I set a vacation and realized there was a problem when I got several emails about being booted from games. I understand how vacation works and didn't make any orders to stop it, so I'm not sure what happened. Is it possible there's a glitch in the mobile app?

Not all games respect vacations. Simple as that.

That wasn't the issue. The only thing I can figure is that somehow it was triggered from the mobile app. I didn't do anything that should have ended the vacation.

It should not end unless you take a turn (picking counts as a turn too). You should be able to chat, send mail, etc still while on vacation.

Joining a game is considered a 'turn' too, or at least it breaks your vacation.

Fizzer looked into it and says I joined a game, which ended my vacation. I didn't, and I didn't get a "vacation ending" warning. The only thing I can figure is that if there wasn't some other glitch, this all happened in the mobile app while my phone was in my pocket, while I was unaware. I find this unlikely but it's the only thing I can think of. I guess I'll be uninstalling the mobile app when I go on vacation again.

Fizzer looked into it and says I joined a game

Could it be that it was a force-join (I don't think they should happen with V on, but what if it doesn't respect vacation or smt)? from a tourney? BTW, if you have the specific game (and was the last one to join it) then you'd be able to see the excact time it started in settings

That's a good thought, but it was a game with "Players on vacation cannot be booted". It was this game: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6215926

If you haven't joined after the boot time while on vacation (2 days in this case), doesn't it just delay the game until you end the vacation?

I do believe it does, but I'm not 100% sure so you should probably ask Fizzer or someone with more experience.

I use the app and went on vacation during which I was force- joined into a tournament game. Neither of these things ended my vacation or caused any other related issues.