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Where is the pause on battery function in v8?

This is a desktop, but it has a UPS. And although that UPS is two 130Ah motorhome batteries, I thought it would be wise to pause Folding@Home automatically, since it does also power the fridge, lights, stereo, TV, important stuff

Not implemented yet.

https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-cl ... /issues/90

Does that mean they will at some point? Should I bump it or is that rude?

Yes, it will happen eventually.
No need to bump.
It is tagged Enhancement, but not assigned yet.

I need it myself for UPSs.

Yes, IMO a bump would be rude unless it’s to add info.

I was trying to find a way to pause it externally. There seems to be a "battery saver" in Windows 11 (and 10), which will pause "background apps" when the battery is below x%. But Folding@Home is not a "background app" whatever that means. I can see no way of adding a "normal" app to the list.

If you can have it run scripts, that’d do.
You would also need to install python3 to send pause/unpause commands.

The FahCore are probably considered background tasks.

I'm not a programmer, I have no idea how to do scripts. My limit is some DOS commands.

Nothing in FAH is considered background. Even things which are considered background tasks are not able to be paused. It's not very useful.