Keep Render backend awake #21
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| name: Keep Render backend awake | |
| on: | |
| schedule: | |
| # Runs every 14 minutes — under Render's 15-minute idle-sleep window. | |
| - cron: '*/14 * * * *' | |
| workflow_dispatch: {} # lets you trigger it manually from the Actions tab to test | |
| jobs: | |
| ping: | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| - name: Ping /health (with retries for cold starts) | |
| run: | | |
| for attempt in 1 2 3; do | |
| echo "Attempt $attempt..." | |
| if curl -sf --max-time 60 "${{ secrets.RENDER_BACKEND_URL }}/health"; then | |
| echo "Backend responded OK" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Attempt $attempt failed, waiting 15s before retry..." | |
| sleep 15 | |
| done | |
| echo "All attempts failed" | |
| exit 1 |