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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BUG: Connect IQ Data Fields Not Persisting on Navigation Screens

gregarno
- Acknowledged on Mar 24, 2026
- 9 Comments
Hello, I'm experiencing a persistent issue with Connect IQ data fields on my Garmin Fenix 7 Pro specifically related to navigation screens . Problem Description: When I add a Connect IQ data field to a navigation screen, it appears correctly during...
- Mar 21, 2026 6:15 PM
App activates/tracks GPS despite missing permissions

Florian
- Acknowledged on Mar 21, 2026
- 3 Comments
Hi - I'm getting several user reports of venu 2 users of my app, that it suddenly tracks GPS (a map with tracking shows up on their activity in garmin connect + the activity name is prefixed with the location name; activity is breathwork), and that it...
- Mar 20, 2026 5:11 PM
Simulator does not throw exception when subscribing to COMPLICATION_TYPE_TRAINING_STATUS

pstoppani
- Acknowledged on Mar 19, 2026
- 7 Comments
On a real device (like SQ 2 or Venu 3), the following throws an exception. The simulator does not. Complications. subscribeToUpdates ( new Id (Complications.COMPLICATION_TYPE_TRAINING_STATUS))
- Mar 18, 2026 11:53 PM
Client Monkey C Language Server: connection to server is erroring

9742009
- Acknowledged on Mar 28, 2026
- 1 Comment
Monkey C LSP fails to start on Fedora Linux 42 (VS Code, official extension) with some cgroups error: [Error - 5:40:33 PM] Client Monkey C Language Server: connection to server is erroring. Header must provide a Content-Length property. {"[0.001s][warning...
- Mar 18, 2026 4:45 PM
SDK 9.1.0 internal compiler crash (bitor) + DevicesJsonReader NullPointerException — fenix847mm unbuildable on macOS

5164391
- Acknowledged on Mar 18, 2026
- 5 Comments
Hi, I'm unable to build for fenix847mm on macOS (Apple Silicon) with any available SDK version. Two separate bugs block the build: Bug 1 (all SDKs): DevicesJsonReader$SizeKey NullPointerException on device loading ERROR: Unable to load devices: Cannot...
- Mar 17, 2026 11:33 PM
Compiler does not detect missing strings with scope="settings"

pstoppani
- Acknowledged on Mar 16, 2026
- 1 Comment
For strings with no scope=settings, the compiler correctly warns about missing strings for other languages. However, once you add scope="settings", the compiler does not warn.
- Mar 15, 2026 3:17 PM
[9.1.0] ERA viewer STILL cannot log in

pstoppani
- Acknowledged on Mar 15, 2026
- 9 Comments
I'm not able to log in since the log in pop up window always hangs. This is on Mac OS Tahoe 26.3 I'm forced to use SDK version 8.4.0 to view crash reports.
- Mar 14, 2026 5:34 PM
feature-request: make the compiler do the constant folding earlier

flocsy🤠
- Acknowledged on Mar 15, 2026
- 0 Comments
Please consider improving the compiler by doing the constant folding earlier, so we can use code that is guarded by a constant: (:no_foo) const FOO = false; (:foo) const FOO = true; class Foo { (:foo) private var fooOnly as Boolean?; function foo...
- Mar 14, 2026 2:03 PM
Simulator enforces lower JSON size limit than real devices in SDK 9.1

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Mar 13, 2026
- 14 Comments
It seems that SDK 9.1 introduced changes to how the simulator handles JSON size limits. The release notes state: “Enforce max JSON response size limit for BLE web request.” However, it now appears that the limits enforced by the simulator are lower...
- Mar 12, 2026 9:27 AM
bug: undocumented, breaking changes in SDK 9.1.0

flocsy🤠
- Acknowledged on Mar 12, 2026
- 1 Comment
Up-to SDK 8.4.1 Application.Properties.getValue and setValue had key as PropertyKeyType (and/or Object? Similar to: documentation bug: Activity.Info fields have ambiguous type ), but in SDK 9.1.0 it was changed to String. While this change makes sense...
- Mar 12, 2026 12:03 AM