Battery not charging with Fedora 44 or kernel upgrade

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Hello.

My battery seems to break with either every kernel or major Fedora update.

Ever since the new update to Fedora 44 and the new Thinkpad kernel were made available, my battery refused to charge and the laptop turns off as soon as it is unplugged.

The problem persists even after upgrading the kernel, and Fedora from 43 to 44.

Same thing happened the last time a new kernel update dropped, where my battery refused to charge all of a sudden, and I had to replace it to perform the kernel update.

I last replaced my battery around March of 2025.

Here is my current system info:

  • Model: Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD
  • Memory: 64.0 GiB
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8840HS w/ Radeon™ 780M Graphics × 16
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon™ 780M Graphics
  • kernel version: Linux 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
  • Firmware version: R2LET40W (1.21 )
  • Window System: Wayland
  • OS: Fedora Linux 44 (Workstation Edition)

Could I get a hand in finding out whether or not this is a software issue, please?

I find it strange that my battery seems to stop working properly when kernel or Fedora updates are issued.

Thanks!

upower -i $(upower -e | grep BAT) returns:

native-path: BAT0
vendor: Celxpert
model: 5B11H56416
serial: 4637
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 13 May 2026 08:41:54 PM EDT (3 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: pending-charge
warning-level: none
energy: 39.43 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 51.67 Wh
energy-full-design: 52.5 Wh
voltage-min-design: 15.48 V
capacity-level: Critical
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 16.104 V
charge-cycles: 4108
percentage: 76%
capacity: 98.419%
technology: lithium-polymer
charge-start-threshold: 75%
charge-end-threshold: 80%
charge-threshold-supported: yes
icon-name: ‘battery-full-charging-symbolic’

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Sounds like a hardware and/or firmware issue rather than a Linux kernel and/or Fedora issue. The Linux kernel uses drivers to get info from the battery about its status, etc., but it doesn’t manage charging.

A simple test is to power down the Thinkpad and leave it plugged into the charger. Check it in an hour to see if the battery charge has increased. If it hasn’t, the problem is with the laptop.

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Yes, the battery might be the issue here.

I will have it replaced.

Thank you for your insight.