iOS 17 Standby - Deleted Widgets Continually Return

On standby, I prefer a clock on the left and weather on the right. If I long-hold to edit the widget stack, and if I delete all other widgets except the ones that I prefer, the standby setup will reflect my preference when I go to bed. However, by the time I wake up (and I've noticed by the middle of the night if I happen to wake up then, too), the deleted widgets have returned. For example, I'll wake up, and I have pictures on the left, instead of a clock.

I never want pictures on the left―never.

This return-of-the-deleted-widgets occurs consistently day or night. I haven't timed it, and the deleted widgets will be gone for a brief time, but they will have returned within a few hours. I'm hoping this situation is a bug, not some type of annoyance by Apple forcing its will on my standby widgets.

Can someone please help me resolve this situation so that my standby widgets are only and always the clock widget on the left and weather information on the right? I want no other widgets in my stack during standby.

Thank you!