Medications confirmations disappearing

I record my Medications daily on Apple Health right after I take them. It’s part of my morning routine and the iPhone has a notification on screen to remind me to report.

(iPhone 16 Plus - my 4th iPhone).

It always shows the filled dot confirmation. Some days everything is fine. Other days I’ll click the notification that opens the Medications confirmation screen and I’ll find a few or many previous days are now showing as not reported.

someone reported this problem here a while ago but received no replies.

does anyone know why this fault occurs?

Posted on Nov 3, 2026 3:09 PM

1 reply

tillu_code

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Nov 4, 2026 8:09 PM in response to BrianForbesColgate

The filled dots are a summary, and that screen redraws from iCloud. It can drop days even though you logged them. Open the Health app, tap Browse, then Medications, then the actual medication, and scroll its log. Check there before trusting the notification screen. Also check any other iPhone or iPad on the same Apple ID, because an older copy on one of them can overwrite the phone. Logging from the lock screen notification is the flaky path. Open Health and log it there, and wait until the dot stays filled. Avoid editing the medication, the dose, or the reminder time after you've been logging. Changing the schedule rebuilds the history view and past days show as missed. If the days are really gone inside that medication's log, and not just on the popup, it's the sync bug. Leave Health turned on under your Apple ID > iCloud, and send Apple a report from Health. Turning iCloud Health off can remove the data, so don't use that as a fix.