Awake - Keep Awake Indefinitely without Keep Screen On used to turn off screen whenever the pc is not in use

[JunDyTan]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.83.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Awake

Steps to reproduce

Turn on Awake
click on the coffee cup icon on the systray, click on Keep Awake Indefinitely (without clicking Keep Screen On option)

✔️ Expected Behavior

The screen of the PC darkens after some time that it is not in use, without turning off the PC

❌ Actual Behavior

The screen just stays on indefinitely

Other Software

No response

[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• Awake keeps PC awake after being disabled #16751 , similarity score: 88%
• Awake doesn't work  #27575 , similarity score: 86%
• Awake is always on  #30379 , similarity score: 85%
• "Keep awake indefinitely" does not keep awake #25771 , similarity score: 85%
• Awake not keeping PC awake #32005 , similarity score: 85%
• keep awake doesn't work on my windows 10 PC #31947 , similarity score: 85%
• Awake settings are ignored when PC is woken from sleep #32544 , similarity score: 82%

If any of the above are duplicates, please consider closing this issue out and adding additional context in the original issue.

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[dend]

@JunDyTan can you please run powercfg /requests when you put Awake in indefinite mode and show here what the output is? Want to double check whether it's Awake that holds your screen.

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