During a recent long ride (>14h) with LiveTrack enabled, I've noticed only later on that Spectator Messaging broke during the ride so that only few messages came through in the first half of the activity.
Since it is probably impossible to reproduce exactly, this is the set-up I was using:
- Firmware 17.26 for Garmin Edge Solar 1040
- Apple iPhone 13 (iOS 16.5) connected via BlueTooth
- I was following a course (imported from Komoot)
- LiveTrack and Spectator Messaging enabled (obviously)
- No PowerGuide
- I was actively stopping/starting the ride during breaks (so not just pausing)
- Spectators were able to use the LiveTrack link and see my position and data until the end
- Messages weren't visible on the device, no notification
My suspicion is that stopping the ride (instead of just pausing) broke the messaging while LiveTracking continued to work.
After this bug report, last but not least the feature request @garmin: Please make the spectator messages available with the activity. I was told that some of my friends went to lengths in sending motivational messages, so I'm sad to be unable to read them or thank them in the first place!
The link to the activity, if it helps: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/11158807591
