powermanagement.py

# This file provides a long_running decorator to indicate that a function needs a long amount of time to complete and
# the computer should not enter standby. This file currently only works on Windows and is a no-op on other platforms.

import ctypes
import platform

ES_CONTINUOUS = 0x80000000
ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED = 0x00000001


def _set_thread_execution(state):
    ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetThreadExecutionState(state)


def prevent_standby():
    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
        _set_thread_execution(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED)


def allow_standby():
    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
        _set_thread_execution(ES_CONTINUOUS)


def long_running(func):
    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
        prevent_standby()
        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
        allow_standby()
        return result
    return inner

Works great on Windows 10, but doesn't work on Windows 11.

I don't actually use this anymore to confirm, but a quick test has Windows say it is working correctly. I'm verifying this with the initial release of Windows 11 and Python 3.10.7. After calling prevent_standby() in a Python console, I ran powercfg -requests as an admin in another terminal. It outputs:

DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\Python310\python.exe

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

Which indicates Windows thinks it shouldn't go to sleep even if idle. Running allow_standby() or quitting Python clears the Python.exe entry from the system section.

What behavior are you seeing?

Sorry. My mistake. Just confirmed it is working in Windows 11.