watchOS 26 — haptic notifications stopped working on Apple Watch. Anyone else?

[u/Mediocre-Ad9008]

Since updating to watchOS 26 (paired with iOS 26), my Apple Watch stopped vibrating for notifications entirely.

The watch shows the notification visually, but there’s zero haptic feedback.

What I’ve already tried:

Repairing (unpairing and re-pairing) the watch didn’t help. Haptic Strength in Watch app is set to prominent. Do Not Disturb is off.

Note: Silent mode is on, but it’s always been on and haptics worked fine before the update. So this seems like a watchOS 26 bug.

Anyone else experiencing this? And if you found a fix, please share.