"receiving BS message"

It's impossible to tell if you are getting a reject from Intuit, or the IRS maintenance session didn't go as planned, or you might be filing a State where e-filing closed Oct 15.

On this forum and the web, you can find resources for each of these conditions.

For instance: "the IRS isn't lenient about dates."

Here's the Help article on this.

https://proconnect.intuit.com/community/individual/help/electronic-filing-deadlines-and-perfection-p...