Sleep focus mode doesn’t turn off with Sleep/wake alarm iOS 17

I had answered in this thread quite a while ago. My sleep focus would not turn off either, that is until I deleted it altogether. When I added it back in, that is when I realized that my sleep schedule was now entered through my health app. I have never used the alarm through the sleep focus but have always used the alarm on through my clock app. Maybe that’s the difference since everyone is still having the issue?

Did you try deleting Sleep Focus altogether? I did and then I reentered, when I did, my sleep schedule was entered through the health app. I don’t use the alarm through Sleep Focus, only through the clock.

I’ve noticed three seemingly related issues.

SLEEP FOCUS no longer works, in that it fails to turn off even though a schedule is enabled or the alarm is set. The only solution appears to be to delete the feature altogether.

DO NOT DISTURB does not work with certain features. For instance, my watch suggests it’s time to stand at 2AM every night even though DND is activated.

SLEEP SCHEDULE no longer works with certain features. In combination with DND it should suppress alerts but it does not. The only part that still works is the notice that bedtime is approaching.

I suspect that the schedules for sleep and for do not disturb are interfering with each other or are being used inconsistently by other apps.

You can still use the clock app from what I can gather. I’ve been scheduling my alarm through the health app since 2020 so I don’t think that is it.

Sleep focus would shut off after the I stopped the alarm but turned back on automatically after a few minutes… I’d manually turn it off. Super annoying but then it started turning on after I manually turned it off and I deleted the focus and schedule do not disturb for the same hours as my alarm.

The other thing I have noticed is my alarm went from a low volume to gradually increasing and now it blares which I hate so much, I may just buy an alarm.

Yep - nope didn’t work. What happened was after all that I put my phone down and it went immediately into sleep focus which I then had to manually turn off. I deleted the sleep focus in settings a second time after that and never bothered to set it back up so we will see what happens tonight.

Same issue started for me when I upgraded from Apple Watch SE to Series 9 (WatchOS 10.4). The sleep focus initially turns off when dismissing the alarm, but turns back on shortly after. Very annoying, especially with the watch...

I am trying to fix this by using the shortcuts feature for an automation. I will report back if it works but what I have done is;

In Shortcuts select "automation" at the bottom of the screen

Press the + sign

under "personal automation" choose "Alarm"

Choose the settings you wish. I did When Is Stopped, Alarms Wake-Up, run immediately.

Hit Next

Add "new blank automation"

Add action

Type in "Set Focus"

Select "Do Not Disturb" and change it to "sleep"

ensure it says "off" after

Hit Done

It should now say "When my Wake-up alarm is stopped Set Focus"

Yep. Updated my iPhone 13 pro max last week but the issue started today with sleep mode not turning off. I had to manually turn it “on” even though it was on and then turn it off again for it officially turn off. Turning it off in settings until this is fixed.

This morning this popped up on my iPhone, so I’m guessing I’ll need to take it in to an Apple Store. So frustrating.

Yes I have the same problem. Very frustrating, as now it is so unreliable I will just have to turn my phone off at night, and not use the alarm.

Same issue here. iPhone 15 on iOS 17.2.1 and Apple Watch 7 on WatchOS 10.2. I keep missing alerts in the morning because sleep mode is still on after my sleep schedule ends/alarm goes off.

I updated both my phone and watch to the latest software and that solved the issue.

try updating to the latest on your watch.

10.2 is the latest available for

me on my watch which it’s already been on since it was released. 7.2.1 for my phone also.

I have the same issue, 14 pro max latest iOS and watch ultra 2. It was working fine until I upgraded to iOS 17 as I was forced in order to install my new watch. Now I have this same “annoying” issue!