FreeFileSync puts computer to sleep after the comparison finishes for no reason before the sync starts

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vervevega

I have a Windows Scheduled Task kicks off in the middle of the night at 4:30am that starts the execution of a batch job. Job starts without issues and I can see in the log file that comparison ended at 5:46am then somehow batch job puts the computer to sleep before the sync starts. (5:46:01 AM Info: Comparison finished: 4,076,373 items found – Time elapsed: 01:00:17)
When I turn the computer on in the morning at 9:41am, batch job continues and starts the sync, once the sync completes, it calls a bat file that I created via PostSyncCommand that puts the computer to sleep. (9:41:59 AM Info: Synchronizing folder pair: Mirror ->) (9:57:39 AM Info: Executing command: D:\Tools\BackupFinalizer\Test_Sleep.bat). I know Test_Sleep.bat is only called once because I log the timestamp so FreeFileSync puts the computer to sleep another way. Anybody experienced this before?
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xCSxXenon

If you run the FFS sync from the command line manually, does the same thing happen?
If not, I would start looking at the Scheduled Task next
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vervevega

Thank you, I'll try that today, I'll create some changes first so that sync won't complete right away.