Activity rings stay paused, even though I didn’t pause them, and cannot unpause

For over a week, I’ll have activity rings during the day,

but as soon as midnight hits the rings turn gray and say paused for the day. Both my watch and activity app does not have the pause enabled, but in my Health app it says rings are paused. I’ve reset both my watch and phone and disconnected and set up my watch. Nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

Posted on Jun 16, 2025 06:38 AM

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