FME License Assistant Showing Incorrect “In Use” Count vs LMTOOLS

I’m experiencing a discrepancy between LMTOOLS and the FME Form License Assistant, and I’d appreciate any insight or guidance.

Environment

• FME Form (floating license)
• License server managed via LMTOOLS (FlexNet)

Issue

• LMTOOLS shows:

Feature usage info:

Users of FME:  (Total of 3 licenses issued;  Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of FME_GUI:  (Total of 3 licenses issued;  Total of 0 licenses in use)

• FME License Assistant shows:
  • 3 total seats
  • 1 license in use
  • 2 licenses available

What I’ve already tried

• Restarted the license server via LMTOOLS (Stop/Start)
• Confirmed via Server Status Enquiry that no users are consuming licenses
• Closed all FME applications
• Ensured no FME processes are running on client machines

Despite the server reporting zero usage, the License Assistant still shows one license in use, which suggests a possible:

• Client-side cache issue
• Stale session
• Delay in license usage synchronization

Questions

1. Has anyone encountered a mismatch like this between LMTOOLS and FME License Assistant?
2. Is there a recommended way to force-refresh or clear the client-side license state?
3. Are there known caching or heartbeat behaviors in FlexNet/FME that could explain this?

No users are currently blocked, but I want to make sure the license state is accurate and avoid confusion going forward.