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@@ -200,6 +200,46 @@ risk. Look into: what polls fprintd on that interval (hyprlock fingerprint backe
 from `nomarchy.idle.fingerprint`? a geoclue/other watcher?), and whether the reset is
 avoidable (autosuspend quirk, or gating the poll). Cost: investigation only; low.
 
+### 157. Redundant hyprlock on suspend-then-hibernate resume (encrypted disks)
+
+Filed 2026-07-24 (dev box, reported by Bernardo + journal-confirmed). On a LUKS
+machine, resuming from the **suspend-then-hibernate** path lands on a **hyprlock** screen
+even though the LUKS passphrase already gated the resume — a second password. The design
+intent (idle.nix + `nomarchy-{lock,unlock}-before-*` in `modules/nixos/default.nix`) is
+exactly "no hyprlock on encrypted hibernate — LUKS is the gate"; it holds for a **direct**
+`systemctl hibernate` but **not** for s2h.
+
+**Root cause (two layers).** (1) s2h's hibernate phase runs *inside*
+`systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service` and **never activates `hibernate.target`** —
+journal-confirmed: at the phase-2 transition (`Performing sleep operation 'hibernate'`
+from the same `systemd-sleep` PID) there is no target, no "Starting System Hibernate",
+no unit/`system-sleep` hook at all. So `nomarchy-unlock-before-encrypted-hibernate`
+(`wantedBy = hibernate.target`) never fires for s2h, whereas direct hibernate *does*
+reach the target and unlock. (2) The deeper problem: phase-1 (the RAM suspend) *must*
+lock (`nomarchy-lock-before-sleep` is `wantedBy` `suspend-then-hibernate.target`), so
+**hyprlock is already up** before phase-2 — and a live Wayland session-lock **cannot be
+safely dropped** (idle.nix: killing the locker trips hyprlock's "go to a tty" failsafe).
+The whole unlock-before-hibernate design only works because for direct hibernate hyprlock
+is *never up*; s2h violates that premise, and there is no systemd event between the two
+phases to un-ring the bell.
+
+**Scope.** Encrypted disk + the s2h auto-hibernate path only (the default idle path on
+battery). Direct `systemctl hibernate`/Power ▸ Hibernate is fine. Not a security hole —
+the redundant lock is the *safe* failure (never leaves you unlocked).
+
+**Options (all have a cost).** (a) Accept it — safe default, one extra password.
+(b) Skip locking on s2h for encrypted — removes the redundant lock but leaves the ≤1h
+RAM-suspend window **unlocked** (real exposure; advise against). (c) A **safe external
+hyprlock-dismiss** — the only clean fix, gated on whether current hyprlock exposes an
+IPC/socket to unlock without the tty-failsafe (needs investigating; may not exist).
+
+**Intersection:** shares the s2h switch with **#155** — flipping
+`nomarchy.system.power.suspendThenHibernate = false` on a box makes *both* the redundant
+lock and the #155 crash exposure disappear (cost: no auto-hibernate-on-idle). Positioning:
+correctness gap in a shipped v1 feature (**VISION § Theme C**, hibernate/sleep confidence).
+Files: `modules/nixos/default.nix` (~257–286), `modules/home/idle.nix` (hypridle: no
+`unlock_cmd`; the design comment).
+
 ### 146. `[watch]` hypridle hangs instead of exiting when its compositor vanishes
 
 **Re-measured 2026-07-20 (dev box; user journal is persistent back to 2026-05-01,