4/06 11pm EDT "Mailed" email from state.gov, first class, 2 mailings
Sat 4/10 Passport card delivered, return address USG official mail, Portsmouth, NH 03801, no stamp, no postmark
Fri 4/16 Informed Delivery shows a mailing arriving today, return address DOS NPC, Sterling, VA, $0.51 frank says 4/12, ZIP 03801 (presumably old card)

Same...this seems all very hit and miss

Yet another minor passport application from me. This time I'd like speed so I requested all the possible improvements, speed-ups initially. We shall see how it fares.

April 17th.
Deposited expedited US passport application at USPS for a child with priority express mailing back and forth. The child doesn't have its federal name, i.e. SS identifier, so an additional paper attesting to this was also added. It was sent to Philadelphia.

I should add that it was not as straightforward as I thought to schedule a passport application appointment at a local post office for the next day. The local ones I checked were booked until Thursday next week at the earliest and I eventually, luckily found a slot in the suburbs not too far away. Unexpected obstacles all along the way!

I shall provide updates.

Our check cashed date is 3/24. They actually got the paperwork in PA on 3/7 per USPS delivery confirmation and took their sweet time to get the application scanned. Based on the number of days, it took them 17 business days from check cashed to approved for you.

For us, today is business day number 18. Our approval came at 3 AM on 3/24 so techincally, its business day number 19 for us. Lets see. :)

I'm getting super worried about my wife's passport renewal. We paid for expedited.

Mailed: 3/31/21
"Delivered" at Philly: 4/10/21

Today is 4/19/21 and still "Not Found" in the DOS status system. We have mandatory intl travel coming up on 6/1, and I'm starting to get nervous. Anyone know exactly when this thing is supposed to show up in the system? Is it 4-6wks from arriving at Philly, 4-6wks from mailing the application, or 4-6wks from "in process" in the system? Thanks much for the help!

Your questions are exactly why we have this thread.... it seems to vary greatly based upon to which processing location the application was sent. Some are being completely processed and returned in about 3 weeks while most others (like mine) are taking as much as 8 to 10 weeks. No way to know "exactly."

Just got our acceptance email(s). Also, the Senator's office notified us before the passport status site updated. We got the Senator's office email before the official emails. But, we did not get the Approved email. We only got the Shipped emails with tracking information.

3/04/21: Mailed application by Priority mail; did not pay to expedite. Mailed from Charlotte, NC to Philadelphia, PA
3/07/21: Application received in Philadelphia, PA
3/24/21: Application Status shows up as "Processing" and Check cashed
4/19/21: Approved / Shipped Notification
x/xx/21: New passport received

When did you contact the Senator's office and which state are you in?

Contacted them on April 5 as an emergency came up. Sent them the authorization the same night. It took them till 4/8 to get back a status that we had requested routine service. By then, we were told to NOT fly as India was getting worse by the day. So, on 8th we told them we won't be expediting the request which they were willing to do if we gave them our credit card or we could call the passport agency and expedite and then we were to call the senator's office back.

We're in Charlotte, NC.

Just got our acceptance email today, in total it took about 7 weeks (assuming the return priority mail is on time).
Passport book renewal, regular processing, didn't go through any special contact channels after mailing:

3/06/21 - Mailed from CT (USPS Priority Mail) to Philadelphia, PA processing center
4/05/21 - Got email notification from State Dept for "in-process"
4/06/21 - Check cashed
4/19/21 - Got email notification for "approved", second email ~2 hours later for "shipped" with tracking number
4/25/21 - Estimated delivery date