awake not observing the powertoys setting of keep awake indefinitely

[minoseah629]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.85.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Awake

Steps to reproduce

PowerToysReport_2024-10-24-14-11-09.zip
enable awake
select keep awake indefinitely
enable keep screen on

✔️ Expected Behavior

screen should not sleep

❌ Actual Behavior

screen sleeps

Other Software

No response

[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• Keep awake indefinetly not work #34487 , similarity score: 89%
• Broken Awake feature #35054 , similarity score: 86%
• Awake prevents PC from going to sleep from lock screen #27178 , similarity score: 86%
• awake not working #29167 , similarity score: 86%
• "Keep awake indefinitely" does not keep awake #25771 , similarity score: 86%
• Awake not keeping PC awake #32005 , similarity score: 85%
• Awake keeps PC awake after being disabled #16751 , similarity score: 85%
• Powertoys Awake keeps my laptop awake even if it is set to off #19542 , similarity score: 83%
• On Battery Power, Awake does not work. #15109 , similarity score: 83%
• Awake isn't staying awake #19408 , similarity score: 82%
• Awake tool does not work properly #18214 , similarity score: 82%
• 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]

When you put Awake in this state, can you share the output of powercfg /requests?

[minoseah629]

hello @dend,

I am currently on 0.86.0 and it's no longer an issue.

But here is the output of your request:

DISPLAY:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\xxx.xxx\AppData\Local\PowerToys\PowerToys.Awake.exe

SYSTEM:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\xxx.xxx\AppData\Local\PowerToys\PowerToys.Awake.exe

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

[dend]

Thanks @minoseah629 - looks like Awake is working correctly then. Do keep me posted if this issue resurfaces. I will close the current item for now.

[minoseah629]

hello,
this appears to be happening again.

the thing that changed was my machine updated to:
2024-11 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5046732)

PowerToysReport_2024-11-24-11-21-43.zip

powercfg /requests output:
DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
None.

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

[dend]

@minoseah629 is this the output while Awake is running?

[minoseah629]

i believe it was running when i did it earlier. but double checking

@minoseah629 is this the output while Awake is running?

[minoseah629]

i turned awake off and on again and got:

DISPLAY:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\WindowsApps\MSTeams_24295.605.3225.8804_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ms-teams.exe
Screen lock block

SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio(SST) (INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0287&SUBSYS_17AA2304&REV_1000\5&6b28272&0&0001)
An audio stream is currently in use.
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\WindowsApps\MSTeams_24295.605.3225.8804_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ms-teams.exe
Suspend block

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

[dend]

Looking at the screens above, doesn't seem like Awake is working at all - it's not listed as a process. I wonder if it crashed. Can you please provide your logs in this issue?

[minoseah629]

PowerToysReport_2024-12-04-16-58-02.zip

unsure when this the value changed, but looks like a good state again.

DISPLAY:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\xxx.xxx\AppData\Local\PowerToys\PowerToys.Awake.exe

SYSTEM:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\xxx.xxx\AppData\Local\PowerToys\PowerToys.Awake.exe

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

[minoseah629]

something changed it back to not normal.

PowerToysReport_2024-12-10-11-45-36.zip

DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
None.

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\xxx.xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\wfmhijip.ux3\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service\BackgroundDownload.exe
Visual Studio Installer

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

[dend]

@minoseah629 and that is while Awake seems to be running in PowerToys settings?

[minoseah629]

@minoseah629 and that is while Awake seems to be running in PowerToys settings?

Correct. That's how I got the zip file to be created from report bug.