Keybase utility changes Windows CPU timer resolution

[nscaife]

Client: 1.0.14 Service: 1.0.14

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]

On Windows, the Keybase background utility requests an increased CPU timer resolution, even when idling. This can cause decreased battery life on mobile devices. From powercfg -energy:

Is this intentional? It looks like the utility is idling in the background but keeps the request active.

[cjb]

CC @zanderz @taruti

[taruti]

This is probably golang/go#8687

@nscaife can you confirm what Runtime says in Platform information from keybase status?

This should be fixed in versions compiled with 1.6, but present in versions compiled with 1.5.x.

[nscaife]

@taruti No problem, here's that output:

Platform Information:
    OS:        windows
    Runtime:   go1.5.3
    Arch:      386

[taruti]

Thank you.

This should go away when updating Keybase to a version built with Go version 1.6. (I'd wait 24h before updating for a build with #2522 fix included).

[zanderz]

Please try https://dist.keybase.io/windows/keybase_setup_1.0.15.386.exe

[nscaife]

This looks like it is fixed now, thanks!