Animation doesn't seem to be saving>

First of, Hello! I’m new around here…

So I recorded an animation within the unity animation window, and all looks and plays fine.
However when I go back to the project and preview the animation or add it to my controller, nothing happens… It’s just an idle model.
I cannot figure out why. When I go back to the animation window and select play, it plays fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

After a painful hour, I’ve fixed this by deselecting “Apply root motion”. I’ll need to do some more research into what this does, but it’s fixed my problem