Games Pass Ultimate not active despite payment being made

Game pass will allow offline access for up to 30 days, until it requires a 'handshake' with xbox servers to confirm an active subscription. Your xbox must also be registered as your home console for it to work. Keep in mine, that some games despite being
single player still require an online component and have no relevance to game pass ultimate.

Same issue. Tried different payment methods, updating my billing address, replacing the payment method, nothing works. I already have an active Ultimate Game Pass sub, but it won't let me gift.

Hi, I hope you're doing great despite the issue you're experiencing. I am an Independent advisor and I am here to help you in regard to your concern.

I would like to clarify, is your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate currently active? It is required to have an active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to use the cloud gaming feature. To check, sign in to https://account.microsoft.com/services.

I'm switching to Game Pass Ultimate because I play on the PC a lot too, so it makes sense to add Game Pass for PC to my set of Xbox subscriptions. Having them all tied into one payment with Ultimate just makes it easier. Plus, with my current active subscriptions,
I'll be good on Ultimate for around 2 years.

Has this issue only started occurring recently and it had been working fine with an active subscription before Friday?

Yes, it started occuring only recently on friday right after I extended Game Pass Ultimate for one more month (I had to use a different card than before but the payment went through and the subscription is listed as active). Before that I never had any problem
like this with Ultimate or regular Game Pass (before Ultimate was a thing)...