Heart rate monitor not functioning after latest software update

After latest software update on my garmin fenix 6 the heart rate monitor wrist is not functioning correctly.  It has never failed before so this is a new behavior that I can link directly to the software update.   When using climb activity, during hight intensity climbing, heart rate monitor shows heart rate in the warm-up range 98-105. It appears that when I stop and rest for  few minutes it sometimes manages to reset and shows correct heart rate for a while and then goes back to the warm-up range. A friend is experiencing exactly the same problems.

I haven't yet tested another activity type to see if its only connected to the climb activity but the lack of reports of this issue indicates not as many as I expected are affected.

Attached is a heart rate chart from one of my recent climbs where heart rate is in the low number when climbing up (with high intensity) and then when I hike back down the mountain the heart rate goes to normal.

Is anyone able to help with this issue?

Software version: 21.00 

This chart from one of my recent climbs, low heart rate when climbing up, normal when hiking down.