This is precisely why I abandoned the use of the satellite server for proxy of license requests and just do it via the cloud. I opened several cases on it Dec 2019 - Feb 2020 and they kept promising future fixes. The SMART Licensing process is ridd...
I had a similar problem and TAC told me it was because I used the http file transfer via the gui instead of using SCP. They instructed me to only copy the image to the APIC using SCP. FWREPO showed it did not copy to the other 2 APICs.
Would this squelch a Leaf to Spine port if that disconnected? That would be bad if you did not get the alert for a link like that dropping. What if a APIC dropped a link to a Leaf, would that be squelched as well?