Win11 Folding Client preventing Monitor sleep at lock screen since 22H2 update

[VxJasonxV]

Hey folks,

Anyone else running Windows 11, or possibly Windows 10 fully upgraded to 22H2? In the last week or so my screen no longer blanks on the Windows Lock Screen so my monitors no longer go to sleep. Suffice to say, I run Folding "On Idle".

When running powercfg with a typical running state of apps before locking my computer and walking away, the only thing listed is FAH:

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PS> powercfg -requests
DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Legacy Kernel Caller
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient\FAHClient.exe

AWAYMODE:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient\FAHClient.exe

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

I don't think this is a FAH bug, I'm still running 7.6.21 as I have been for months. However, I do think it is an updated Windows power management behavior bug that FAH is catalyzing.

I'm not even sure that Folding is starting on the lock screen because I shut off my PC last time in frustration, but tonight I'll lock the screen, turn off the monitors, and check the log tomorrow.

[VxJasonxV]

I am correct that Folding isn't even starting;

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*********************** Log Started 2022-10-20T02:49:54Z ***********************
02:49:54:******************************* libFAH ********************************
02:49:54:           Date: Oct 20 2020
02:49:54:           Time: 13:36:55
02:49:54:       Revision: 5ca109d295a6245e2a2f590b3d0085ad5e567aeb
02:49:54:         Branch: master
02:49:54:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
02:49:54:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
02:49:54:       Platform: win32 10
02:49:54:           Bits: 32
02:49:54:           Mode: Release
02:49:54:****************************** FAHClient ******************************
02:49:54:        Version: 7.6.21
02:49:54:         Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
02:49:54:      Copyright: 2020 foldingathome.org
02:49:54:       Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
02:49:54:           Date: Oct 20 2020
02:49:54:           Time: 13:41:04
02:49:54:       Revision: 6efbf0e138e22d3963e6a291f78dcb9c6422a278
02:49:54:         Branch: master
02:49:54:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
02:49:54:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
02:49:54:       Platform: win32 10
02:49:54:           Bits: 32
02:49:54:           Mode: Release
02:49:54:         Config: C:\Users\vxjas\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\config.xml
02:49:54:******************************** CBang ********************************
02:49:54:           Date: Oct 20 2020
02:49:54:           Time: 11:36:18
02:49:54:       Revision: 7e4ce85225d7eaeb775e87c31740181ca603de60
02:49:54:         Branch: master
02:49:54:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2015
02:49:54:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /O2 /Zc:throwingNew /MT
02:49:54:       Platform: win32 10
02:49:54:           Bits: 32
02:49:54:           Mode: Release
02:49:54:******************************* System ********************************
02:49:54:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
02:49:54:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
02:49:54:           CPUs: 16
02:49:54:         Memory: 31.92GiB
02:49:54:    Free Memory: 25.64GiB
02:49:54:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
02:49:54:     OS Version: 6.2
02:49:54:    Has Battery: false
02:49:54:     On Battery: false
02:49:54:     UTC Offset: -6
02:49:54:            PID: 15912
02:49:54:            CWD: C:\Users\vxjas\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
02:49:54:  Win32 Service: false
02:49:54:             OS: Windows 10 Home
02:49:54:        OS Arch: AMD64
02:49:54:           GPUs: 1
02:49:54:          GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:8 TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti] M
02:49:54:                 13448
02:49:54:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:7.5 Driver:11.8
02:49:54:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:3.0 Driver:522.25
02:49:54:***********************************************************************
02:49:54:<config>
02:49:54:  <!-- HTTP Server -->
02:49:54:  <allow v='127.0.0.1/32 192.168.107.1/24'/>
02:49:54:
02:49:54:  <!-- Network -->
02:49:54:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
02:49:54:
02:49:54:  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
02:49:54:  <command-allow-no-pass v='127.0.0.1/32 192.168.107.1/24'/>
02:49:54:  <password v='*****'/>
02:49:54:
02:49:54:  <!-- Slot Control -->
02:49:54:  <power v='full'/>
02:49:54:
02:49:54:  <!-- User Information -->
02:49:54:  <passkey v='*****'/>
02:49:54:  <team v='232992'/>
02:49:54:  <user v='VxJasonxV'/>
02:49:54:
02:49:54:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
02:49:54:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
02:49:54:    <idle v='true'/>
02:49:54:  </slot>
02:49:54:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
02:49:54:    <idle v='true'/>
02:49:54:    <pci-bus v='1'/>
02:49:54:    <pci-slot v='0'/>
02:49:54:  </slot>
02:49:54:</config>
02:49:54:Trying to access database...
02:49:54:Successfully acquired database lock
02:49:54:FS00:Initialized folding slot 00: cpu:15
02:49:54:FS01:Initialized folding slot 01: gpu:1:0 TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti] M 13448
05:03:28:ERROR:Receive error: 10054: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

That network error is interesting but probably irrelevant, and needless to say this log starts just about 23 hours ago and Folding never even started in the ~16 hours this PC was idle and at the lock screen. So I'm going to have to manually manage starting it as the last thing I do before I lock the system now.

Help?

[Jimboc]

Hi VxJasonxV,

I’m sorry to hear this is happening. It sounds similar to the issue mentioned in this Windows article, namely “Because of this, Windows will not power off my screen automatically, and the computer won’t go to sleep automatically” (Source: https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/10/2 ... wn-issues/ )

I just upgraded to Windows 11 22H2 too. However, I can’t reproduce this.

My system uses very similar GPUs in the form of twin Nvidia Titan RTX (NVLink enabled). I am running Windows 11 Pro for Workstations Build 22621.819 (November 2022 security updates are installed). I am using the 526.98 Nvidia Studio driver. The specs of my system are shown in my forum profile (which should be visible to the right of this post).

Within the FAH client, my folding setting is set to “Full”

Similar to you I leave the system idling and folding when I’m not there. However with the system locked (Windows key + L) the system continued to fold. My screen is set to turn off after 15 minutes, when it did so it didn’t interrupt the folding.

My GPUs both worked on project 18601 https://stats.foldingathome.org/project/18601 and had a time per frame (TPF) of 1:20 earning approximately 1 million points from 2 submitted work units. I am using the power profile known as “Ultimate Performance” within Windows. This is included with the Pro for Workstations version of Windows 11 (and previously 10) by default rather than needing to be enabled manually:

https://www.howtogeek.com/368781/how-to ... indows-10/

I hope the above information may help with narrowing down the cause for you. Thanks.

[VxJasonxV]

I believe KB5012170 or KB5020044 fixed this.