Pulseaudio does not automatically switch to the headphone when plugged in

When I connect the headset, the audio output does not automatically switch to it, instead the audio output from the speaker is muted. I suspect that the headphone is not being identified by pulseaudio because it was obtained from the pacmd list-sinks command with the headphone plugged in: analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown).

mhwd -lh -d --pci only audio device:

16: PCI 1f.3: 0403 Audio device
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.3
Hardware Class: sound
Model: “Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x9d71 “Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio”
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
SubDevice: pci 0x078b
Revision: 0x21
Driver: “snd_hda_intel”
Driver Modules: “snd_hda_intel”
Memory Range: 0xd1228000-0xd122bfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xd1200000-0xd120ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 135 (659 events)
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d00009D71sv00001028sd0000078Bbc04sc03i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe snd_hda_intel”
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: snd_soc_skl is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_soc_skl

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I am having the same issue:

Manjaro/Budgie 20.0.1 on Dell Inspiron 13 7000
pulseaudio 13.99.3-1
pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.2-2
pavucontrol 1:4.0-2

Not selecting headphones output automatically when headphones are plugged in (which it used to do on my previous installation of Manjaro/Budgie).

  • default setting: sound to spkrs works fine
  • plug in headphones: no sound to spkrs or headphones
  • manually change output to “headphones” in Settings>Sound or in pavucontrol
  • sound now in headphones and cut off to spkrs
  • unplug headphones: sound to spkrs resumes
  • replug headphones: no sound to spkrs or headphones
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My Versions:
pulseaudio 13.99.3-1
pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.2-2
pavucontrol 1:4.0-2

I’m also facing the same issue. There was no issue before the last update but it’s not working since then.
Here is my system info

16: PCI 1f.3: 0403 Audio device
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.3
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x9d70 "Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x06b2 
  Revision: 0x21
  Driver: "snd_hda_intel"
  Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
  Memory Range: 0xdf320000-0xdf323fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xdf300000-0xdf30ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 132 (3276 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00009D70sv00001028sd000006B2bc04sc03i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: snd_soc_skl is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_soc_skl"
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Same issue here.
It works fine for many years, the latest system upgrade breaks it.

Current pulse update fixed my problem.

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