M1 Mac Mini (8/256) crashing while sleeping

[EverythingAppleUSA]

I noticed something very strange after receiving my M1 Mac Mini. Normally I don't turn off my computers and I use sleep instead. I noticed that my M1 Mac Mini crashes while sleeping. Twice when I woke up I was welcomed by turned on monitor and page where I should enter my account password. After booting to macOS I was told that my Mac restarted due to some serious problem.
Am I alone with this? I must say that I've stopped using sleep mode because of that and I'm waiting for some macOS update to fix this problem.

TL;DR - sleep mode on my M1 Mac Mini is completely unusable right now. It should be okay when you're using it for short period of time, but you shouldn't do it when using sleep mode overnight.

Hello, I am having the exact same issue with my M1 Mac Mini, it is constantly crashing and the screen will not wake up once its gone into sleep mode. Plus I am also experiencing Bluetooth issues as well, with my wireless Mac keyboard looses connection too. I have called into Apple support several times (about 10 times now), but they keep acting like this is the first time that they've heard of this issue, but I've been reading online and there are several people have the exact same issues that I/we are having... So please keep me updated if you hear anything new and/or if you find a fix... I am on the phone with Apple Support right now as I am typing this.

 

[EverythingAppleUSA]

I noticed something very strange after receiving my M1 Mac Mini. Normally I don't turn off my computers and I use sleep instead. I noticed that my M1 Mac Mini crashes while sleeping. Twice when I woke up I was welcomed by turned on monitor and page where I should enter my account password. After booting to macOS I was told that my Mac restarted due to some serious problem.
Am I alone with this? I must say that I've stopped using sleep mode because of that and I'm waiting for some macOS update to fix this problem.

TL;DR - sleep mode on my M1 Mac Mini is completely unusable right now. It should be okay when you're using it for short period of time, but you shouldn't do it when using sleep mode overnight.

 

[OcelotWreak]

The first few days on my M1 Mac Mini had a reboot every night, with a Crash Report showing a kernel panic when I logged in again in the morning. Looked like it had something to do with Bluetooth running out of threads when system went to sleep. I set the system to not sleep as a workaround and the problem went away. Hopefully fixed with the next update. Apple has probably received LOTS of crash reports on this issue!

 

[anubis1980]

I work as a cyber security specialist and my pet hate is people letting their computers sleep rather than turn them off ( at work) as we can't push updates etc out. So for me to leave my MBA M1 on hurts haha. So far sleep hasn't caused any crashes for me, wonder if it relates to something installed or not sleeping correctly when the Mac hibernates. hope its fixed soon.

 

[4sallypat]

My base M1 Mini also had 2 crash messages during the first few days - one was from Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017 that did not finish license activation and the other was mysterious.

After the update to 11.0.1, it hasn't happened.

This was the mysterious one - a kernel panic message after it went to sleep and then restarted:

 

[siwi666]

exact same sleep/crash issue happening to my M1 mac Mini. I wake it every morning to crash notifications on the screen.

 

[avichr]

I have all those problems (crash while sleep) with my M1 Air 16GB/1TB. So it seems not to be limited to the Mini. And recently I had some sporadic crashes while working with programs as well. Cannot specify yet...

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[aajeevlin]

I guess it's my turn to experience this issue

So what's ever interesting is that I had a 8/256 base Mac Mini M1 for almost three weeks without getting this issue. However, I just received my 16/512 Mac Mini (and with the same peripherals) I'm now getting the kernel panic on a daily basis when waking up the computer. Just like what others are saying, no issues what so ever when working on the machine but every time after a long sleep I wake up the computer to be only greeted with a login screen after a reboot.

I'm going to turn off the sleep for now and see if I get this in the next couple of days. I'm okay as long as this is a software issue and it gets fix sooner or later.

My MAJOR concern is that how can I be sure that this is not a memory/gpu or any hardware related issues? I'm still within the return period so I'd like to figure this out. Really don't want to be left with a broken computer after the return period. Thanks all!

 

[VitoBotta]

I had this issue for a little while when I bought the Mini and the kernel panics seemed to be related to HDMI, with a single old Acer monitor connected to that port. For some weird reason these kernel panics etc stopped and are not currently occurring anymore (fingers crossed). I also had problems with the monitors not waking up from sleep. Now I have another new BenQ monitor connected to HDMI, and the Acer is connected with a DisplayLink adapter instead. So far no problems with waking from sleep either. Boh.

 

[MLM]

Mine has panicked a few times as well.

 

[Chris VS]

I had this issue for a little while when I bought the Mini and the kernel panics seemed to be related to HDMI, with a single old Acer monitor connected to that port. For some weird reason these kernel panics etc stopped and are not currently occurring anymore (fingers crossed). I also had problems with the monitors not waking up from sleep. Now I have another new BenQ monitor connected to HDMI, and the Acer is connected with a DisplayLink adapter instead. So far no problems with waking from sleep either. Boh.

I have this problem and I am using the thunderbolt port (with the thunderbolt 2 adapter to a Thunderbolt display) so I don't think it is just an HDMI issue. Will turn off sleep mode as other have suggested unless there is another fix.

