Offload: update offload idle behaviour description

[leocross]

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Updates the description of Offload session management and idle behaviour

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[mslaveck1]

My edits to documentation:

Session management and idle state

Docker Offload uses session management and idle state policies to ensure fair use of cloud resources across all users.

Each user can run one Docker Offload session at a time. When Docker Desktop is in an Offload idle state, it waits for activity on the Docker API and only connects to a cloud environment when needed. Once connected, the session moves to an Offload running state and stays connected as long as Docker detects activity. Activity includes any Docker API call, a running container, or an active build.

When you'll see a prompt

While Docker Offload is running, Docker Desktop shows prompts in the Dashboard to check if you're still active. Prompts appear in two cases:

• No activity is detected for more than 3 minutes.
• The session has been running for a long time.

When a prompt appears, you can:

• Select Ask me again later to confirm you're still active and continue your session.
• Select Idle now to return to an idle state immediately.
• Do nothing, and the session returns to an idle state automatically.

What happens when your session goes idle

After your session returns to an idle state, there is a 5-minute grace period. You can resume the session during this time by running any Docker command.

Important
If the idle period exceeds 5 minutes without activity, the session is terminated. Docker Offload environments are ephemeral, so the remote environment and any containers, images, or volumes in it are deleted. To keep work between sessions, push images to a registry such as Docker Hub before your session ends.

Long session prompts

Long session prompts appear every 3 hours during a session. After 8 hours of cumulative usage in a day, prompts appear every hour. The 8-hour counter resets at the start of each day.

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Assessment: 🟢 APPROVE

[craig-osterhout]

One small nit, otherwise lgtm