[L14 Battery] Constant discharge + Charge in Qubes

Any idea what the cause of this might be with Qubes?

Power barrel jack is physically plugged in, but yet, status file reports Discharging and charge_now continues to increase:

$ date && cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status && cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_now
Thu Jun 24 12:37:27 MDT 2021
Discharging
2381000
$ 
$ date && cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status && cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_now
Thu Jun 24 12:38:11 MDT 2021
Discharging
2402000
$

:confused:

More info:

$ date && upower --dump
Thu Jun 24 13:03:45 MDT 2021
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path:          AC
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 24 Jun 2021 12:20:00 PM MDT (2625 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    warning-level:       none
    online:              no
    icon-name:          'ac-adapter-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               Notebook
  model:                BAT
  serial:               0001
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 24 Jun 2021 01:02:21 PM MDT (84 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              18.63 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         49.008 Wh
    energy-full-design:  52.8 Wh
    energy-rate:         10.488 W
    voltage:             7.797 V
    time to empty:       1.8 hours
    percentage:          37%
    capacity:            92.8182%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-good-symbolic'
  History (charge):
    1624561341	37.000	discharging
  History (rate):
    1624561341	10.488	discharging

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 24 Jun 2021 01:02:21 PM MDT (84 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  battery
    present:             yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              18.63 Wh
    energy-full:         49.008 Wh
    energy-rate:         10.488 W
    time to empty:       1.8 hours
    percentage:          37%
    icon-name:          'battery-good-symbolic'

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.99.6
  on-battery:      yes
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  critical-action: PowerOff
$ 
$ date && upower --dump
Thu Jun 24 13:07:41 MDT 2021
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path:          AC
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 24 Jun 2021 12:20:00 PM MDT (2861 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    warning-level:       none
    online:              no
    icon-name:          'ac-adapter-symbolic'

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               Notebook
  model:                BAT
  serial:               0001
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 24 Jun 2021 01:06:21 PM MDT (80 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              19.584 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         49.008 Wh
    energy-full-design:  52.8 Wh
    energy-rate:         10.488 W
    voltage:             7.81 V
    time to empty:       1.9 hours
    percentage:          39%
    capacity:            92.8182%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-good-symbolic'
  History (charge):
    1624561581	39.000	discharging
  History (rate):
    1624561581	10.488	discharging

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 24 Jun 2021 01:06:21 PM MDT (80 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  battery
    present:             yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              19.584 Wh
    energy-full:         49.008 Wh
    energy-rate:         10.488 W
    time to empty:       1.9 hours
    percentage:          39%
    icon-name:          'battery-good-symbolic'

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.99.6
  on-battery:      yes
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  critical-action: PowerOff
$
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