Curious how this has been working for everyone else. It's been intermittent for me. Sometimes I don't need to toggle FileVault for weeks/months, and sometimes I need to do it every time I wake from sleep. Updates (like 14.5) seem to either fix things for me or make the problem worse. I think this problem is widespread, and that most people either a) don't use spotlight or b) aren't stubborn enough to figure out a solution.

Just a quick note: since the Sonoma 14.4 update, I've had to do this whenever the system reboots. Annoying, but better than before, when I was rebuilding the index through a local admin account every time I logged in.

Actually, this doesn't seem to work—at least not permanently. And I got myself into a big mess by being unable to re-enable the secure token without the help of IT going through one of their accounts. vkings: you need to do something like "sudo sysadminctl -secureTokenOff [username] -password -" to turn the secure token off. Do it from a local admin account. But be careful that you have a way to re-enable it!

Thanks! This seems to have definitively fixed the issue for me, and it explains the inconsistent behavior after Sonoma upgrades.

Broken again in 14.1.2.

Are you using a Mobile Admin account or a normal local account?

The problem resumed after a reboot.

Update: also have to do "su " on login as well, even if I don't reboot. Did adding to wheel help? I'm a little reluctant to do it since root is the only user in the group.

Worked for me as well! Fixed in both Spotlight and Apple apps. Is this specifically a Mobile Admin account issue?