Connect IQ Bug Reports - Connect IQ

This space is specifically for Connect IQ bug reports. Please review the Connect IQ Bug Reports FAQ before reporting a bug to be sure you have the information needed for Garmin to investigate the bug you wish to report.

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Sim should probably clear the screen before onUpdate() is called, to handle the worst-case scenario for real devices, and to put an end to multiple years of new devs asking "why does the real device clear the screen before onUpdate()?"

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Jan 31, 2026
- 1 Comment
For multiple years, each wave of new devs has been asking roughly the same question over and over again: "Why does the real device clear the screen before onUpdate() but not the simulator? This completely breaks my code where I optimize onUpdate() by...
- Jan 30, 2026 10:56 AM
FR965 simulator and real watch has different behavior with Bluetooth LE device

KOKKETIEL
- Acknowledged on Jan 30, 2026
- 2 Comments
I have a ConnectIQ datafield that has been working in the field for several years, with many different watches. Recently, this data field stopped working properly on a real FR965 running latest firmware. The FR965 simulator does not show the issue. ...
- Jan 29, 2026 7:38 PM
Bug in miles and km conversion when adding a route to an event

7810140
- Acknowledged on Jan 29, 2026
- 0 Comments
Hi, I created a route for an race event in the garmin connect browser application. The route has a length of 20.75km. After adding the route to an event the event has a length of 33.39km what is exactly the conversion between 20.75miles in km. But this...
- Jan 28, 2026 6:57 PM
Docs for TextPicker and TextPickerDelegate are incorrect and incomplete

pstoppani
- Acknowledged on Jan 29, 2026
- 0 Comments
The sample code is incorrect in that it does not include the return value declarations for onTextEntered and onCancel so it does not comple. Also, the return values are no explained. What does the system do with the return value? Why is there a return...
- Jan 28, 2026 3:31 PM
Simulator does not load the PGS position from the ini file

bram.d
- Acknowledged on Jan 29, 2026
- 2 Comments
Hi I am working on an app where I need the current position Position.getInfo().location When the simulator is launched for testing it responds with an illegal Position.Location. When I enter a valid GPS position in the menu item in the simulator it...
- Jan 28, 2026 1:30 PM
Unable to Open App message

trudelta
- Acknowledged on Jan 27, 2026
- 5 Comments
In running a Connect IQ activity app, it runs the first time without a problem, but when I try to run it again, I get "Unable to Open App" "Close the [watchface name] app and try again" displayed on the screen. I switch to a different watchface and try...
- Jan 27, 2026 7:40 AM
Night lighting creates artefacts

2685207
- Acknowledged on Jan 26, 2026
- 1 Comment
The night lighting does not work. After approx. 30 minutes, fragments of the minute hand remain stuck and after several hours the time is no longer correct. Fragments of the hands remain on the display even when switching to another display. Observed...
- Jan 24, 2026 9:54 PM
Inconsistent JSON number parsing: Number vs Float

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Jan 22, 2026
- 1 Comment
My app receives JSON data via makeWebRequest() , which includes numeric values such as "step": 5 . In all of my testing across multiple devices in the simulator and on my own Epix 2 Pro, these values are consistently delivered by the API as Number ...
- Jan 21, 2026 7:09 PM
SDK 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 - two critical regressions in one: compile time lookup is broken again + performance degradation of all applications at runtime

9811827
- Acknowledged on Jan 22, 2026
- 1 Comment
class C { static function f() as Void {} } class D { function g() as Void { C.f(); } } Compiler options are "-w -l 3 -O 3". Assembler code for 8.0, 8.2.3, 8.3.0, 8.4.0: globals/D/g: argc 1 getselfv C getsv f invokemz popv...
- Jan 21, 2026 10:59 AM
SDK 8.2, 8.3, 8.4: Value not available in all function scopes

9811827
- Acknowledged on Jan 22, 2026
- 3 Comments
(:glance) class P { protected function f() as Void {} function g() as Void { f(); // Value 'f' not available in all function scopes. } } class C extends P { function initialize() { P.initialize(); } protected function f() as Void {} } It works in 6...
- Jan 21, 2026 10:30 AM