# Swollen Battery \<1yr in, How to address?

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/swollen-battery-1yr-in-how-to-address/57848>\
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**Tags:** debian\
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/swollen-battery-1yr-in-how-to-address/57848 "2024-09-18T15:48:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/swollen-battery-1yr-in-how-to-address/57848/97 "2025-10-17T17:46:22Z")

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The extended warranty applies to higher-capacity 61Wh batteries only.

But I think, Framework’s new battery maintenance mode (where if your laptop is plugged in for a very long time, it starts charging the battery to less and less than 100%) applies to any capacity of a battery as it also applies to Laptop 16’s batteries. So to answer

> [@Thomas2](#):
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> At this point, I would like some sort of reassurance that they’re investigating this issue, since this could be a very dangerous issue.

Yes, they investigated this and released BIOS updates for Laptop 13 and 16 to prolong the life of all batteries when the laptop is plugged in all of the time.

[More info here](https://community.frame.work/t/61wh-battery-lifetime-extender-functionality-and-warranty/59580#p-231068-battery-lifetime-extender-firmware-rollout-1)

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