Agent Sleep & Wake
Key Takeaway
A sleeping agent deallocates its VPS to save costs while preserving all memory, data, and campaign history in a snapshot, waking takes 2-3 minutes and restores your agent to exactly the state it was in before sleeping.
Why Agents Sleep
To save resources when you don't have active campaigns, your agent can be put to sleep. A sleeping agent:
- Stops all 6 loops (no email monitoring, no lead generation)
- Preserves all memory and data via a VPS snapshot
- Costs less: The VPS is deallocated while sleeping
How to Wake Your Agent
Most of the time you don't wake it by hand. If your agent went to sleep after your trial ended, upgrading to Pro or Ultra brings it back automatically. If you paused it yourself, resuming it from Home starts it again.
Waking takes a couple of minutes:
- Your agent's server is recreated from the snapshot
- Your configuration and memory are restored
- The loops start back up
- Its status returns to Active on your Home page
Automatic Sleep
Your agent may be put to sleep automatically if:
- No active campaigns for an extended period
- Your subscription is paused
- Manually triggered from Settings
Note: Sleeping preserves all your agent's memory, learned patterns, and campaign data. Nothing is lost.
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