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Recording: keep the display awake while a recording runs #935

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Recording: keep the display awake while a recording runs#935
#939
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enhancementNew feature or requeststatus: fixed in mainWork is merged into main but may not be in a downloadable release yet.status: pending releaseMerged change is waiting for a packaged desktop release.
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v2.0.0

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@EtienneLescot
EtienneLescot
opened on Sep 30, 2026

Part of #920 (rank 28). Effort S, risk none.

Problem

  • Nothing keeps the display or the system awake while a recording runs (no powerSaveBlocker anywhere in electron/ or src/).
  • A long passive take (a webinar, a demo left running) can reach the display sleep timeout: the capture goes black, or the machine sleeps mid-take. Hypothesis, not observed yet.

Proposal

  • powerSaveBlocker.start("prevent-display-sleep") when a recording starts, stop when it stops, pauses included, on every platform and backend.

Verify

  • A unit test with Electron mocked: started once on record, stopped on stop and on every error path, never leaked.
  • On a real machine: a 20 min passive take with a 5 min display timeout.

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  1. EtienneLescot
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    enhancementNew feature or request
    on Sep 30, 2026
  2. EtienneLescot
    added a parent issue on Sep 30, 2026
  3. EtienneLescot
    closed this as completedin #939on Sep 30, 2026
  4. github-actions
    added
    status: fixed in mainWork is merged into main but may not be in a downloadable release yet.
    status: pending releaseMerged change is waiting for a packaged desktop release.
    on Sep 30, 2026
  5. github-actions
    added this to the Next Release milestone on Sep 30, 2026

  6. github-actions commented on Sep 30, 2026

    @github-actions
    github-actionsbot
    on Sep 30, 2026 – with GitHub Actions
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    Fixed by #939 and merged into main.

    This change is assigned to the Next Release release milestone and is not necessarily available in the latest downloadable desktop release yet. It is currently marked as status: pending release until a packaged release containing it is published.

  7. EtienneLescot
    modified the milestones: Next Release, v2.0.0 on Sep 30, 2026

  8. EtienneLescot commented on Sep 30, 2026

    @EtienneLescot
    EtienneLescot
    on Sep 30, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Moved into v2.0.0 as part of the pre-release cut.

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