iOS failing to run shortcuts until Shortcuts app is restarted

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I have 2 home screen shortcuts that are just a “Choose from Menu” which then runs an app (in one case) or runs a Drafts action (in the other). I also have a Shortcuts widget in my Today view that runs a handful of shortcuts. All of these suffer from the problem that sometimes they don’t work–in the case of the home screen shortcuts, I see the icon appear in the Dynamic Island and then…nothing. The cure is to open the Shortcuts app and then kill it. Then it works for a while. This has been the case for a while now…going back at least one phone and iOS version (currently iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 18).

Anyone else seeing this? Anyone have an idea what’s going on and/or a fix?

Thanks!

Dan

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When it happens, can you try running them from the Shortcuts app? My guess is that any shortcut with user interaction (choose from menu, quick look, show result, etc) wouldn’t work.

I had a similar experience before. I’m not 100% sure but it was caused by a shortcut on Quick Look or Show Result that failed to display a large amount of data. After that happened, user interaction actions stopped working.

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