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Garmin Connect Badges Not Being Awarded

Former Member
Former Member

Thank you for the ongoing discussion regarding the new badges. We have been following these discussions and are investigating why some badges have not been awarded as expected.

We have created this thread to track reports of badges not displaying in accounts. Please post here if you did not receive a badge as expected, and provide:

  • Badge Type
  • Link to the activity (Privacy set to Everyone)
  • Any other details (such as social media platform you shared an activity to or linked your account with)
  • Do we have permission to view your account data while investigating this issue through our Administrative Tools (Yes/No)?

If you have previously posted about a badge not being awarded, thank you for doing so and there is no need to post again about that specific badge. We are investigating each of those reports and will reach out with any new information individually. We request that posts in this thread be saved for NEW reports of badges not being awarded to aid us in tracking these appropriately.

Thank you for the continued discussion and your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

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06/19/2018: A new update has been posted here.

  • I’ve done the above

    Where? Please share the activity as weblink and post the link here.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member in reply to trux
    Practically no badges accept imported or manually enterred activities. The indoor bike badges are one of the rare exceptions, but otherwise you need to register the activity with a Garmin device.

    I don't think this is accurate. Over the last several years I have unlocked many badges from imported activities via The Sufferfest. Indoor Cycling, Yoga, Strength, Year of the Pig, Take the Leap... and so on. None of them originated from my Garmin device(s).

    Although, I am finding that my recent indoor cycling activities are not counting towards the current Ride to 100 Challenge, despite being at the requisite mileage already.

  • Over the last several years I have unlocked many badges from imported activities via The Sufferfest.

    Yes, there may be perhaps more of them, and it also depends on the file format they were imported from, and on the data the file contained. The condition might have gotten also stricter over the years - I use GC only since the last year, so do not know how it was before that time. So yes, my previous claim was a bit too generalized, but basically the safest way to get a badge, is simply recording it with a Garmin device.

    Although, I am finding that my recent indoor cycling activities are not counting towards the current Ride to 100 Challeng

    Most likely because you did not join the Challenge yet (on the Challenges page), or did you?

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member in reply to trux
    Most likely because you did not join the Challenge yet (on the Challenges page), or did you?

    I joined the Challenge before it began. I've had the pleasure of watching the progress counter remain at zero this whole week, as well.

  • I joined the Challenge before it began.

    Try editing the last ride, changing a minor detail (adding a Calorie), and saving it. If it does not help, share it as weblink, and post it here.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member

    Check out my cycling activity on Garmin Connect. #beatyesterday

    Is this the right link?  I’ve done the changes you suggested. No cycling activity is still showing towards the badge

  • Is this the right link?

    No, it is not. Use the Share symbol (looks like a laying V) on the screen on the concerned activity.

  • Hello.

    today I did a 10K weekend run challenge, but I didn't get a badge :-(

    connect.garmin.com/.../5087276083

    when I was saving the activity, I didn't have a mobile phone with me and I synchronized via WiFi connection. I think that's why Connect can't give me a badge ... ????
    please give me a badge ..... :-)

  • today I did a 10K weekend run challenge, but I didn't get a badge :-(

    Did you join the Weekend 10K Challenge (on the Challenges page) before doing the run? If not, join it now, before it is closed, open the Activity, change a minor details (add a Calorie) and save it.

  • Yes, I joined the challenge before my run.

    By happy coincidence, I now received the badge after two hours of waiting ...