A tiny keep-warm pinger for Alignment 365.
Alignment 365 runs on a Render free web service, which spins down after ~15 minutes with no inbound traffic. The next visitor then waits ~50 seconds for a cold start — and external users were reporting the app "wasn't loading."
This repo's only job is a GitHub Actions workflow
(.github/workflows/keepwarm.yml) that
curls the app every 10 minutes, keeping the instance warm so real
visitors always get an instant load.
- Public repos get unlimited free GitHub Actions minutes. (Private-repo Actions bill each run rounded up to 1 minute, which a 10-min pinger would blow past.)
- It contains no secrets and no private code — only a
curlto an already-public URL.
- GitHub disables scheduled workflows after 60 days of no repo activity. Push any commit (or hit Actions → keep-warm → Run workflow) to re-arm.
- Scheduled runs can be delayed a few minutes under GitHub load; the 10-min cadence leaves slack under Render's 15-min sleep window.
- To pause: disable the workflow in the Actions tab. To remove: delete this repo.