Have you tried a packet capture with Wireshark or tcpdump to see what it’s doing? It might give better clues than a general error message.

On Windows the system wakes up when connected or disconnected from an AC adapter. On Linux the system will momentarily wake up but immediately go back into suspend.

I get why this could be a source of bugs, but if I unplug my laptop while its asleep why would I want it to turn on?

I’m working on adding ActivityPub to my Hugo blog right now. I support RSS, but I figured AP support means that you can get it into your Mastodon feed or even Lemmy feed making it easy to follow. Additionally, commenting (assuming it doesn’t get taken over by spammers.)