ZID RADAR TEAM NOTIFIED 'AFTER THE FACT' OF ZOB AIRSPACE DEV. ZID CTLR ALLEGES SEQUENCING PROBS; COORD; STAFFING; WX DEVS AND TFC MGMNT FAILURES.

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ACFT X CALLED ON FREQ REQUESTING IFR CLRNC. ACFT WAS STILL IN IND APCH AIRSPACE. AFTER APPROVAL TO ISSUE CLRNC WAS OBTAINED; CLRNC WAS ISSUED. ACFT X FAILED TO TOP DAY APCH AIRSPACE AND WAS NEVER POINTED OUT. OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE: A 25 MILE IN-TRAIL RESTR TO ORD. AT LEAST 4 ACFT WERE GIVEN RELEASES TO ORD THROUGH MY SECTOR. THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO TFC MGMNT ASSISTANCE. ONE OF THESE ACFT (ACR Y) WAS VECTORED AT LEAST 5 TIMES; THEN GIVEN A 360 DEG TURN TO OBTAIN THE 25 MI. AFTER ALL THIS; ZAU INFORMED ME ACR Y WOULD BE PUT IN HOLDING. ANOTHER ONE OF THESE (ACR Z) WAS GIVEN 2 RE-ROUTES; THEN TOLD IT WOULD ALSO BE PUT IN HOLDING. ANOTHER FACTOR WAS SPACING FOR CVG. 2 OF THE 4 INBOUND FIXES TO CVG WERE CLOSED DUE TO WX IMPACTING THE AREA. MY SECTOR WAS WORKING MANY EXTRA FLTS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD NOT BE WORKING. ON 2 OCCASIONS; I REQUESTED HELP ON THIS SIT TO THE SUPVR IN-CHARGE AND VIRTUALLY NO HELP WAS GIVEN. WE (SECTOR TEAM) WERE INFORMED OF ERROR APPROX 15 MINS LATER BY SUPVR. WE HAD NO IDEA AN ERROR HAD OCCURRED.