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Storage Studio's watchdog re-checks its own background parts every few minutes. Repaired means it found something stopped and fixed it — no action needed. Items need attention means it found something it couldn't fix by itself.

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Look at the rows above it in Settings → Services: any marked Stopped or Sleeping explain what's wrong and, where possible, offer a one-click fix such as Restart now.

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Troubleshooting & messages · Background service, pauses and self-healing

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What does "items need attention" mean under Self-healing?

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Short answer: The watchdog found something it couldn't repair by itself. Check the rows in Settings → Services marked Stopped or Sleeping — each explains the problem and offers a fix where possible.

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Storage Studio's watchdog re-checks its own background parts every few minutes. Repaired means it found something stopped and fixed it — no action needed. Items need attention means it found something it couldn't fix by itself.

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Look at the rows above it in Settings → Services: any marked Stopped or Sleeping explain what's wrong and, where possible, offer a one-click fix such as Restart now.

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