Runaway apkd-bridge-hw process

REPRODUCIBILITY: Unknown, happens sometimes, possibly related to playing audio from signal (not 100% sure)
OS VERSION: 5.0.0.67
HARDWARE: Xperia 10 III
UI LANGUAGE: English
REGRESSION: Yes

DESCRIPTION:

The battery backup is bad because /usr/libexec/appsupport/apkd-bridge-hw default is continuously taking ± 10% of a core, preventing the phone from sleeping.

PRECONDITIONS:

Have Android AppSupport running

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Unsure, happens periodically
  2. Possibly related to playing audio from Android app

EXPECTED RESULT:

No processes should be keeping the phone awake unnecessarily

ACTUAL RESULT:

The process keeps doing something unwanted

MODIFICATIONS:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

For me, since 5.0.0.67 apkd-bridge-hw is sometimes failing to boot AppSupport even, timeouts for no obvious reason. I’ve not been able to identify patterns, sometimes it just won’t launch right after fresh boot even.