MacBook reboots during a long sleep if FileVault is turned on

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I've turned on FileVault on my MacBook Pro 2018 (High Sierra) and immediately after this the MacBook started to reboot randomly (mostly) when in sleep.

First I noticed that after putting my Mac into sleep I need to enter a password to unlock it (touch ID disabled) and that all my applications are closed. Looks like a reboot…

Then once when waking up my computer from sleep I got this message "Terminal interrupted logout. To continue logout, quit Terminal". This convinced me that the MacBook is trying to reboot itself during sleep.

It never happened before – but happens during all long sleep cycles (no matter if during the day or night) since FileVault is turned on.

Any ideas how can I troubleshoot this?

Best Answer

I have this problem and found this Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> "Firewall" -> Advanced -> Log out after 60 minutes of inactivity" setting being turned on too!.

I believe you forgot the -> "Firewall" -> route in your description!

Thanks this was the solution for me!

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