swipe up not working

I have this same problem after a recent update. Soft or hard reset will bring the ability to swipe up back, but being unable to silence my watch in a meeting was a little embarrassing until I found this solution elsewhere as many people are reporting it in June 2022. I am running watchOS 8.6 on a M00D3LL/A.

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Restart your Apple Watch

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