feat(actors): enables standby mode via actor.json (#991)

Fix `usesStandbyMode` not being applied when pushing Actor via CLI

### Problem

When creating an Actor locally using `apify create my-actor -t
ts-mcp-server` and then pushing it with `apify push`, the
`usesStandbyMode: true` setting from `actor.json` was being ignored. The
Actor would be created on the platform without standby mode enabled,
even though the template explicitly sets this option.

In contrast, cloning the same template directly from the Apify Console
UI correctly enabled standby mode.

### Root Cause

The `push` command was not reading the `usesStandbyMode` property from
`actor.json` and was not passing it to the Apify API when creating or
updating Actors.


### Changes

- `src/commands/actors/push.ts`: Added standby mode support for both new
and existing Actors
- `test/api/commands/push.test.ts`: Added two API tests to verify
standby mode is correctly enabled

### Testing

```bash
apify create my-actor -t ts-mcp-server
cd my-actor
apify push
```

closes #913

Author: l2ysho

package.json

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         "@skyra/jaro-winkler": "^1.1.1",
         "adm-zip": "~0.5.15",
         "ajv": "~8.17.1",
-        "apify-client": "~2.22.0",
+        "apify-client": "^2.22.0",
         "archiver": "~7.0.1",
         "axios": "^1.11.0",
         "chalk": "~5.6.0",

src/commands/actors/push.ts

@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ export class ActorsPushCommand extends ApifyCommand<typeof ActorsPushCommand> {
 						},
 					],
 				};
+
+				// Enable standby mode if configured in actor.json
+				if (actorConfig!.usesStandbyMode) {
+					newActor.actorStandby = { isEnabled: true };
+				}
+
 				actor = await apifyClient.actors().create(newActor);
 				actorId = actor.id;
 				isActorCreatedNow = true;

test/api/commands/push.test.ts

@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ describe('[api] apify push', () => {
 			await testRunCommand(ActorsPushCommand, { args_actorId: testActor.id, flags_noPrompt: true });
 
 			testActor = (await testActorClient.get())!;
-
 			if (testActor) await testActorClient.delete();
 
 			// Title and description should be preserved from the original actor
@@ -372,6 +371,78 @@ describe('[api] apify push', () => {
 		TEST_TIMEOUT,
 	);
 
+	it(
+		'should enable standby mode when usesStandbyMode is true in actor.json',
+		async () => {
+			const actorJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(joinPath(LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH), 'utf8'));
+
+			actorJson.name = `${actorJson.name}-standBy-test`;
+			actorJson.usesStandbyMode = true;
+
+			writeFileSync(joinPath(LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH), JSON.stringify(actorJson, null, '\t'), { flag: 'w' });
+
+			await testRunCommand(ActorsPushCommand, { flags_noPrompt: true, flags_force: true });
+
+			const userInfo = await getLocalUserInfo();
+			const actorId = `${userInfo.username}/${actorJson.name}`;
+			actorsForCleanup.add(actorId);
+			const createdActorClient = testUserClient.actor(actorId);
+			const createdActor = await createdActorClient.get();
+
+			// Verify all standby options are set to default values
+			expect(createdActor?.actorStandby).to.be.eql({
+				isEnabled: true,
+				disableStandbyFieldsOverride: false,
+				maxRequestsPerActorRun: 4,
+				desiredRequestsPerActorRun: 3,
+				idleTimeoutSecs: 300,
+				build: 'latest',
+				memoryMbytes: 1024,
+				shouldPassActorInput: false,
+			});
+
+			if (createdActor) await createdActorClient.delete();
+		},
+		TEST_TIMEOUT,
+	);
+
+	it(
+		'should not enable standby mode on existing actor when usesStandbyMode is true in actor.json',
+		async () => {
+			// Create an actor without standby mode first
+			const testActorWithTitleDesc = {
+				...TEST_ACTOR,
+				name: `${TEST_ACTOR.name}-standBy-rewrite-test`,
+			};
+			const testActor = await testUserClient.actors().create(testActorWithTitleDesc);
+			actorsForCleanup.add(testActor.id);
+			const testActorClient = testUserClient.actor(testActor.id);
+
+			// Verify standby is not enabled initially
+			const initialActor = await testActorClient.get();
+			expect(initialActor?.actorStandby?.isEnabled).to.not.be.eql(true);
+
+			// Enable standby
+			const actorJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(joinPath(LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH), 'utf8'));
+			actorJson.usesStandbyMode = true;
+			writeFileSync(joinPath(LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH), JSON.stringify(actorJson, null, '\t'), { flag: 'w' });
+
+			// Push to existing actor - this should update standby mode
+			await testRunCommand(ActorsPushCommand, {
+				args_actorId: testActor.id,
+				flags_noPrompt: true,
+				flags_force: true,
+			});
+
+			const updatedActor = await testActorClient.get();
+
+			// Verify standby is not enabled after push
+			expect(updatedActor?.actorStandby?.isEnabled).to.not.be.eql(true);
+			if (updatedActor) await testActorClient.delete();
+		},
+		TEST_TIMEOUT,
+	);
+
 	it(
 		'should not push Actor when there are no files to push',
 		async () => {

yarn.lock

@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ __metadata:
     adm-zip: "npm:~0.5.15"
     ajv: "npm:~8.17.1"
     apify: "npm:^3.2.4"
-    apify-client: "npm:~2.22.0"
+    apify-client: "npm:^2.22.0"
     archiver: "npm:~7.0.1"
     axios: "npm:^1.11.0"
     chalk: "npm:~5.6.0"
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"apify-client@npm:~2.22.0":
+"apify-client@npm:^2.22.0":
   version: 2.22.0
   resolution: "apify-client@npm:2.22.0"
   dependencies: