Device connect/disconnect system sound recurring randomly and regularly

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Which Linux distro are you using? – Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)

Which release version?
(if rolling release without a release version, skip this question)

(If rolling release, last date updated?) – I check for an run updates daily.

Which kernel are you using? – Linux 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64

Which BIOS version are you using? – INSYDE Corp. version 03.04

Which Framework Laptop 13 model are you using? (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series, Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 1, 13th Gen Intel® Core™ , 12th Gen Intel® Core™, 11th Gen Intel® Core™)
– 12th Gen Intel Core i5

HERE IS THE ISSUE:
I have recently encountered a behavior from the device that has me stumped. A couple of days ago, the laptop started randomly and regularly playing the system sound that usually indicates the connection/disconnection or mounting/unmounting of a device, such as a USB thumb drive. I have tried rebooting with various peripherals disconnected, but the problem persists. Do you have any idea why the laptop would be continually making this sound?

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That’s probably the sound that’s supposed to play when plugging in the power cable (or unplugging it), but there’s a recent Linux bug causes that sound to play when the battery starts/stops charging.

See Power charger repeatedly disconnects and reconnects in Fedora

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Yes, all the symptoms seem to match. Thank you for the diagnosis! I perused the threads, and it appears that some power-management fixes soon will be pushed out to the distros, including Fedora. So, I think I’ll take the lazy (and not highly Linux-savvy) man’s approach and wait to see whether an upcoming update resolves the problem. Thanks, again, for helping me understand the cause.

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Upower already knows and pushed the fix. Arch recently updated to upower 1.90.9 and my issues with the noises have stopped, so the fix is in the pipeline for sure.

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This is the issue in the upower issue tracker:

Resolved a day ago. Not sure how long it usually takes for a fix like that to get released into Fedora’s packages

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Fedora is pretty fast with updates. Probably a day or two. Although people might be busy with the imminent fedora 42 release.