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Ever since the update a few weeks ago with the new fonts and stuff, when I try to look at the map it just flashes randomly making it very difficult to zoom in or move around or see anything. This only happens in the Maps page, not the Record page. I never had an issue before this. UPDATE FROM STRAVA: Thanks for posting about this and sorry for the trouble. Our Team is aware of these issues and is currently investigating. We don’t currently have an estimated time of resolution and we ask for your patience while we look into this.

My old activities from garmin didn't sync to Strava when i connected garmin but new activities get synced to Strava

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Happy New Year, All.  As far back as 12/21/25, I identified all of my recent outdoor rides (with a power meter) are reporting in Strava (app & web) as 146w--identical on all of them.  My wahoo computer/Xert/TrainingPeaks/Wahoo app, etc. all report the same figures as the wahoo computer.Does anyone else have this issue? Does anyone know how to resolve it?Thanks!

In the last few weeks all my group activities do not display the With other riders. It just suddenly disappeared. Yesterday I rode with 12 riders, and most of them are on Strava and I follow/they follow.  but none of them show. I have deep dived into my settings and cannot see what the issue is. most frustrating.Also, I used to get AI generated ride summaries , and in recent months they also disappeared.

After uploading rides from Zwift strava does not seem to recognize that as an activity. It shows up as a 0 on my relative effort as well as in overall fitness. Does anybody know why this could be happening? well as the 

HelloWhy is my Year in Sport Cycling 500+ Miles Lower than my Statistics Total?I’ve done the login off and back on and refreshing but still the same.Is there anything I can do to change?Thanks and Happy New Year to you all!Caroline 

I know this topic has been discussed before but why on earth you won’t allow your own links?! I am trying to publish a post on Strava Tax in the club that I run, sharing your own article. Your system even removes that! You can easily add a link safety check and not blindly block all links, including your own. Clearly, a strava.com URL should be safe. Here is the link I am talking about: https://stories.strava.com/articles/explaining-the-strava-tax

Usually when running I use my watch and it works without fault but today i did a 5km run using my watch, it didnt register on the app tho. Now I lost progress with my back to base challenge. Anybody know how to help

Every time I reply to a discussion with an image, I get a message stating a moderator must approve. My replies never get approved. Anyone else have this same issue? I'm simply posting screenshots of the Strava app to share information and help others.

can i request a refund for a mistaken subscription charge on my account. I accidentally subscribed to a one-year plan, and the payment was auto-deducted without my notice. Unfortunately, I used my school allowance for this transaction, and I am currently in urgent need of the funds!!!!

Hi,I just noticed that the Global Heatmap for my area suddenly has lost most of it's color.  It seems as it Strava is now filtering the Global Heatmap more aggressively and areas where previously I could see many routes there are now very few.  I use Strava for planning gravel rides in my area where the maps are not reliable, but without heatmaps I can't tell whether the roads are passable or not.I hope that Strava will dial back the filtering so that roads with fewer rides will also be visible, or provide controls for users to decide how much filtering to apply.-Donald

In many groups, I came to notice some posts that seem to be AI generated from new user accounts. They look inofensive, but I don’t get the point of them and there seem to be no category to report them. They’re not spam, not dangerous, not harassment, not hateful, not misleading, selling nothing, etc.. Since they have no activities (or sometimes a tiny one), they’re not building social capital, selling coaching, farming kudos. So I wonder if bots aren’t slowly infiltrating the system and stay quiet for a while or testing behaviour of Strava users?Example of post:“””Where the road leads, good company follows 🚴‍♀️I’ve always loved cycling not just for the views or the movement, but for the people it brings along the way.Good rides, good conversations, shared effort… that’s my kind of connection.If you enjoy being on two wheels, we’ll probably get along just fine.“”” 

Whenever I go to the Map section, I can’t look for Gravel rides, even though it says I should be able toI can create one myself, but can only see either road ride, ou mountain bikes rides.Anyone facing the same issue? I have the full subscription. Thanks for your help! 

