microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Screen saver wakeup incomplete

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Description

When focus is in the Terminal and screen saver kicks in the screen turns black. Then when I move the mouse the screen shows and immediately goes black again. This continues until I move the mouse pointer outside of Terminal window or I click the mouse. This is not happening when focus is outside of Terminal window when screen saver kicks in. In that case wakeup works as expected.

Edit: I incorrectly used term "screen saver". This is related to power saver "screen off" state. Fully reproducible. Must allow screen to stay in the off state for a few seconds to repro.

Windows 18941.rs_prerelease.190713-1700.
Dell XPS 13 9343

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue on Windows using the reported Dell XPS 13 setup: focus Terminal, let the power saver turn the screen off for several seconds, then move the mouse. Trace the screen-wakeup path and verify that the display remains on after wakeup while Terminal has focus.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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