That sounds more like hibernation mode. does it act like that if you put it in sleep mode yourself ( usually [Fn]+[F3]) ?
If it comes up just asking for a password, then my hunch is confirmed: it is in hibernation.
You can deactivate hibernation if you want to. Open an elevated command prompt and type " powercfg.exe /-h off" then hit enter. This will disable hibernation mode and put your laptop back into sleep mode.
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