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Keyboard backlight stays off after unlock: brightness-keyboard off saves 0 over the good value
Reported by mnemonicspace · filed Aug 21, 2026Closed upstream on 2026-09-20 by bjarneo via an automated message, as a duplicate of #6667 (R-1877). GitHub close reason: completed.
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- 2 · What does it affect?
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Original report
System details
Framework 13 Pro Intel X7
What's wrong?
What happens
After the session locks and I unlock it, the keyboard backlight stays off.
It is not restored until I raise it by hand with XF86KbdBrightnessUp.
What should happen
The backlight returns to the level it was at before the lock. The lock
service already intends this: it blanks with omarchy-brightness-keyboard off
and the unlock path calls omarchy-system-wake, which runsomarchy-brightness-keyboard restore.
Cause
omarchy-brightness-keyboard off runs (bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard:29):
brightnessctl -sd "$device" set 0
-s saves the current value before setting. Called once from a lit
keyboard it correctly saves the good level. Called a second time while the
backlight is already 0, it saves 0 — destroying the saved value. The
later restore (brightnessctl -rd, line 32) then faithfully restores
darkness.
shell/plugins/lock/Service.qml can blank more than once per lock.runBlank() (line 172) drives blankProcess (lines 409-412), and is reached
both at lock time and from idleBlankTimer (lines 414-432), which callsroot.runBlank() at line 430. runWake() (line 167) re-arms that timer
whenever the lock screen is woken, so any wake-then-idle cycle on the lock
screen produces a second blank, and from that point the saved value is 0.
This is a follow-on to #7562, which added the `omarchy-brightness-keyboard
restore call to omarchy-system-wake`. That call is present and does run;
the problem is that the value it restores has already been overwritten with
0 by a second off, so the restore succeeds and restores darkness.
Reproduce
Directly, without locking:
dev=$(basename /sys/class/leds/kbd_backlight)
brightnessctl -d "$dev" set 20
omarchy-brightness-keyboard off # saves 20, sets 0 (correct)
omarchy-brightness-keyboard off # saves 0, sets 0 (destroys it)
omarchy-brightness-keyboard restore # restores 0
Observed: final brightness 0. Expected: 20.
A single off/restore pair works correctly, which is why this looks
intermittent — it only bites when the lock screen blanks twice.
Suggested fix
Skip the save when the device is already off, inbin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard:
if [[ $direction == "off" ]]; then
if [[ "$(brightnessctl -d "$device" get)" -gt 0 ]]; then
brightnessctl -sd "$device" set 0
else
brightnessctl -d "$device" set 0
fi
exit 0
fi
Workaround
Pinning brightnessctl's saved state read-only keeps a good value:
chmod 444 "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/brightnessctl/leds/<device>"
The blank still works, its save fails harmlessly, and restore returns a real
level.
System
- Omarchy 4.0.0-1
- Kernel 7.1.8-arch1-3
- CPU Intel Core Ultra X7 358H, GPU Intel Panther Lake [Arc B390]
- Framework Laptop 13, LED device
chromeos::kbd_backlight(max_brightness 100) - brightnessctl 0.5.1-3
- quickshell-git 0.3.0.r20.g28771c7-1
- Hyprland 0.56.2
Note
omarchy debug is listed by omarchy --help ("Diagnostics and support logs")
but does not dispatch on 4.0.0-1: omarchy debug, omarchy debug --help andomarchy debug --no-sudo --print all return "Unknown Omarchy command". System
details above were gathered by hand for that reason.
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### System details
Framework 13 Pro Intel X7
### What's wrong?
## What happens
After the session locks and I unlock it, the keyboard backlight stays off.
It is not restored until I raise it by hand with `XF86KbdBrightnessUp`.
## What should happen
The backlight returns to the level it was at before the lock. The lock
service already intends this: it blanks with `omarchy-brightness-keyboard off`
and the unlock path calls `omarchy-system-wake`, which runs
`omarchy-brightness-keyboard restore`.
## Cause
`omarchy-brightness-keyboard off` runs (bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard:29):
brightnessctl -sd "$device" set 0
`-s` saves the *current* value before setting. Called once from a lit
keyboard it correctly saves the good level. Called a second time while the
backlight is already 0, it saves **0** — destroying the saved value. The
later `restore` (`brightnessctl -rd`, line 32) then faithfully restores
darkness.
`shell/plugins/lock/Service.qml` can blank more than once per lock.
`runBlank()` (line 172) drives `blankProcess` (lines 409-412), and is reached
both at lock time and from `idleBlankTimer` (lines 414-432), which calls
`root.runBlank()` at line 430. `runWake()` (line 167) re-arms that timer
whenever the lock screen is woken, so any wake-then-idle cycle on the lock
screen produces a second blank, and from that point the saved value is 0.
This is a follow-on to #7562, which added the `omarchy-brightness-keyboard
restore` call to `omarchy-system-wake`. That call is present and does run;
the problem is that the value it restores has already been overwritten with
0 by a second `off`, so the restore succeeds and restores darkness.
## Reproduce
Directly, without locking:
dev=$(basename /sys/class/leds/*kbd_backlight*)
brightnessctl -d "$dev" set 20
omarchy-brightness-keyboard off # saves 20, sets 0 (correct)
omarchy-brightness-keyboard off # saves 0, sets 0 (destroys it)
omarchy-brightness-keyboard restore # restores 0
Observed: final brightness 0. Expected: 20.
A single off/restore pair works correctly, which is why this looks
intermittent — it only bites when the lock screen blanks twice.
## Suggested fix
Skip the save when the device is already off, in
`bin/omarchy-brightness-keyboard`:
if [[ $direction == "off" ]]; then
if [[ "$(brightnessctl -d "$device" get)" -gt 0 ]]; then
brightnessctl -sd "$device" set 0
else
brightnessctl -d "$device" set 0
fi
exit 0
fi
## Workaround
Pinning brightnessctl's saved state read-only keeps a good value:
chmod 444 "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/brightnessctl/leds/<device>"
The blank still works, its save fails harmlessly, and restore returns a real
level.
## System
- Omarchy 4.0.0-1
- Kernel 7.1.8-arch1-3
- CPU Intel Core Ultra X7 358H, GPU Intel Panther Lake [Arc B390]
- Framework Laptop 13, LED device `chromeos::kbd_backlight` (max_brightness 100)
- brightnessctl 0.5.1-3
- quickshell-git 0.3.0.r20.g28771c7-1
- Hyprland 0.56.2
## Note
`omarchy debug` is listed by `omarchy --help` ("Diagnostics and support logs")
but does not dispatch on 4.0.0-1: `omarchy debug`, `omarchy debug --help` and
`omarchy debug --no-sudo --print` all return "Unknown Omarchy command". System
details above were gathered by hand for that reason.Validation
Not checked yet. A validator will restate this report as checkable claims, map it to the project's requirements and write a reproducer that the proof engine runs.
Linked
- Fixed bypr/8119· confirmed
- Fixed bypr/10366· confirmed
- Fixed bypr/12960· confirmed
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