Actually it’s not their post that is contributing nothing, it’s a great example of how visually annoying a coffee stop user is when you’re riding solo, particularly those little surges back and forth their avatar makes.
Not just coffee breaks, watch when you overtake someone on ADZ who is in a workout mode, you’ll see their avatar move forward in a very jittery way until you get about 1-2 seconds clear of them.
I suspect something in Zwift is trying to match them to your pace, except if you are going massively quicker.
Massivly quicker going up the Alpe?
You must have me confused with someone else. . .
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Lots of reports on the Cycle Nation Endurance Rides this weekend of people being able to take their first coffee break, but the icon then being greyed out for the rest of the 3 hour ride.
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I’m not entirely sure it’s ever been fixed.
I don’t see many folks complain about it on our rides, but our group of leaders, and myself, have noticed the coffee break still being about as broken as it has been since release in terms of when it’s available.
I wish I had a theory about it, but I don’t, because it’s that inconsistent. Of course it’s only the times I want to use it that it doesn’t work lol.
Perhaps from a code perspective, ZHQ needs to dump what they have, allow coffee break off the bat, and once used, set a 20 minute timer.
Which for anyone that codes… could literally do in <60 seconds.
Whatever system they have in place… doesn’t seem to work (consistently).
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Still a problem as far as I can tell. Some people on group rides get coffee breaks, some don’t.
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I understand it’s by design that coffee break is not supported during a workout. However, after a workout ended (workout was 3+ hrs long), coffee break only has 30 seconds now. It used to be the full 3 minutes before the latest update. Is this by design or a bug was introduced in the latest update?
It’s probably something unexpected that happened when they released the last round of coffee stop updates: Coffee Stop Bug Fixes and Refinements [February 2026]
You should report it to support
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You get the 30 seconds in the first 5 minutes after switching activities then the full 3 minutes coffee after 5 minutes.
I submitted a report and will see what their respond is. It wasn’t working this way before. I would be finishing one workout. Get a coffee break for 3 minutes while I clean up a bit but stay with the group. And then I can start another workout. After the latest update, it doesn’t work that way anymore. I didn’t change any world.
Correct. The Coffee Break functionality changed recently. You changed activities (from workout to free ride), so you only get a 30 second break during the first 5 minutes. After 5 minutes you get the 3 minute break. So you’d need to ride with the group for 5 minutes after your workout before doing your wash up.
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Maybe coffee breaks should be allowed during workouts / ERG mode, surely those folks slogging up a big long mountain should be able to take a coffee stop?
Do runners get the function, cannot remember seeing them use it? If so, maybe it needs to be available to them as well.
Why? If you can’t complete a workout you’ve picked without a break then pick an easier workout.
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I’m pretty sure that is sarcasm on his part.
Nope, runners are pre-caffeinated, we don’t have to stop for coffee 
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As Sheldon would say “I’m immune to your sarcasm” so you’re probably correct.
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I was thinking about the 60 minute riders choice “workout” which gives people a flat road “without fear of hills and descents”.
Maybe a feature improvement, if you buy the new Zwift branded coffee machine you get longer coffee breaks? 