Esc key to wake from Suspend.

[stevef]

Those settings change the system behaviour (auto mount, open with Thunar and Desktop icons) when a USB storage device is inserted on my system, but there may be other settings somewhere which is causing your issue. As I can't reproduce your problem and you don't know which update triggered the problem I can only suggest a few things.

If your settings are correct to generate the desktop icon then there may be a problem with the mechanism.  You may want to check the log on your system when inserting a device.

With the settings correct, boot up your system to a idle state.  Close any applications.
Note the system time in terms of HH:MM:SS
Insert the USB device and allow time (say 15 seconds) for the system to react.

Open a terminal (press Ctrl, Alt, T together)
Enter the command followed by return/enter - replacing HH:MM:SS with the time you noted.

Code:

journalctl -b --since HH:MM:SS

You would expect to see a number of events indicating.
a) The physical device being detected
b) The storage being mounted.

What happens or doesn't happen next may provide some clue.  In particular, look for gvfs and dbus activity after the device is mounted.

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