The app mistakenly detects activity, when laptop is in sleep mode

Pavel

I'm following up on a recent app store review.

Repro:

Set the the timer to automatically start/stop/resume.
Put the laptop into sleep mode.
Wake up the laptop later, observe that timer tracked hours of work.

Here's an example:

The timer keeps capturing work when the laptop is in sleep mode.

This happens very frequently. I suppose the timer auto starts when the laptops wakes up due to bluetooth connections, shaking, power naps, etc. But auto stop never happens, which results in bogus hours.

timo

I was not able to reproduce this myself but will write here the same that I responded to that review in the store:
With the next app update, I will slightly change the activity detection so that it does not detect and start after any kind of (undefined) event, but only key presses & mouse movements. It's still interesting that the app was able to detect the initial event though but then wasn't able to detect the absence of events later on.
If the problem persists even after that change, please write again in this discussion - thanks!

Rene Reborn

Just came here to say exactly the same as OP. Im considering buying the pro version, but currently the fact that the counter continues when I put my computer to sleep (close the laptop lid) is a potential deal breaker for me

Rene Reborn

To be clear, I'm not manually stopping the timer. I don't want to "have to think about it". Im starting a timer, when I close my macbook a little later and reopen it half an hour later to continue work, I would expect the timer to have been paused whilst the laptop was in sleep mode

timo

@Rene Reborn What app version are you using? The issue described by OP is that the app starts the timer while the app is in sleep mode. And I fixed that with a recent update. But I think you are reporting a different problem. You expect the timer to stop when you put the computer to sleep.
I think entering sleep mode might not be detected by the idle detection as it is implemented currently because the sleep mode pauses execution of the app. I would have to look into possibilities to detect the computer entering sleep mode. Would it be possible to create a feature request for this?