(BUG) Cant get into the Mektul the Forgemaster fight no more

I'm playing a Ranger(lvl45ish) in POE2 and ran into a weird problem. I died during the Mektul the Forgemaster fight (the one with the lava flowing towards you) at the exact same time as him, which prevented me from picking up anything, of course. When I tried to create a new instance, I couldn’t get back to the arena. There’s no option to re-enter, and Mektul is gone, but the hammer drop is just sitting there out of reach

Is this some kind of bug? Anyone know how I can get back into the fight or how to fix this?

For now, i will have to make a new character :(

Yep i have the same problem looking for solution

This has been an issue for alot of people for well over a week. I haven't found an solutions.

I was able to complete this today. Not sure what changed.