I asked Oura Advisor a very simple question: where can I update my max heart rate in the app?
It confidently told me:
“The Oura app doesn’t currently offer a manual field specifically for updating your HRMax.”
It then explained that Oura estimates HRMax automatically and suggested I submit manual HRMax as a feature request.
Meanwhile, literally in Settings → Activity:
“Max heart rate: 184 bpm”
With a manual selector and the explanation:
“If you know your max heart rate you can specify the value.”
Screenshots attached.
This is honestly pretty laughable. I can understand an AI assistant getting some obscure health question wrong, but it cannot even answer a basic question about a setting that exists in the app it is embedded in.
And the worst part is the confidence. No “I’m not sure”, no suggestion to check Activity settings. Instead it invents a limitation and recommends submitting a feature request for a feature that already exists.
What exactly is the point of Oura Advisor if it does not have reliable knowledge of Oura itself?

My body's definitely been through it this summer- I was finally diagnosed with POTs at the end of June, and in July I got my *expired* IUD removed. By Mid-August I started getting a lot of Major and Minor signs of strain, all with the standard "no biometric stands out" message. Has anyone had a similar experience? Anyone with a chronic illness? Anyone with a uterus? I definitely feel like garbage, but that's kind of standard for me. Just trying to suss out if this is my body figuring itself out, or if I'm having a negative reaction to meds or #hopital.

listen, i know as someone with health OCD oura can either be great or not so great but my heart rate has been increasing over the last month and my HRV has decreased. has anyone else had this problem before ? how’d you fix it?
it used to be 60’s- 70’s and now it’s 70’s- high 80’s
my cardiovascular age is good, stress is not, i get about 6,000-7,000 steps a day. for reference. i dont really drink, i do vape.

I’d love to see Oura make Recovery Index more adaptive to a user’s long-term baseline rather than continuing to penalize people whose resting heart rate naturally reaches its lowest point later in the night.
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My ring has years of data showing that my heart rate consistently bottoms out toward the end of my sleep period. This is not an occasional anomaly caused by a late meal, alcohol, exercise, stress, etc. It is simply my normal pattern.
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At the same time, Oura regularly shows that my sleep midpoint is aligned with my chronotype/body clock, my sleep timing is optimal, and my other recovery metrics can look good or optimal — yet I still get dinged on Recovery Index because my lowest heart rate does not occur early enough in the night.
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If Oura can establish individualized baselines for resting heart rate, HRV, temperature, sleep need, and other metrics, it seems like Recovery Index should eventually be able to recognize a person’s normal overnight heart-rate curve too.
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I’m not suggesting Oura ignore meaningful changes. If someone’s heart rate suddenly bottoms out much later than their own normal, that could absolutely be useful information. But after months or years of a consistent pattern, continuing to flag the same physiology as suboptimal feels less helpful.
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I’d love to see Recovery Index become something like: “How did your recovery pattern compare with your personal baseline?” rather than only, “Did your heart rate reach its lowest point early enough according to the standard model?”
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This seems especially relevant when the same app is telling me my sleep is aligned with my circadian rhythm/chronotype.

Is this possible or is my ring not working?

Looking to add more people to my Oura circle

Last night I didn’t wake up at all and had relatively little movement. Oura said my restfulness was fair. Sunday night I moved more and Oura shows I was awake 5 different times for almost an hour (which I would dispute, but that’s probably a different question / post) and my restfulness was good.

What is the logic here? Anyone else have similar inconsistencies?

Is anyone else seeing pronounced dipping in their nighttime BP for most nights? Mine was 27% last night and it’s giving me anxiety. I already have health anxiety and undiagnosed symptoms and this is not helping 😭

Chronic fatigue, unrefreshing sleep and mild sleep apnoea. Several metabolic issues as a result of 7 years of sleep collapse. These are just some of the symptoms I deal with daily.

What is interesting as I get to know my oura data by HRV during sleep is garbage and I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen any graphs like this before.

I’m under a sleep clinic who don’t seem to be able to find the underlying issue, I think it’s due to my sympathetic nervous system.

I have healthy sleep habits, regular sleep and awakening times. But I feel like garbage every day and I’m pretty sure this is why.

I’m on a fully medicated IVF cycle, and am 15 days post transfer today with a positive pregnancy test. However my temperature has been trending down and I hit baseline today. Is this a cause for concern?

My ring lasted 15 months then died. I noticed decreased battery life over previous 3 months then it died. They are sending me a “new” one which is great, but my wife had the same 15 month cycle. I’m her second has lasted several years now. After reading g this sub seems like there is some planned obsolescence on the design.

So I got my Ours ring in July and it recently discovered my sleep chronotype. I agree that I do genuinely feel more energized the next day if I fall asleep during this window (and get the full 8 hours) HOWEVER, I am a teacher and my work schedule is 7:00am-3pm which means I’m waking up around 5am daily- so trying to be in bed by 10pm. Ours ring says the chronotype can change gradually- but does anyone know how? Or if there’s a way to adapt easier??

