Someone had tested on 20.04 before and it did reset too.
Similar issue.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1233030/nvidia-settings-reset-randomly
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1241645/nvidia-settings-reset-when-playing-video
There is possible gsd.power.manager check for blacklight but it was set
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Public bug reported:
Brightness Reset to Maximum on Nvidia GPU Desktop when setting on Blank
Screen
The Desktop LED Monitor brightness or Gamma level is not preserved and
reset when I set gnome-control-center setting on Power to Blank Screen.
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