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kraken: what happened to old deposit addresses for monero?

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I just tried sending 6 XMR to my Kraken deposit address, that I have used many times over the years. So far, it hasn't appeared. So I went to Transfer -> Deposit to check they still have the same deposit address for me, which I carefully recorded in my own records years ago, and have used many times since. Look what I got: There is a contradiction here between "you need to generate a deposit address to make your first Monero deposit to Kraken" and the "Recent transactions" shown below, all to my long-standing deposit address. So, what has happened to the monero I just sent to my long-standing deposit address?  And why have Kraken broken the deposit address?  This is serious.  Funding addresses on these accounts are like account numbers: people send money to them.  A service provider can't just disappear them. Luckily it was for a small amount this time.  Because Kraken have visibly messed up their web site and service so badly, I had the heebie-jeebies ab...