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.

Report Garmin Connect Web issues to https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web
Report Garmin Connect Mobile Android issues to https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-mobile-andriod
Report Garmin Connect Mobile iOS issues to https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-mobile-ios
Product-related issues can be reported to either https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/ or https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/

Connect IQ Developers Need Better Review Tools and Analytics

NoOne
- Acknowledged on Jul 31, 2026
- 0 Comments
Garmin should provide Connect IQ developers with much better visibility and communication tools. At minimum, developers should be able to: See accurate download and active-install statistics. Have their review responses displayed directly inside...
- Jul 30, 2026 7:32 AM
String-type FitContributor lap fields (DATA_TYPE_STRING) not displaying in Garmin Connect Activity Laps/Charts view

BeOeS
- Acknowledged on Jul 29, 2026
- 0 Comments
App: Sport Climb Tracker (Connect IQ Store) Environment: Connect IQ SDK 9.2.0, tested on Forerunner 965 (and other supported devices) Expected behavior: The app writes a custom "grade" field (e.g. "6a", "7b+") using session.createField("grade", 0, FitContributor...
- Jul 28, 2026 6:06 PM
Garmin Connect Web not showing negative values for IQ data chart

Hr. Mortensen
- Acknowledged on Jul 29, 2026
- 6 Comments
The Garmin Connect Web view for an activity no longer shows the chart for an IQ data field correctly - any negative values are not plotted and are missing from the chart. This is a new bug: it used to work correctly up to a week or so ago. It still works...
- Jul 28, 2026 8:39 AM
Edge devices not showing as compatible on public Store listing

GrahamAEdwards
- Acknowledged on Jul 26, 2026
- 4 Comments
App: Multiple Activity Popup Reminder (App ID: 7ca26c13-0097-4db1-9013-446883a1a04c) Summary: My app's Developer Dashboard shows Status: Verified, Signature: Verified, and a full list of compatible devices including edge1030, edge1040, edge1050, edge530...
- Jul 25, 2026 7:46 PM
A Critical Integrity Flaw in the Connect IQ Store Ranking System

8206990
- Acknowledged on Jul 24, 2026
- 13 Comments
Subject: Concerns and Suggestions Regarding the Connect IQ Store Ranking and Discovery System The Connect IQ Store currently lacks an effective recommendation system and sufficient safeguards against ranking manipulation. As a result, developers can...
- Jul 24, 2026 6:55 AM
Simulator segfaults on Communications.transmit over the tethered (ADB) connection — SDK 9.1.0 and 9.2.0, Linux

LGnap
- Acknowledged on Jul 24, 2026
- 5 Comments
Summary With a tethered (ADB) data connection established, the Connect IQ simulator crashes with SIGSEGV the moment a watch app calls Communications.transmit . No byte is written to the socket. Reproducible with a one-line addition to your own samples...
- Jul 23, 2026 1:53 PM
HTTP 415 on app submission — "The icon format is invalid" / "Image must be a JPG, GIF or PNG" errors are misleading, spec-compliant images rejected

Former Member
- Acknowledged on Jul 22, 2026
- 0 Comments
When submitting a new app via apps-developer.garmin.com/developer/upload, Step 2 submission consistently fails with a generic HTTP 415 (Unsupported Media Type) response from POST /api/ciq-developerservices/developers/{developerId}/apps, while the UI displays...
- Jul 21, 2026 11:10 AM
Compatible devices not aligned on app store and upload/edit page/manifest

5087766
- Acknowledged on Jul 21, 2026
- 3 Comments
The upload page shows I have support for instinct 2, however the actual app page does not show support for it. Tried both version 9 sdk and version 8 for building my app. No build errors, app seems to be under the memory limit, and it runs in the garmin...
- Jul 19, 2026 10:26 PM
Dc.clear() on a paletted BufferedBitmap does not correctly resolve Graphics.COLOR_TRANSPARENT, while setColor(TRANSPARENT, TRANSPARENT) + fillRectangle() does

RxC
- Acknowledged on Jul 17, 2026
- 0 Comments
IMPORTANT: in a nutshell the issue has to do with using a buffered-bitmap with a restricted color-palette and transparency; I faced this issue long months ago and after some web-search and failed attempts to resolve gave up and used an unrestricted palette...
- Jul 16, 2026 11:18 PM
Screen Burn-In Simulator Tool Requires Change for CIQ 5 and higher devices.

trudelta
- Acknowledged on Jul 15, 2026
- 0 Comments
The rules for always on displays for watchfaces for CIQ 5 and higher devices is no greater than 10% luminance. But I have been finding that on actual watches, it seems like the former no more than 10% of pixels on also still applies. Exceeding this will...
- Jul 14, 2026 10:08 PM