Do Shortcuts automation Travel Triggers actually work?

I have been trying to get the new personal automation Shortcuts feature for travel related triggers to work, on both my iOS 13 beta 11 Pro Max, as well as an XS Max, non-beta. Neither seems to actually do anything, despite setting things up in a way which looks like it should work.


I set a series of triggers based upon leaving work, arriving at home, leaving or arriving various other locations, all with an action of sending an iMessage as a test. Not a single one of them fired off, despite them being listed in Shortcuts Automation, and everything else releavant being active. Network is working, location services work, iMessage works, etc.


I was not sure if there was an interaction with the new privacy settings whereby apps are only allowed to ask for permission to access a location, once, whilst using the app, never, etc..it was not clear how Shortcuts Travel triggers respected that, or, was exempted from it.


Does anyone have these location based automations actually working?

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