Yes, this happens every time. The stupid status appears BEHIND the popup.
I’m guessing you hide your tray icons, I started using the modern UI version of OneDrive instead of the one that sits in the system tray.
I got 50gb free space for life, all my Microsoft qualifications, volume licencing, phone etc is all linked to my MS account. They gave me this 50gb when I did an Exchange 2007 course a few years back.