Check that what ever app you are using to record has permissions to use the mic. Maybe you denied it permissions and set it to remember that choice and so now it doesn't check and tell you it cannot use the mic.
Have you checked for any unknown apps that might have been installed from other apps like a game or something? You say it only happens at night, maybe something like a crypto minor app that is using the idle time. What does battery management say? It...
Have not experienced this on my S25 Ultra. Do you maybe have Goodlock quick star installed that could be hiding it? As far as I know there is no direct way to hide that without using something like quick star. Unless it's a glitch somehow after the u...