Hey, thanks for the detailed report and timings. That really helps.
What you’re describing is a known issue we’re tracking, and I’ve passed your case to the team. In short, to save resources, Grok Bot starts treating the Mac as “away” when the Grok Bot window hasn’t been in the foreground for about 10 minutes, or when the screen is locked, even if you’re actively working in other apps. While the Mac is in the “away” state and the computer goes to sleep, the app stops the local helper. Right now, the helper doesn’t automatically start again when the bot wakes up for a scheduled job, so the Mac shows as disconnected until you bring the Grok Bot window back to the foreground.
ProtonVPN isn’t the cause here. Short connection drops from it recover on their own.
Current workaround: bring the Grok Bot window to the foreground, even for a second, and the Mac should reconnect in about a minute. If you can, click into it a couple of minutes before your hourly jobs run. There’s no separate setting to turn this behavior off yet. I’ll reply in the thread when there’s an update.