From f2fae020ed607b704aa985dd9324cc6157639972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DuskyElf <duskyelf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 00:46:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(home): flake auto-update timer tracks awake time not
 midnight

---
 home.nix | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 18d3f8c..0598788 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@
       PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
     };
     Timer = {
-      OnCalendar = "daily";
-      Persistent = true;
+      # Monotonic, not calendar: suspend pauses the monotonic clock, so this
+      # runs 15min after boot then every 12h of awake use, not at midnight
+      # when the laptop is asleep. Persistent= would only help at boot anyway.
+      OnBootSec = "15min";
+      OnUnitActiveSec = "12h";
+      RandomizedDelaySec = "30min";
     };
     Install.WantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
   };
-- 
2.51.2