iOS 15 Focus Status not working

Just updated to 15.2.1 this morning. I am now having this exact same issue. I have all focus items deleted with the exception of Do Not Disturb which is turned off. I also have focus turned off in the iMessage app as well. Very frustrating!

I have done everything ypu have suggested and more after watching countless youtube videos and reading loads of threads on this problem. I have even deleted all Focus options except DND because it cant be deleted.

It is still showing as me having Notifications Silenced on all my friends phones.

This is clearly a problem given the number of people with the same problem.

This is unacceptable from Apple.

I am missing messages because people think I am busy.

I am also loosing business because customer think I am unavailable.

Perhaps there needs to be group action to recover losses!

C'mon Apple... please fix this! It's ridiculous that this bug has been going on for months now. You've completely messed up Do Not Disturb with a very buggy "Focus"..... fix it! And if you don't know how to fix it, can you update your icloud website to show us what mode the SERVER thinks we're in and WHAT DEVICE is telling the SERVER to set it that way??? All I see is blah blah, share across devices... blah blah... check all your devices.... blah blah... update your devices.... blah blah. Well, you have the option to "sync across all devices", and ALL MY DEVICES show that focus is NOT on... however, all my contacts get the "his notifications are turned off" in iMessage. PLEASE FIX IT!

Thank you! I’ve spent countless hours on the phone with Apple Support performing the same rudimentary troubleshooting steps every time (update, restart, reset, etc). This is absolutely ridiculous and DEF a glitch. They even tried to pass the buck and tell me that my contacts in receipt of the “her notifications are silenced” message are not operating on the current IOS and need to perform an update. That fixed nothing.

I get excited with every update, hoping it will fix this issue but no luck so far. it’s clearly not a priority to Apple.

12 Pro Max

So frustrating! Same Focus issues with i12 mini. Nothing fixes this glitch and it is a major issue if others constantly think you’re not looking at their messages!

APPLE please provide an update or at least comment on where you are at!

I solved this by turning off Focus under Settings / Messages. The only feature I was using as long as I can remember is Do Not Disturb for my sleep schedule. But my friends and family were getting the false indication that I had notifications turned off even during the day.

I am having this issue as well. I have been having the issue ever since I updated my MacBook to Monterrey in January. I have an iPhone 13 which came with latest iOS 15, and I have updated it regularly. I have spoken with multiple folks at Apple Support including SENIOR advisors. The most information I have received is that they are aware of the glitch/bug, and the only way it can be fixed is through an update. I thought it might come in some of the latest updates, but it was confirmed to me on a recent call that it was not because Apple is still "investigating" the issue. This is completely unacceptable. People think I have had DND for months. A way around it though that has worked for me more recently is setting Emergency bypass on for certain contacts. Notifications come through for people despite this issue. I hope this helps yall. Apple better finish its investigation on this soon and address it. I totally regret even having Monterrey, but that's a different story.

I found a fix that may help until an update solves the issue. Open messenger, tap on a contact, tap on the contacts name at the top center of the screen, scroll down and turn off share focus status. Although very cumbersome and time consuming it should get rid of the notifications silenced message for that contact. Repeat with other contacts. Hope it works for you

I had this issue as well. I have multiple apple devices and this focus notification is shared across all devices. I spent days trying to figure it out and then I did. My iPad Pro was still in the focus mode “Sleep”. Once I turned it off, the notification that my notifications were muted went away. I hope this helps!

hello!

I have this problem to. Focus is off in mesages. Focus status is disabled and not posible to adjust. To friend is shoven the status silenced in mesages.

please help.

BR.

Agreed. Have done EVERYTHING have turned EVERYTHING off and it’s still showing on other phones. This sucks and is definite bug!!!!! Help Apple!!!

I have Focus turned off and it is still giving this message. I also have notifications turned on. Is Apple going to correct this?

I was able to fix this by removing the people I had listed under "Allowed Notifications", even though all instances of Focus and even going to Messages -> Allow Access to Focus was turned off

This bug is persisting after 15.2 iOS update. I have deleted all focus options, except for do not disturb which is in disabled mode, yet my notifications remain silenced