Just curious: was the daily updates delayed today?

yes. Something happened during the database backup, but no error was given. Script went nuts, and I had to wait 4 hours before I got home from work.

I had a feeling this was it, as I've never seen the backup status message before - so I wasn't sure if it was something new or if it was some odd occurance, but as I normally check in with boincstats from 17:00-21:00 local time (15-19 gtm atm) I figured the backup usually runs before that