Auto skip many waypoints by itself while I was on route. [5.2.0 - 474]

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@M.-Schrijver send me a link to that route and if you want me to I'll have a look at it

[M. Schrijver]

The same as on the first page:
https://www.myrouteapp.com/nl/social/route/14017569?mode=share

[M. Schrijver]

Approx. at point 1 i lost my cell coverage.
At point 2 I heard and saw the auto skipping to point 56

This was in the town center of Uelsen

[Ronnie Moore]

Jumping waypoints has been an issue for me for a while. I've had the issue with it skipping waypoints over several versions since the rewrite.

I have skipping waypoints and rerouting turned off.

I've noticed it when I'm doing a loop and an early waypoint and a later waypoint are nearby ~20 miles. It will jump to that point and not give any warning until it starts trying route me to the later point. I hadn't noticed the status of cell coverage but most areas I ride have poor coverage.

I made a forum post a while back and didn't get much response so thought it might be specific to my setup.

https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/10753/app-skips-waypoints-even-thought-skipping-waypoints-is-turned-off?_=1788917858054

[ErikMatthezing]

@M.-Schrijver My suspicion is that at that moment, point 56 was closer than point 42 and the app wanted to go there. What I always try to do myself is place a point after the turn at every change of street/direction. If I see that there are no points on a long stretch, I add a few (after a fork or turn). Then, if something happens, I can skip the points more easily, or, as in your case, prevent the app from wanting to go to a closer point. Personally, I have automatic point skipping turned off (so this doesn't happen) and recalculate enabled.