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My source is people who tested this last week. See the linked post and the discussion on the subsequent pages.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/pokemon-sun-moon-battle-mechanics-research.3586701/page-26#post-7084807
This is not a bug, Spotlight can not be used to make foes attack their allies and will be ignored, just like how Rage Powder won't make you attack your ally. Spotlight is used to redirect attacks to a teammate or to make a teammate focus on a specific foe.
Really, it's not a good move to use in...
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7vgc2017-479646364
See turns 2 and 3. Instruct is supposed to fail if used first (before an ally makes their move for that turn), but on Showdown it repeats the move used on the previous turn which leads to some pretty broken stuff like protecting and...
There's a new bug involving Conversion-Z (or Z-status moves in general, haven't looked closely into it) and doubles that wasn't present yesterday in which the client completely rejects your choices for the turn if you select Conversion-Z.
Video demonstration...