 

[aajeevlin]

I have this problem and I am using the thunderbolt port (with the thunderbolt 2 adapter to a Thunderbolt display) so I don't think it is just an HDMI issue. Will turn off sleep mode as other have suggested unless there is another fix.

I turned off sleep and it’s been 2 days and the computer has been steady.

um...I just bought a HDMI to HDMI cable hoping to resolve this issue. Maybe it’s not going to go away.

 

[zaph47]

No sleep settings are vague with Bug Sur...you all talking about under Battery > Power Adapter > Display Off Never?

 

[aajeevlin]

No sleep settings are vague with Bug Sur...you all talking about under Battery > Power Adapter > Display Off Never?

Prevent computer from going to sleep.

 

[harrisonjr98]

I believe a friend of mine is having this issue. Whenever he comes to his desk in the morning after sleeping the mini overnight, it’s on the Lock Screen and logging in generates a crash report. Is this the behavior you guys are describing happening on intel macs as well? Trying to rule out a hardware issue- if it’s Big Sur, it’s Big Sur!

 

[sdiori]

My Mini M1 (8/256) seemingly crashes everyday.

I just picked up the MBP M1 (16/256) and am hopeful the issue doesn't repeat itself...though I very much hope it's Big Sur and not hardware related.

 

[aajeevlin]

My Mini M1 (8/256) seemingly crashes everyday.

I just picked up the MBP M1 (16/256) and am hopeful the issue doesn't repeat itself...though I very much hope it's Big Sur and not hardware related.

Funny enough. I had the 8/256 and it was solid, then I got the 16/512 and it happens basically every day. I have since turned off the sleep for the Mini and it's been rock solid.

 

[harrisonjr98]

My Mini M1 (8/256) seemingly crashes everyday.

I just picked up the MBP M1 (16/256) and am hopeful the issue doesn't repeat itself...though I very much hope it's Big Sur and not hardware related.

Crashes during sleep or normal usage?

 

[BeatCrazy]

Does this look like the same problem you guys are having?

 

[OcelotWreak]

Ooooo! Had a different M1 Mac Mini kpanic today while loading a page in Firefox. My screen went totally bright Xmas green color and then rebooted. Crash report: "SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)". That was the only line in the crash report!
Nothing on support.apple.com about SOCD. Anyone have any insight into what might be involved, given there is nothing to go on in the crash report?
Thanks and Happy New Year to everyone!

 

[haralds]

My MBPro crashes during sleep, if Parallels Preview is loaded - even if there is no VM running.

 

[F23]

Having the same kernel panic on M1 Mac Mini overnight. Wake up to to both monitors on the login page and the panic report once I login. So from November til now they have done nothing. seems hopeful lmao

 

[nolefan]

M1 Macs are having massive problems with kernel panics while attempting to put thunderbolt devices to sleep via power management. Apple is receiving TONS of kernel panic logs but pretends they've never heard of the issue when called via tech support. It appears Apple is pretending the issue isn't real.

You can find instances all over the internet with people complaining about kernel panics and many thunderbolt devices (monitors, raid arrays, TB hard drives, thunderbolt docks, soft raid programs loaded onto external raid arrays, etc). People are also complaining about monitors connected via HDMI. Apple has a massive M1 problem on its hands and so far is pretending it doesn't exist.

Lots of people are returning their M1 Macs before the return window closes because they're not getting any sense that Apple is even acknowledging the problem.

 

[nannasblackwhite]

I'm having the same problem and kernel panic on M1 Mac Mini 8GB/512GB, happened twice now overnight.
Same as others describe, I woke up to the monitor on login page, and the report after I log in.

I called Apple Support today and got an advice to use "Safe Mode" to isolate the problem by testing in that mode overnight, and seeing if that happens again. Next step according to Apple Support would be to reinstall the system from scratch. They told me to backup the data now to be ready for it as they would be certain it would have to be done.
I think I might do it very soon and not wait.

Setup: Mac mini M1 connected via HDMI to Dell, WD Passport SSD via USB permanently.

 

[harrisonjr98]

M1 Macs are having massive problems with kernel panics while attempting to put thunderbolt devices to sleep via power management. Apple is receiving TONS of kernel panic logs but pretends they've never heard of the issue when called via tech support. It appears Apple is pretending the issue isn't real.

You can find instances all over the internet with people complaining about kernel panics and many thunderbolt devices (monitors, raid arrays, TB hard drives, thunderbolt docks, soft raid programs loaded onto external raid arrays, etc). People are also complaining about monitors connected via HDMI. Apple has a massive M1 problem on its hands and so far is pretending it doesn't exist.

Lots of people are returning their M1 Macs before the return window closes because they're not getting any sense that Apple is even acknowledging the problem.

I think that's a bit of an overstatement isn't it? There's just a ton of esoteric setups and drivers to get working, most of the issues we saw early on are clearly just waiting for driver updates. 11.2 isn't even out yet, I wouldn't be surprised if that helps massively with the Thunderbolt sleep issues.