the usual way is to connect the laptop to AC power only when battery capacity is/gets low. Currently notification for updates only works if laptop runs on AC power when booted up!
I am also affected by this bug. Will try the suggested udev-rules workaround. But a fix in the package seems essential for using Debian "out of the box" on a laptop.
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