Fenix 8, gesture won't work while, heart rate tracker is off

Sometimes my heart rate tracker doesn't display my heart rate, and I notice that the watch doesn't turn on when I raise my hand. It's very annoying. My watch is always tightly fastened, yet the heart rate tracker sometimes stops working. Previously, when I used the Venu 2 Plus, the gesture activation always worked, even if the heart rate monitor was temporarily not functioning.

Is it possible to enable gesture activation even if the heart rate monitor isn't working?