A Way to Tell Which rules (filter types) are supported by iTunes Match

There are tons of posts about issues with iTunes Match smart playlists not working as expected. I am facing these issues myself--hearing the same song several days in a row even when the playlist rule says to exclude if played within 60 days.
Anyway, I think I found a way to tell which rules Apple is intending to support. Device will output to its console the unsupported rule. One way to view the console is with iPhone Configuration Utility.
1. Install iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) - https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/
2. Attach your iTunes Match enabled iOS device.
3. In iPCU, select the device (under DEVICES), then pick the 'Console' tab on top.
4. Change any smart playlist in iTunes. This seems to cause it to sync the change to iCloud immediately.
In my case I was seeing this:
Oct 2 14:18:03 Kris-iPhone-4S itunescloudd[6392] <Warning>: unhandled match type: unfilterable type kITDBTrackField_CloudStatus (134)
Oct 2 14:18:03 Kris-iPhone-4S itunescloudd[6392] <Warning>: unhandled match type: unfilterable type kITDBTrackField_CloudStatus (134)
Oct 2 14:18:05 Kris-iPhone-4S itunescloudd[6392] <Warning>: unhandled match type: unfilterable type kITDBTrackField_CloudStatus (134)
Oct 2 14:18:05 Kris-iPhone-4S itunescloudd[6392] <Warning>: unhandled match type: unfilterable type kITDBTrackField_CloudStatus (134)
I had two Smart Playlists using 'iCloudStatus is' rule. When I deleted one of them I got
Oct 2 14:19:51 Kris-iPhone-4S itunescloudd[6402] <Warning>: unhandled match type: unfilterable type kITDBTrackField_CloudStatus (134)
Oct 2 14:19:51 Kris-iPhone-4S itunescloudd[6402] <Warning>: unhandled match type: unfilterable type kITDBTrackField_CloudStatus (134)
When I deleted the other, I didn't have any entries like this.
(I am guessing that they are removed in pairs because I have two devices with iTunes Match? Or there is one playlist on the device and one in the cloud? Not sure, but anyway...)
Despite this find, there are still problems. I am having issues even with playlists that didn't have this rule, so I'm not surprised.
It seems to ignore these rules (that I care about):
- Is Checked (completely ignores)
- Last Played - not in the last - X (seems to sometimes work...I am hearing the same songs every day
Also after a few songs, it seems to get stuck on one song as if Repeat 1 is being used, but it's not...several times a day.

When I wrote this I was hoping there were only a few issues with iTunes Match, iOS 6, and Smart Playlists. I was still trying to troubleshoot them and hoped to live with the limitations.
However, the problems are very fundamental. Basic stuff like using Last played and random as criteria are just not working. iTunes and iPhone playlists don't match at all, which is odd if all the logic is in the cloud.
I filed 4 bugs about 3 weeks ago and none have been updated.
Today I contacted Apple Support and after a few minutes wait, the rep acknowledged that iTunes Smart Playlists aren't really working as expected today and there is no estimated date when it will work. She was not sure if this was a new problem for iOS 6.
We agreed that the best thing might be to request a refund. Here's how:
http://expresslane.apple.com
iTunes>iTunesStore>Purchases,Billing,andRedeption>"The topic is not listed", etc...
I also mentioned that this page is misleading:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
Will my playlists sync across devices?
Yes. When you create, edit, or delete a playlist on your Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPad, those changes will sync across any iTunes Match-enabled device you own.
My guess is that when the new version (major update) of iTunes is released, this stuff will be changed and supported again. The number of people using Smart Playlist on iTunes Match must not be important enough.

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