Pace drops out and activity stops during run with Instinct

I noticed it as well.  Didn't seem to be there prior to the 10.00 release.  But I can't be sure unless I go examine some historical data.

my watch just stopped during a run just after a lap indicator like I had pushed the STOP button.  I noticed after about 1/2 mile and just hit RESUME

Possibly a new bug in the auto-pause feature, interpreting an intermittent loss of GPS signal (i.e. under thick vegetation, in underpasses, or near tall buidlings) as a stop. Report it to Garmin Support and/or to [email protected], so that they are aware of it. Also try disabling the auto-stop option (if it is enabed at all) in the Activity Settings.

Opened a chat with Garmin support and they sent me this link.  I made just about all of the recommended changes....I already do the GPS soak and my EPO was current, I switched to every second recording, I switched to 3D speed and distance, I switched to GPS + Glonass from normal GPS and AutoPause is not enabled.  I run tonight so we'll see how the watch responds.  They also said if these changes didn't work, then they would want to sync up with my watch on Garmin Express.

https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=xQvHXbfaT27Zr4hxZDvjv5&productID=621802&tab=topics&topicTag=region_gps

Update:  Ran with it a couple days ago after I made all those changes and the drop-outs got considerably worse.  The most it had ever dropped out was four times, and that was on longer runs of 6 miles or more.  I ran 4 miles Wednesday and it dropped out 13 times.  I got on the phone with Garmin yesterday and neither product support nor technical support could figure it out.  They sent it up to the engineers to look at and are supposed to get back with me.  I'll give them until Monday and if I don't hear anything, I'm going to call back.

Update:  Day 7 - no word from Garmin since I spoke with them 5 days ago.  Opened a chat with tech support to check on the status....guy told me that engineering had requested a folder from my watch and I should have heard from them by now.  Nope.  He sent me instructions on what to do and where to send the folder.  Sent the folder and he confirmed they received it.  He told me they should be in touch with what they find.  Gonna bug them again in a couple days.  Definitely have to push the molasses up the hill with these people.

I only had a few when mine was set to smart recording (like one every 10 minutes of running).  When I switched to every second it got crazy higher.  Of course I switched other settings as well but i'm guessing that's the one that resulted in the increase of drop outs.

My guess is that the problem still remains, it is just that more drop outs appear due to the higher data sampling rate when set in the one second recording

Update:  Just heard back from the guy I chatted with earlier.  He recommended deleting the Activity file from my watch.  Apparently the Instinct has a pretty limited memory so you have to dump it every so often.  I guess when it gets full it can cause other issues.  I have everything on Connect so its not a big deal to delete the activity off my watch.  Personally don't see how that would impact my particular issue, but I didn't build the thing so we'll give it a try.

Update:  Ran 6 miles this weekend and the pace didn't drop out once.  Granted, that may have been a fluke, but if not, full storage on the Instinct is all bad.  My next outdoor run is this weekend.  We'll see if I have a repeat of my last run.