Repeats always default to 1 entry

[cmalani]

I am using repeats in a form and have set their appearance to be minimal compact but they still always default to creating an entry. The documentation that I read said that this setting should make it default to 0 entries until the user clicks the add icon. Is there some way to make them always default to 0?

I am currently using the work around of making the repeats relevant to a check box question and that prevents blank entries being submitted, but it isn't ideal.

[DuncanC]

I have no solution beyond workarounds.  I run into it regularly.  They will work fine on the simplest of forms on the initial submission.   But when you change page or change position in a repeat they sometimes jump open.  When opened to edit they seem particularly bad, 0 length repeats will be opened and blank. I put a required field in one recently thinking that would make sure users saw it and deleted it, somehow I ended up with a blank submitted anyway, required was ignored.

I'm following hoping somebody has a good workaround, and upvoting because IMO the answer is they are buggy and ESRI should work on them.