iCloud for Windows stops uploading after system sleep

[Darmok N Jalad]

I'm at a loss on this one. I have iCloud for my Windows 10 machine, and one day it just stopped syncing. I export photos to upload to iCloud Photo Library, so my procedure is to export to the designated folder that the iCloud app monitors for uploading. It worked for months, then it just stopped. I uninstalled the program, and even switched to the Windows Store version, since that is what is recommended by Apple now.

The kicker is, if I open task manager, force quit iCloud, and iCloud Photos, and restart iCloud, it picks up my new files and uploads them immediately. Then, once my PC has a chance to sleep, it goes back to broken again on wake. The PC is a custom Ryzen build that has otherwise been bulletproof. Windows is up to date, iCloud is up to date. The app doesn't appear to have crashed or anything, it just stops uploading. Any ideas?

 

[akash.nu]

It sounds like windows is killing data transmission once it goes to sleep mode. What’s your settings for sleep mode?!

Have tried to disable sleep mode and see if it continues to work?!

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

If the PC doesn’t sleep, it keeps on working. Just have the normal Windows settings for sleep. I don’t really want to go without sleep in order to save energy.

 

[akash.nu]

If the PC doesn’t sleep, it keeps on working. Just have the normal Windows settings for sleep. I don’t really want to go without sleep in order to save energy.

If you let it to sleep then you’re basically stopping the data transfer in the middle of it, which is what killing the whole process.

It will not work with any system unless you let it run through the whole cycle.

Another solution would be if you manually upload with smaller chunk of data.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

That’s the thing, I’m only uploading a handful of photos at a time 10-20 jpgs, and the upload process never starts. I have a 500/500 connection, so the uploads should be done long before the system sleeps automatically. It seems like it doesn’t want to reinitialize after a sleep session. I’m not sure what to make of it, as it just seems like it’s not working as it used to and reinstalling doesn’t fix it. Basically, I just kill the processes and restart them and all is well until the next sleep.