Running hours

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Keep an instance running during set hours of the day, whatever the traffic, with the running-hours setting. Add running-days to limit those hours to some weekdays.

    flowchart LR
    before["Before 09:00<br/>request-triggered only"]
    open["09:00 window start<br/>Sablier starts instance"]
    during["Inside window<br/>held warm, sessions extended to window end"]
    after["18:00 window end<br/>normal expiration resumes"]
    before --> open --> during --> after
  

• At the start of the window, Sablier starts the instance.
• During the window, sessions started by requests are extended to the window end, so the instance is not stopped mid-window.
• After the window, normal session expiration resumes.

Format

• running-hours is a daily window in 24-hour HH:MM-HH:MM, for example 09:00-18:00. When the start is later than the end, the window spans midnight, like 22:00-06:00. An invalid value is ignored.
• running-days lists weekdays by full name (Monday) or abbreviation (Mon), case-insensitive. Without it, the window applies every day; an invalid value is ignored. Your provider page shows the list syntax.
• An overnight window belongs to the day it starts: with Fri and 22:00-06:00, it runs from Friday 22:00 to Saturday 06:00.

Time zone

Running hours use the time zone of the Sablier process. The official image includes the time zone database and defaults to TZ=UTC. Set the TZ environment variable, for example to Europe/Paris, where Sablier runs; your provider page shows how.