Links to the revised nationality law:
Portuguese Parliament Amends Nationality Law: A Quicker Path to Citizenship? – Nomad Gate
The waiting time between an application and its approval will now count towards the 5-year residency requirement needed to apply for citizenship.
But it remains unknown which status date (application date, application accepted date, biometrics date) will be used when IRN asks AIMA for the contagem de tempo. So it is only from posters’ experiences in this thread that a better understanding is being obtained: Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?.