Lo and behold. Wahoo emailed me an update on this issue and they claim to have fixed it. I have not verified this, but was not expecting them to follow up.
Email below:
This note is a follow-up to your support request. We want our customers to be happy with our products and support. We appreciate your patience while this issue was remedied. The ELEMNT / ELEMNT BOLT / ELEMNT ROAM firmware version 13127 was released to fix the issue you were experiencing.
For ELEMNT, reference this link for release details and update instructions: https://support.wahoofitness.com/hc/en-us/articles/217285397
For ELEMNT BOLT, reference this link for release details and update instructions: https://wahoofitness.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000410550
For ELEMNT ROAM, reference this link for release details and update instructions: https://support.wahoofitness.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005939120
Daniel
Customer Support Liaison
Wahoo Fitness
www.wahoofitness.com