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Fix: Refactored the battery notification script with added feature and fix for inconsistent notifications #3832

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fix: Rewrote the battery monitor script to have two threshold notific…
brutalsam96 Dec 9, 2025
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Replaced to DisplayDevice object path instead of BAT
brutalsam96 Dec 10, 2025
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fix: refactored code as per suggestion, modified omarchy-battery-rema…
brutalsam96 Dec 11, 2025
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37 changes: 28 additions & 9 deletions bin/omarchy-battery-monitor
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# Designed to be run by systemd timer every 30 seconds and alerts if battery is low

BATTERY_THRESHOLD=10
NOTIFICATION_FLAG="/run/user/$UID/omarchy_battery_notified"
CRIT_BATTERY_THRESHOLD=10
WARN_BATTERY_THRESHOLD=20

CRIT_NOTIFICATION_FLAG="/run/user/$UID/omarchy_battery_notified_crit"
WARN_NOTIFICATION_FLAG="/run/user/$UID/omarchy_battery_notified_warn"

BATTERY_PATH=$(upower -e | grep 'DisplayDevice' | head -n 1)
BATTERY_INFO=$(upower -i "$BATTERY_PATH")

BATTERY_STATE=$(echo "$BATTERY_INFO" | grep "state" | awk '{print $2}')
BATTERY_LEVEL=$(omarchy-battery-remaining)
BATTERY_STATE=$(upower -i $(upower -e | grep 'BAT') | grep -E "state" | awk '{print $2}')

send_notification() {
notify-send -u critical "󱐋 Time to recharge!" "Battery is down to ${1}%" -i battery-caution -t 30000
notify-send -u critical -a "System Power" "$1" "$2" -i battery-caution -t 50000
}

if [[ -n "$BATTERY_LEVEL" && "$BATTERY_LEVEL" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
if [[ $BATTERY_STATE == "discharging" && $BATTERY_LEVEL -le $BATTERY_THRESHOLD ]]; then
if [[ ! -f $NOTIFICATION_FLAG ]]; then
send_notification $BATTERY_LEVEL
touch $NOTIFICATION_FLAG
if [[ $BATTERY_STATE == "discharging" ]]; then

if [[ "$BATTERY_LEVEL" -le "$CRIT_BATTERY_THRESHOLD" ]]; then
if [[ ! -f "$CRIT_NOTIFICATION_FLAG" ]]; then
send_notification " 🔴 Critical Battery" "Battery is critically low (${BATTERY_LEVEL}%)"
touch "$CRIT_NOTIFICATION_FLAG"
# Also creates WARN flag to prevent duplicate flags
touch "$WARN_NOTIFICATION_FLAG"
fi

elif [[ "$BATTERY_LEVEL" -le "$WARN_BATTERY_THRESHOLD" ]] then
if [[ ! -f "$WARN_NOTIFICATION_FLAG" ]]; then
send_notification " 🟠 Low Battery" "Battery is low (${BATTERY_LEVEL}%)"
touch "$WARN_NOTIFICATION_FLAG"
fi
fi
# Remove notified flags when plugged in
else
rm -f $NOTIFICATION_FLAG
rm -f "$WARN_NOTIFICATION_FLAG" "$CRIT_NOTIFICATION_FLAG"
fi
fi
9 changes: 2 additions & 7 deletions bin/omarchy-battery-remaining
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# Returns the battery percentage remaining as an integer.

upower -i $(upower -e | grep BAT) \
| awk -F: '/percentage/ {
gsub(/[%[:space:]]/, "", $2);
val=$2;
printf("%d\n", (val+0.5))
exit
}'
upower -i $(upower -e | grep 'DisplayDevice' | head -n 1 ) \
| grep "percentage" | awk '{print $2}' | tr -dc '0-9'