Samsung has good and bad news about One UI 9’s disappearing status bar icons

TL;DR Some Galaxy users are reporting strange status bar behavior after updating to One UI 9, with QuickStar controls affecting the wrong icons. Samsung has acknowledged the bug and confirmed that a fix is planned, but changes to the underlying platform software mean there’s no timeline yet. A separate issue causing status bar icons to disappear has a simpler explanation, with Samsung recommending a shorter date format.