Swimming “Auto Rest” sensitivity?

I’m a lap swimmer.  I’m still getting used to the Forerunner 165 after using the Swim v1 for many years.  One thing I found handy is the “Auto Rest”. I don’t know if that feature was on the Swim.  If it was, I never used it.

The problem I have is with certain strokes when doing drills.  I noticed that sometimes it would record a rest when changing direction.  It always kept the proper total distance but it would reset the interval distance.  I rely on that interval distance to keep track during drills.  So I turned “Auto Rest” off and manually start/stop each interval like I used to do.

I don’t think there’s any way to resolve this, but has anyone else seen this?