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SimultaNeal
Up and Coming
October 7, 2025
Question

Device goes to sleep in 1 minute

  • October 7, 2025
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Ever since I updated to v78, my devices go to sleep in 1 minute.  I'm on v79 now and this persists.  I have the "power" settings so that it is supposed to sleep in 4 hours, but they seem to have no effect.  I also have my presence sensor disabled (as well as having tape over it).

This is driving me crazy because if I set my headset down, I have 60 seconds to debug before it turns off and suspends my title, then when I pick it up, I have to choose a profile again before I can continue.  

Meta: how do I disable this?

I used to be able to keep my devices awake and running my app for HOURS, through many iterations of debugging.  I try to drive my app through automation as much as possible, and when I am debugging multiplayer, I would be in the habit of running the app on both headsets via ADB and driving most of the interactions through APIs so I don't have to juggle headsets.  This is now impossible because in 60 seconds, the device goes to sleep.  I'm desperate for a setting that fixes this.

Here is what I see after 60 seconds:

07-23 18:33:23.012 26999 26999 I OpenXR  : nativeOnActivityPaused: com.xxx/com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity
07-23 18:33:23.030 26999 27020 I Unity   : [XR] [517062613424] [18:33:23.030][Info   ] OpenXRSession::HandleSessionStateChangedEvent: state XR_SESSION_STATE_FOCUSED->XR_SESSION_STATE_VISIBLE session=3 time=4042000107552
07-23 18:33:23.033 26999 27020 I Unity   : [XR] [517062613424] [18:33:23.033][Info   ] OpenXRSession::HandleSessionStateChangedEvent: state XR_SESSION_STATE_VISIBLE->XR_SESSION_STATE_SYNCHRONIZED session=3 time=4042003440209
07-23 18:33:23.033 26999 27020 I Unity   : [XR] [517062613424] [18:33:23.033][Info   ] OpenXRSession::HandleSessionStateChangedEvent: state XR_SESSION_STATE_SYNCHRONIZED->XR_SESSION_STATE_STOPPING session=3 time=4042003630209
07-23 18:33:23.188 26999 27020 I Unity   : [XR] [517062613424] [18:33:23.188][Info   ] OpenXRSession::HandleSessionStateChangedEvent: state XR_SESSION_STATE_STOPPING->XR_SESSION_STATE_IDLE session=3 time=4042171927934
07-23 18:33:23.192 26999 27091 I Unity   : [XR] [511524841904] [18:33:23.192][Error  ] xrDestroySwapchain: XR_ERROR_HANDLE_INVALID
07-23 18:33:23.192 26999 27091 I Unity   : [XR] [511524841904] [18:33:23.192][Error  ] xrDestroySwapchain: XR_ERROR_HANDLE_INVALID
07-23 18:33:23.192 26999 27091 I Unity   : [XR] [511524841904] [18:33:23.192][Error  ] xrDestroySwapchain: XR_ERROR_HANDLE_INVALID

 

5 replies

steve40
steve40
Honored Contributor
October 8, 2025

I have the "power" settings so that it is supposed to sleep in 4 hours

I'm on v79.1034 and the Display off and Sleep Mode settings on my Quest 3 are working as expected. What have you set your "Display off" setting to? It sounds like the headset is behaving like it is set to 1 minute, so you need to double-check that setting. Either that, or the tape over your proximity sensor isn't doing its job.

SimultaNealAuthor
Up and Coming
October 8, 2025

"Display off" is set to 2 hours.  "Sleep mode" is set to 4 hours.  I still turns off precisely 60 seconds after I set it down.  I also choose "disable proximity sensor -> 8 hours" in MQDH and I have tape over the proximity sensor.  It's the same tape that has been there for a year and always did the job just fine, but even without tape, disabling the proximity sensor is supposed to work, correct?

    steve40
    steve40
    Honored Contributor
    October 9, 2025

    It sounds like your "Display off" setting isn't reading the correct values for some reason. It works on mine, so I don't think it is a universal bug. You might need to try a factory reset or reinstall v79 using the Meta Software Update tool.

    SimultaNealAuthor
    Up and Coming
    October 13, 2025

    I factory reset my device extremely frequently because it regularly forgets that my PC is authorized for ADB and that's the only way I've found to fix it.  It doesn't help.

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