Same situation on my flight last week from LAX to ORD. The 2D seat (my preferred seat) failed to recline and the FA has to manually maneuver. After two times I just stopped. I like eating In The upright position so he had to adjust me back up. Prior to this I had to literally roll out of the seat which was reclined with leg rest up before being able to go to the restroom.
I wrote a comment in Alaska listens and gave the worst rating for the services (but excellent for the people). No response, I suspect Alaska “listens” but didn’t communicate with me that they received.
This is a huge reason why I don’t prefer window seats. If my seat would have been reclined the FA would have been awkwardly positioned to manually recline my seat and I would not have been quite as elegant In Rolling out of my seat to go to bathroom.