Elementary Shortcuts Question

Shortcuts
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My DuckDuckGo-ing didn’t yield any answers, so I wonder if anyone here might be able to help.

I have a Lock Screen widget (replacing the Flashlight control) set to a shortcut that uses the Due action to add a Due reminder. I leave the variables blank in the Shortcuts action, so it opens Due to the entry screen, which is exactly what I’d like. In the Shortcut, I have a “Stop Shortcut” action after the Due action.

But after I input the new reminder in Due, the Shortcut remains running in the background (I can see it in the Dynamic Island).

How do I allow the Shortcut to terminate after I have entered the Due reminder? I have tried “Stop Shortcut” and “Stop and Output,” and neither works. It seems like “control” doesn’t go back to Shortcuts once it launches Due.

Any guidance? Thanks!

-Eric

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Try launching this URL from your shortcut:

due:///add

Yes there are three forward slashes in the above URL on purpose.

3

Thanks! I just gave that a whirl, but the shortcut still stays, seemingly “hung,” in the dynamic island after I enter the Due reminder.

4

Strange. If that is the last action in the shortcut, the shortcut should simply complete and end at the point it triggers the launch. That URL doesn’t have a return.

I obviously can’t guarantee a change in behaviour, but maybe try a restart of your device in case something’s just hung up internally. Whenever I get something strange I reboot just to ensure it isn’t something else weird affecting what I’m looking at.

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Did a reboot. Same behavior. Initiate the shortcut, and Due launches to the add reminder window, and a “shortcut in progress” shows up in the Dynamic Island. Enter the reminder, whatever I do (exit Due, etc), “shortcut in progress” indicator remains in the DI. Odd.

-Eric