Hello,I have been updating my activities (changing the activity type from “Ride” to “Mountain Bike Ride”), but when I click Save, Strava does not update the activity.  I would estimate that this happens in 1/3 of the updates.After I change an activity I have to verify that the change was made.  Sometimes I have to edit an activity multiple times for the change to be saved.I have been having this issue for a long time (a year or more) so it is not related to the recent AWS outage.This issue occurs on both the app and web. Has anyone else had this problem?  Has anyone reported it to Strava?  Am I doing something wrong?

Presently, rowing with EXR is force to 'virtual rowing', while rowing with ErgData is going under 'rowing' without option to change it to virtual rowing (not selectable). So my rowing, on the same machine, is under to different type of activity. It's a bit annoying. Can I suggest to force ErgData activity to be set to virtual rowing automatically, since it is virtual anyway. Thx.

Hi everyone- my wife and I both use the Strava app rather than a watch to record our walks, and both have the identical up to date versions of Strava app on our iPhones (she has 14 and I have an iPhone SE.) She is unable to see steps when she records a walk- sees distance, time, elevation but not steps, whereas I have steps.i have consulted all the online support articles, followed all the steps regarding linking Strava  to the Health app in iPhone for steps, but none of this seems to make any difference, the issue still prevails.Strava support has suggested I need to add a sensor when I record a walk, but none come up when I try to do that.Has anyone encountered a similar issue and/or can suggest steps required to resolve this, as I’ve tried everything and so far, no joy at all?Thanks and regards Chris

When viewing the Gravel Heatmap, you also see a lot of normal paved roads highlighted. This could be prevented if you could exclude the roads that are also used a lot by a roadbike heatmap. A lot of times it is very difficult to know what the nice gravel roads are in an area because a lot of ‘gravel’ rides are probably also winter rides on asphalt.

Hello, until recently it was possible to show (personal and/or global) heatmaps in the "Maps" and "Record" Mode in the Android App by selecting them in the layer-filter. This selection is still possible, but: although selected, the heatmaps are just not shown in the map! It's broken just for me? Or is that a new bug? Is there any way else to see heatmaps in the Android App apart from viewing a finished activity? (Whichs trace obstructs the heatmap...🙄)Thanks!

I don't have a sports year and I'm a subscriber. I've tried everything: updating the app, deleting and redownloading it, logging out and back in... What else can I do?

The upcoming 2026 “January Walk 100k Steps Challenge” appears to have replaced the old monthly “Walk 50 km Challenge”. If I understand correctly, the new walk challenge will be based on steps rather than being based on distance. I would assume that means anyone who uses a GPS device without step measuring capability will no longer have a monthly walk challenge.  

I recently subscribed to Strava, but I noticed that I don’t have access to the new share style, which I understand is available only for subscription accounts. Could you please let me know how I can enable or use this feature?  

When I view an activity, mine or someone else’s, the map isn’t visible and instead a message is displayed, “Error occured in map rendering engine.”When I see activities in the feed or on my profile, the summary/overview maps do show.I’ve tried the following without success:logging in and out clearing cookies clearing cache using a different browser. Problem is happening in Chrome, Chrome (incognito), Firefox.Using a Windows 11 machine, web browser.

I have a paid student subscription running to April 2026.  When I log in, it is showing me as unsubscribed, so can’t access the paid features. I have tried creating strata support tickets, but they keep getting closed as Solved almost instantly.  There appears to be no other way to contact Strava so I am stuck.Any ideas how I can get someone at Strava to investigate?

Hi, I was going through my challenges and I misread “redeem” and accidentally left the ride 200k challenge for December. I can’t rejoin as the period is over and I have now lost my trophy for this. Is there any way to get this back? Cycling is my main sport and I’ve been trying so hard to keep up the ride 200k a month streak and now i’ve ruined it with my fat fingers and a phone.