Page Numbering Resets to 1 Midway – How to Fix Numbering and Section Issues in InDesign?

Question

I've been battling with inDesign's Numbering and Section Options. On my document, the page numbering goes 1, 2, 3, 4, then goes back to 1 and starts counting up again. I have no idea what caused this. To give you some background:
I duplicated an InDesign doc I have to use as a template. This template had numbers on each page. I then began making changes to it, such as adding and deleting pages etc. Now, when it comes to sorting out the numbering for the entire document, I keep doing 'Start page numbering at 1', but it doesn't seem to override the numbers lower down the document. The same A-parent is assigned to all of my pages. I screenrecorded what's happening here:

I've had this issue before but have never been able to solve it. I think previously I've done some sort of workaround like pasting the pages on a new document and starting again. Has anyone encountered this or know how to solve it?
 
I've already tried the following:

Deleting and re-adding the page marker symbol from the A-parent.
Automatic page numbering.
Unticked 'Allow document pages to shuffle' and 'Allow selected spread to shuffle'.

James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted Answer

Unless the document is corrupted or something really odd has happened, the only thing that will restart page numbering is a section break. In the Pages pane, look for a tiny down-arrow above any page — that's the start of a new section, which among other things is setting new page numbering details —

There is always a section start on Page 1; don't worry about it. But any others — right-click on that page icon and uncheck "Start New Section." (Or, to start a new numbering scheme, such as going from i-xiv to 1-2-3 numbering, set a new section and define the numbering scheme you want.)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS · Answer

Your video shows you the problem--you have Start Page Numbering at: 1.

If you want to continue the numbering, it should be on Automatic. I don't think you set this properly since it wouldn't be in your video. You can still use the Setion Start with a Section Marker if you want--just keep it on Automatic.

A couple of tips:

If you are printing front and back, you should be using facing pages, not single pages.

Your footer information should be outside the bottom margin, not inside.

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