App Limit Bug IOS 26.3.1

Just updated to this version and finding the screentime settings buggy. Only things that work so far:

1. ask for one more minute
2. turn phone off/on again

It’s very inefficient but hopefully this gets debugged soon bc its driving me mad as I dont have the passcode to change settings…

App limit issues are not always the fault of the iOS update!  Many things can cause phone problems.  If you tell people you think it's an iOS update, it might make it harder to fix or find a solution for the real issue.

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michellelopez31 wrote:

Hello. Since updating to IOS 26.2 I have problems with the App Limit feature. It doesn't reset after midnight like it used to before. Also for example I have a Youtube limit of 1 hour. I wake up with all of the apps blocked, even Youtube, even when I didn't open it at all in that day. I'm currently on IOS 26.3.1 and this still happens. Does anyone know when it's going to get fixed? I read that a lot of people have this same problem. If you use an external app to create a limit it happens exactly the same, for example if you try doing the same with Opal, it won't reset at midnight either.

This is not an issue that is linked to an iOS version.