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FYI, worked once in a row with having phone nearby so the watch kept its bluetooth connection. ;-)

I usually leave my phone in the locker room, so my watch is disconnected from Bluetooth. (I don't have cellular on my watch.) Have you tried with your phone at the pool so the watch never disconnects? I plan to try next time.

Try this.

In your iPhone’s Watch app, go to My Watch > Display & Brightness > Wake on Wrist Raise and turn it “off”.

Check Settings > Passcode > Wrist Detection. This should be “on” and the Apple Watch must remain snugly secured to your wrist. Underlying tattoos could cause issues.

I tried airplane mode, turning off the wifi on my phone, changing settings in the Watch app on my iPhone, and I believe I even tried turning off Bluetooth. Nothing I did resolved it. Just when I would think I "fixed" it, it would happen again. It's so frustrating because it's inconsistent and I don't know what triggers it. And now I see that it doesn't just happen in the water with the water fitness workout mode going. I had it happen once on land, too, not even in a workout mode. One time I was in the pool and moved my left wrist in a different way than usual and it vibrated and showed me that lock screen, so I thought maybe my band was loose. I always make sure my band is on tight because I thought maybe if it was loose at all, it would lose contact briefly and trigger that alert. But that's not it, either.

I can't figure out any reason this comes on my screen. Why would I want to be prompted for it to ask IF I wanted to put in my password, anyway? It's not even saying it's requiring my password -- just a random "hey, wanna re-enter your iCloud password out of the blue for no reason at all, just if you feel like it?" NO. They could probably solve this for everyone if they just removed whatever code they have in there somewhere that even asks this.

I wish someone at Apple would look at this discussion.

I turned it off for my pool session yesterday and today and did not get prompted with anything. The issue was sporadic before, though, so I will see if it happens again, but so far so good. I really hope this is what completely resolves the issue!

Unfortunately, it happened again. I have been turning off the "raise to wake" in the Watch settings each time I've been back to the pool (including today) and everything was fine until today when it prompted me in the middle of my workout. It was always an intermittent problem, so I guess I was just lucky the times I've gone this past week.

Can you think of anything else I could try?

galbsy wrote:

I have been turning off the "raise to wake" in the Watch settings each time I've been back to the pool (including today)

I cannot imagine what action you took to disrupt the Wake on Wrist Raise setting. Do you manually turn it on each time you leave the pool? What happens if you leave it off?

So I keep my watch "on" all the time, so raise to wake doesn't even matter anyway, but I usually do have it set to on. I guess because sometimes I'll manually turn off the screen? Yeah, you can easily toggle it on/off in the settings. I'd turn it off before I went into the pool and turn it back on when I got out (after I unlocked the water lock).

My watch never asks me if I want to verify my iCloud password otherwise. Only sometimes in the water. It doesn't prompt me to put it in, it just asks if I want to verify it and I always click "not now" (after I get out of the pool, when I can). Changing the password has not helped and there's no issue with my password across devices. I keep my watch band tight and it never goes off my wrist to prompt me to put in my passcode... buttons and the screen are disabled because of the water lock. I just can't make any sense of it.

I don’t really understand your response after re-reading it several times. I think you’re saying you turn on Wake on Wrist after leaving the pool.

If so, try keeping it off. When you want to see the screen, tap it or tap the Digital Crown.

Sorry, yes I used the wrong verbage and was very confusing. Sorry about that. I'm including a screenshot of my regular settings -- the ones I always have selected. Before the pool, I tried toggling OFF the "Wake on Wrist Raise." That was what I thought you were suggesting. I then toggle it back on after my pool workout, rather than just always keeping it off.

Toggling it off did not resolve the problem.

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I hope someone has come up with a good solution since this topic started a couple months ago.

Twice in two consecutive days of swimming, I've had the same problem. It seems to be an erratic loop — I will have it occur for awhile, then have some time off (maybe 2 or 3 weeks) before it pops up again.

As with others who've noted the issue, having this demand pop up totally wrecks the ability to stop/end the workout and have an accurate overall time and pace time per 100 yards.

Thanks in advance to anyone who is paying attention and answers!

Isn't it SO annoying?! No, I never got any help with this and continued to experience it throughout the summer. I filed a "bug" through Apple's Feedback page with a bunch of technical details, steps to reproduce, etc. (I used to file bugs at one of my old jobs so I know I included all the right information.) I was hoping for a response but didn't get one.

Do you set your workout to "swim"? Because that would mean the problem isn't just specific to "Water Fitness." Which workout do you use?

I have been experiencing this issue too—both on my Ultra 3 and Ultra 4 running OS 27, which I recently upgraded to. Extremely annoying when I’m trying to keep track of laps and can’t view any workout metrics. I also had this happen last week during an Outdoor Run workout.

Apple please fix this ASAP!

Jumping in here as another victim of this issue. I have an Ultra 2 and also get this sporadically. Extremely annoying today doing a long swim. I use the Swim.com app and was on pace mode (app vibrates every time duration you set). It was continuing to vibrate for my pacing, but this annoying password notification threw me off my lap count and couldn't remember where I was. LOL. At least the app still worked and had tracked everything when I stopped after my interval.

Has anyone tried Airplane mode to see if that prevents it?