I Built a Free Windows App So My Coding Agents Keep Running With My Laptop Lid Closed.
I lost a six-hour agent run to a closed laptop lid, and that is the whole reason this app exists. I had a coding agent working through a large refactor. I checked on it, saw it was moving, closed the lid, and went out. When I came back, the run wasn't finished, and it hadn't failed either. It had just stopped somewhere in the middle of a tool call. No error, no stack trace, nothing to debug.…
A coding agent was in the middle of a large refactor when its Windows laptop lid was closed, causing the run to stop and fail. The developer created a free Windows app named Always Up to prevent this issue. Always Up is a 62 KB file with no installer or dependencies, and it keeps the laptop awake when the lid is closed. The app uses a one-touch toggle to prevent four separate Windows settings from interfering with long-running jobs. It is designed for developers who run long jobs on their laptops while the lid is closed.
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