this happens infrequently, and usually right after login. Here's the situation.
I will spend some time in pvp.
After the last match, I may time out in the arena or I might log off. usually I time out for some reason - go afk and don't get back in time most likely
The servers will be rebooted sometime between when I log off and log back on.
I log back on right in front of the ranked setup post and try to quick join 1v1 ranked within 30 seconds or so of logging in.
I'll get a message saying I recently fled pvp and have to wait 5 minutes.
Now I never flee - I want the tickets and you don't get tickets if you flee - but even if I did it's been far longer than 5 minutes since I logged out.
So my bug report is 2 fold - one the game pays no attention to how long it's actually been since I was in a match (and it COULD do so very easily) and two, it flags me as having fled a match when no fleeing ever took place.
That isn't the point. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. It affects other things in the game too - anything that has a timer such as going to your house. That timer freezes while you are offline and even if you have been offline for a month, when you get back you still have to wait for the timer to finish counting down.