Hi all!
Screen is getting locked while in attended mode automation is their any features can be enabled to fix this ?
Hi @vhvinodsai
Yes. In attended automation, the screen lock is controlled by Windows. To prevent it:
- Disable Windows auto-lock / screen saver via Settings → Personalization → Lock screen → Screen timeout settings.
- Use “Prevent Sleep” activities in UiPath (like
Power→Prevent Sleep/Keep Awake).
Attended bots cannot bypass locked screens; the user session must remain active.
Regards
Gokul
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Hi @vhvinodsai
In attended automation, the screen should not lock on its own. This usually happens because of OS or system policy settings, not UiPath.
- Disable screen lock / sleep settings in Windows (lock screen timeout, sleep, screensaver).
- Check group policy or company security policy that may be forcing auto-lock.
- Make sure no RDP session is getting disconnected (attended bots don’t work on a locked or disconnected session).
- If you are using Orchestrator, confirm it’s an Attended Robot, not Unattended.
UiPath doesn’t have a feature to bypass or unlock the screen in attended mode. The machine must stay unlocked for the automation to run properly.
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Hi @vhvinodsai
the robot runs in the user session and cannot work if the screen is locked. For attended- no feature to bypass or unlock the screen, so you must disable Windows auto-lock or screen timeout settings, or keep the system awake during execution. Screen locking will always stop attended automations.
If helpful, mark as solution. Happy automation with UiPath
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The robot is actively running when this happens right? Is it pausing for very long periods to do background tasks? Otherwise the actions taken to click and type should prevent the session from locking as it would be considered active.
Perhaps the type of actions arent being considered actions by the OS?
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