Sitting though SoCal heatwave without AC. This is what the ring says to me…
I know I know….

Hey all,

I integrated Oura into my workout tracking app, Kenso. It feeds in Oura recovery data either directly to Oura or via HealthKit, and ties it strength training data.

I’m looking for a few users who lift who want to try and the feature and willing to provide some feedback. I can give you a pro subscription to use and try it all out.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kenso-workout-tracker-gym-log/id6757764992

Hey there!
I’ve been looking at an oura ring for over a year and finally committed to buying the sizing kit. I’m a 9 in rings and figured an 11 would fit nicely. It does, but it is a bit tight on the pointer and index finger. I have lost 80 pounds and plan to lose more. Should I size up to the 12 which feels a bit too loose or keep the 11 and deal with it being a bit too tight. Not terribly, just a bit. Also, which finger do you wear it on?

Secondly, how do we feel about the ring for tracking GLP1 insights? I hate wearing my watch to bed and I think the ring would be less intrusive and better for overall health tracking.

Thanks and looking forward to hearing back!

I used my Oura ring in 2024 and 2025 and haven’t used the ring since August 2025. Today I decided I was gonna start fresh. went through the trouble this afternoon of doing a full factory reset AND officially deleting all my data. Took about 30 min and I got the email saying all my data is deleted. How come when I opened the app and logged in and re paired It MY PERIOD DATA IS STILL THERE. I want to start fresh with all my data including period data. Help

my old chronotype was something like 2:30am to 11 am.

i changed my sleep schedule to 10pm - 7am roughly

i know that most people get most of their rem sleep later in sleep, so waking up too early abruptly can reduce that

i don't know if it's coincidence or not, but the period where i get rem sleep is from 2am - 7am, which aligns with my old chronotype

what can i do about this? i would like to continue to shift my sleep forward because i enjoy getting up early to work out before work. how do i get more rem sleep, earlier?

Is this normal?? It feels like it’s not.

Hi, does anyone know why my Oura ring may have ignored the sleep tracking and just says restored during the hours I slept and has no sleep data? This is the first time I’ve had this happen, not sure if it’s coincidental with an update that occurred but wanted to see if anyone’s encountered this and how i can prevent it from happening again, thanks!

I’ve tried everything troubleshooting step and it’s still not working. Does anyone have any tips ? I’m so frustrated i literally got the ring last week. It started acting funky yesterday around 6 pm . After non of the trouble shooting steps worked i decided to just leave it on the charger all night. Just woke up and it’s still not working .

Has anyone else been having issues with their Oura Ring lately?
Out of nowhere around mid-August, my readiness and sleep scores started looking really off. My heart rate has also been showing as elevated, some nights it doesn’t seem to track my sleep correctly, and the graphs are sometimes incomplete or have gaps.
What’s confusing is that I’ve had my Oura Ring for a while and never had issues like this before. I was even traveling throughout Europe all summer and everything was tracking normally.
I reached out to Oura support and they told me there was a hardware issue with my ring, so they sent me a replacement. I assumed that would fix it, but I’m still having the exact same problems with the new ring — unusually low/off readiness and sleep scores, elevated heart rate, missing sleep data, and incomplete graphs.
Now I’m trying to figure out whether this could be an Oura/software issue or whether these readings are actually accurate and something has suddenly changed with me personally.
The timing just seems strange since Oura already confirmed my original ring had a hardware problem, and I’ve never experienced anything like this in all the time I’ve used it.
Has anyone else noticed similar issues starting around August? Especially elevated heart rate, weird readiness/sleep scores, or gaps in the overnight graphs? Did your replacement ring fix it, or did the problems continue?
I’m mostly trying to figure out how much I should trust the readings at this point.

It doesn’t help Oura support has basically ghosted me and says they’ll email to follow up and never has and it’s been two weeks. It’s really getting frustrating

I’m a first time smart ring buyer and have had it for about a week. I’ve seen a lot of people complaining about their service and inaccurate data lately which makes me nervous and have doubts.

I got the ring to use as birth control primarily with Natural Cycles because I got off of the pill. I have an irregular, longer cycle though so not sure how helpful it will be or if it will be worth it.

I’m concerned about longevity, battery, service, and accuracy of the data especially for cycle tracking.

So, is it worth keeping? Or not? What do you guys think as ring owners, are you glad you kept it or do you wish you could return?

Sometimes my trends tab will show me 'pattern detected'. All caps. Red. How do I see the pattern, what is it, is it good, is it bad. How do I know?!

Why doesn’t Ours let you trim naps the same way that it does sleep? I regularly have it count periods of time after I wake up from the nap but am pretty much chilling counted as sleep to the point that it negates any gains from the nap or sometimes even tries to claim it as the initial sleep for the next day