This is because beagle isn't perfect in its battery detection system, it should use Gnome Power Manager if possible.
** Changed in: beagle (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Beagle continues to index data while laptop is on battery power https://launchpad.net/bugs/91974 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs