This project includes a simple cron job designed to prevent Render servers from going idle due to inactivity.
Render's free tier servers may go to sleep after periods of inactivity, resulting in slower cold starts. This cron job periodically sends a request to your deployed service to keep it awake and responsive.
The cron job sends a GET request to a specified URL at regular intervals (e.g., every 3 minutes). This consistent traffic prevents Render from sleeping the server.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/your-username/render-keep-alive-cron.git cd render-keep-alive-cron