I have this problem on and off somehow. I had it happen with a streamer that I know did not have it enabled when I first watched their channel, and has since stopped for that channel. Had it happen a couple of days ago that I was watching a channel that said it was verified chat only and left it on for a while. Eventually decided to follow and the "verified chat only" went away and I was able to chat. What's worse is that the UI lies and says that it's the streamer doing it, and nowhere is there anything mentioning that actually it's just twitch decided to lock you out sometimes.
I have this problem on and off somehow. I had it happen with a streamer that I know did not have it enabled when I first watched their channel, and has since stopped for that channel. Had it happen a couple of days ago that I was watching a channel that said it was verified chat only and left it on for a while. Eventually decided to follow and the "verified chat only" went away and I was able to chat. What's worse is that the UI lies and says that it's the streamer doing it, and nowhere is there anything mentioning that actually it's just twitch decided to lock you out sometimes.