Yes, I just posted something along these lines about a similar experience. What makes it more strange is the fact that when taking a gym with a friend the second person (as of last night) can't add a pokemon because "the gym is under attack". You would think that would not be the intended message in the case of same team members inputting into a recently downed gym.
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one very akward thing
You can add pokemons into the gym while its being attacked.
So you maybe start battle against 2 pokemons but end up beating 3 in row, because one is being added while you battling.
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This is a really annoying thing...
I was attacking a gym and someone gave berries to all the defenders and added a few more mons...now, instead of a few fights, you multiply the new mons x4...
Maybe it's a bug, but they should really make it impossible to feed or add stuff once a battle starts.
I think the strategy now is find gyms that are your team, put mons in...
Attacking takes horrendously long now (unless motivation is at 0)...
If this bug is there, you can knock out 5 in a gym, and someone can put 5 more mons...endless.