The "BadgeOS Community Add-on" integrates BadgeOS features into BuddyPress and bbPress. Site members complete achievements and earn badges based on a range of community activity and triggers. This add-on to BadgeOS also includes the ability to display badges and achievements on user profiles and activity feeds.
This is a case by case issue, but reporting nonetheless from the WordPress.org forum.
they're being triggered enough to add to the activity log, but the actual unlocking never occurs unless manually given.