Screen sometimes not locked when waking from sleep

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Sometimes after putting the laptop to sleep by closing the lid, the screen is not locked and the screensaver is not activated when I reopen the screen. This is pretty disconcerting.

Currently running Fedora 36, but I started noticing this issue on some prior release.

Automatic Screen Lock is enabled in Settings → Privacy → Screen Lock

# gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled
true

# gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen
false
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Hmmm, I haven’t seen that here, but I also normally explicitly lock mine with Super+L (lower case).

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It wasn’t like this before, not sure when it started. Maybe I’ll have to start locking explicitly with Super+L as a workaround, but it’s nice to have the screen saver and screen lock automatically activate when the laptop lid is closed.

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