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The values shown in the Hold-down displacement table for uplift force P were mistakenly showing forces factored for Ultimate Limit States (4.2.4.1), whereas deflection calculations use serviceability limit states (4.2.4.2). As a result, it was possible to have a positive load showing in the table, but zero shown as the elongation, because the serviceability-factored load is negative and not acting as an uplift load.
This has been corrected and the forces showing are those factored for serviceability limit states. Note that the value used for determining the amount of hold-down deflection is in fact ultimate limit state, because it is compared to the hold-down capacity for ULS to determine the proportion of maximum elongation. Otherwise, all, values used for hold-down displacement calculations are SLS.
The ULS values are shown in the Hold-down design table.