Once you see it working again... then it'll be working.
There are only two part-time (like us all) coders for the site, so there isn't anyway of telling when the comments section will be working again.
So if something isn't working correctly, and you have informed that areas admin, then that is all you can do. Unless you would like to pay one of our coders to do it right away.
I hope you can still use our mission section in the mean time.