Downloaded the .fit and that imported correctly into Intervals
I checked the gpx file that didn’t work for me and it was same situation. 1kb file with basically nothing in it.
I just poked around in garmin connect a bit and it looks like the trainer road workouts I’ve done recently result in gpx files that have no data, but the real world rides I’ve done produce gpx files with data.
Not sure if everyone who is having problems is having them with TR workouts like me?
If you try the ‘Export Original’ from Garmin that will download a .zip file. Unzip that and you’ll have the .fit export that works in Intervals
Thanks, I did it that way too. Just now trying to help David figure out what could be messing with the auto sync of files. I don’t really love the idea of having to export unzip and upload every workout 
It seems that this might be an intentional change by Garmin. My activities are working because they are recorded on a Garmin device and uploaded using the Garmin Connect app. I had a look at @Theo_Bromine’s data and his missing activities are from Zwift and @Justin_Hopkins has missing rides from Trainer Road.
I found this on a Garmin developer support forum:
Fri, 04/02/2021 - 10:48 “Activity File 3rd party upload file update” - Disappointed
We and the users are really disappointed about this change. Please consider to reenable the sync of third party activities again.
I also found this: Data from My Garmin Connect Account Is No Longer Syncing over to My Third-Party App | Garmin Support
NOTE: Garmin Connect will not forward data that has been received from one third-party fitness website on to another third-party website that is also linked to your Garmin Connect account. This aligns with the policies of other third-party services and helps to prevent duplicate data from occurring across accounts.
I am going to investigate other ways of getting activities maybe via DropBox. But this is a real pain.
Super big pain, sorry David!
So I could use Strava to have the TR info sent to intervals? Will that result in duplicate info when I ride outside and my garmin head unit records and distributes to garmin who then distributes to intervals and strava who sends another to intervals?
That got weird at the end, hope it makes sense what I’m asking!
Also, fit files are not as good as gpx files?
Yes you can use Strava as well as Garmin. Intervals.icu favours activities from Garmin and deletes duplicates from Strava.
I think .fit files are the best, thats what the device records so everything is in there.
Thanks David
Danm, mine are also from TR. I’m guessing the costs are huge if you want to become a partner to third-party sites?
I think its a Garmin policy thing, I am not aware of any thing I could spend money on to get the files.
TrainerRoad supports Dropbox upload so you will be able to use that as soon as I get Dropbox done in Intervals.icu. And that is top of the todo list and its a long weekend so with any luck …
Since I am so uneducated with tech… if strava is already a solution why would you be trying to sort dropbox connection? Just so folks don’t have to deal with strava account, or is there something more I’m missing? After this question I promise I’ll stop wasting your time and energy 
I use a Wahoo, I auto upload to Training Peaks, in training peaks I export the file, go to gamin connect web page and upload the :fit file, but after that don´t get the file in intervals.icu 
Ask as many questions as you like!
Strava API access comes with all sorts of conditions e.g. I cannot allow access to data that came from Strava via the Intervals.icu API. Also they can revoke access at any time and I have to delete all data from Strava. They have also stopped granting rate limit increases which effectively caps the number of Strava users Intervals.icu can have.
Also there is info in the .fit files that is not provided by Strava via their API (e.g. L/R balance, HRV etc.). Also some people might not want their power and HR data on Strava.
And yes a lot of people don’t want to have to use Strava to use Intervals.icu.
In my opinion it is to start uploading from Dropbox, and stop being dependent on everyone else, because honestly everyone together is worth nothing, it’s just shit, only profits come forward, it’s sending everything and everyone the shit
As in, connect Intervals directly to TR instead of TR → Garmin → Intervals, so it’s just TR → Intervals, I’m guessing you’d have to work with TR to achieve that?
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Yes I would need to chat to them. I am going to do Dropbox asap because that will work right away and also help Wahoo users.
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Appreciate the response David. Strava is heinous fuckery. I will eagerly await any integration you can pull off with dropbox, and thanks for all of the hard work. I have only been using intervals for a month maybe and still getting an understanding of it but it is a very nice tool and I am grateful for your efforts at creating and supporting it!
It’s a weird one. To be honest I was surprised my Zwift rides were coming in via garmin to start with. In final surge I’m connected to both garmin and Strava as rides go from Zwift to both Strava and garmin but only the Strava ones makes it through to final surge. It looks like garmin have applied the same 3rd party push block here now as well.
Thank you! It worked!
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