To followup: this morning, ZWO finally acknowledged my e-mail from Jan 4, which I reported the Station Mode bug in the Beta, and stating that they will be replacing v1.8.2 with v1.8.3 soon.
They said Thursday, but I suspect it could take an extra day for it to appear at the Apple App Store; dunno about Android -- the Google Play Store may not need as much time to check for privacy issues before releasing an app.
Hopefully, this means that they have identified the source of the bug.
In the meantime, if you have not already done so, I recommend not leaving ASIAIR in Station Mode, especially if you don't have a backup copy of the firmware.
Since a Thursday ETA will not give them time to conduct a Beta test, us peons will not know if the bug fix will also introduce other side effects. Be prepared. I have 100% clouds and rains until Spring, so it does not really bother me, and I have also started to play with INDIGO again.
Chen