Is there a way to perhaps distinguish those suspended for persistent observation problems like what happened during the CNC, vs. other issues?
User is Suspended - would only be intended for permanent suspension.
From what I have learned recently there is no way to temporarily suspend someone. What they do is suspend someone and then after an amount of time un-suspend them. This happened to the person who I mentioned earlier that I did a lot of IDs for. I know them personally. I thoroughly chewed them out once they admitted the behavior that got them suspended, so hopefully it will never happen again.
As I understand it, it’s permanent so long as the suspender never unsuspends them. This happened recently with a curator who accidentally forgot to unsuspend someone (sorry to that curator for bringing this back up, you just happen to be a useful example here) and the person was in purgatory for longer than originally planned.
Sounds like possibly we are talking about the same person
Hehehe oops. Maybe 
Yes, let’s please avoid bringing up or speculating about individual instances of suspension.
Unfortunately there is not currently a way to set a suspension “timer,” or for non-curators to see reasons for suspension. There is a 2023 development issue for a feature to do this, last updated in April 2025, so it still appears to be on the radar to implement at some point.
Still today 4% RG 74% Casual. Most obs and most sp are both - This User is Suspended. Another year, another CNC.