[Kostarrr]

Apple does this during sleep when connected to power, so maybe Microsoft thought it needs that as well?

[arghwhat]

This triggers connected screens to wake up despite no signal every time it does it. Unfortunately you cannot disable it on Apple silicon Mac’s…

[isodev]

Indeed, I need to remember to unplug the USB-C cable between my macbook pro and my screen, otherwise it flickers on and off every couple of seconds during the night

[genewitch]

wired controllers on nintendo switch docks do this, and yes, it is really annoying. It is about every 3 minutes. and it's for the same reason as the macs and windows machines - the switch wakes up and checks for updates then goes back to sleep.

[OptionOfT]

My Lenovo dock has the same issue when I put my Lenovo to sleep.

[angulardragon03]

IIRC you can’t run updates while the laptop is asleep though, as that typically requires a user password to initiate. Even with MDM you can’t force updates during sleep

[newdee]

That problem is solved by the Bootstap Token in modern macOS and MDMs which support it. The token gets escrowed with the MDM during enrolment and can be used to unseal the volume for updates without prompting for a password. Good for unattended updates to kiosks or whatever.

[dathinab]

I mean for a lot of users it would be a grate thing -- if it would work well.

And any issues related to applying updates after downloading them has nothing to do with this issue.