WhatsApp preventing sleep?

[kitenski]

I noticed my battery life seems to be worse recently, checking activity monitor is showing Whatsapp preventing sleep.

Just wondering if others are seeing this?

 

[kitenski]

Nobody else seeing this? Could it be a setting somewhere?

 

[nmt1900]

That has been the case for quite some time and pmset is confirming this

[~]$ pmset -g assertions | grep WhatsApp
   pid 15049(WhatsApp): [0x0004cdcf0001a17c] 04:06:29 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "cameracaptured-idleSleepPreventionForBWFigCaptureDevice"

Only way out has been to use WhatsApp Web instead of actual app.

UPDATE: I must stand corrected on that - while pmset assertion has not been changed over updates in last few months, sleep is now possible while it was not before. No way to know if it is about WhatsApp update or has macOS 26.3 solved it.

 

[nmt1900]

One more update - but now from Meta - ruined this again. Now it is so bad that I can quit WhatsApp and all is fine... but then I wake computer up again and after that it won't go sleep even manually and when I check what is causing it - I see that WhatsApp is still running after it was quit and preventing any form of sleep. I threw it away and would not probably use it again. Web app does not have this problem.

 

[kitenski]

Well glad it's not just me, I've now uninstalled Whatsapp. Presume if I use the web then create an app from that it won't have the issue?

 

[nmt1900]

"Web app" does not have that problem. It does not "zombie" in background either.

 

[kitenski]

"Web app" does not have that problem. It does not "zombie" in background either.

Thanks, Webapp doesn't seem as fully featured but seems to be working so far for me!

 

[martin2345uk]

Does it even prevent sleep if I close the lid on my Air??

 

[kitenski]

Does it even prevent sleep if I close the lid on my Air??

yes

 

[blufrog]

WhatsApp is spyware junk. Use something else.