Sleeping, Waking & Saving Your Work
Why apps sleep, how to wake them, and how to keep your work safe.
This page explains a behavior that surprises a lot of new users: on the free plan, your app can go to sleep. Don't worry — your work is saved — but it's worth understanding so nothing catches you off guard.
Why does my app go to sleep?
Free apps run on shared resources, so after a period of inactivity an app automatically goes to sleep to free those resources up. You'll usually get an email letting you know. Your app and your data are not lost — the workspace is just paused.
How do I wake it back up?
- Click the link in the "went to sleep" email, or open your dashboard and click the app.
- Give it a few minutes — waking a sleeping app takes a moment while it spins back up.
- If a page looks blank or errors the first time, wait a bit and hard-refresh (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + R).
Occasionally an app shows a brief error right after waking from sleep. It almost always sorts itself out in a few minutes. If it doesn't, email support@llamapress.ai and we'll get it back up.
Want an app that never sleeps?
A paid plan gives you a permanent, always-on workspace that stays online 24/7 and is far less likely to go down. If your app is something you (or your users) rely on, this is the upgrade that matters most. See Plans & Pricing or visit llamapress.ai/pricing.
How backups work
Every workspace is backed up automatically to secure cloud storage. Backups are taken on a schedule, and also whenever an app is paused. On always-on paid plans we can back up more frequently — daily or more.
The one thing to know: a restore brings you back to the most recent backup — so changes you made since the last backup may not be preserved if an app sleeps or has to be restored. The fix is simple and in your control: save a checkpoint when you finish a working session (next section).
Never lose work: save a checkpoint
The surest way to protect your progress is to save your own checkpoints as you go. From the History panel (the clock icon at the top of Leo):
- Click the + button, write a short note describing what changed, and hit Save. This saves a checkpoint of your app.
- If your GitHub is connected, click the cloud button to push that checkpoint up to GitHub for safekeeping. (See Getting Your Source Code.)
Then, if anything ever goes sideways, you can roll back to any saved checkpoint.
If Leo breaks something
It happens occasionally on a complex change. Your options, in order:
- Ask Leo to undo it — "please revert the last change and put the page back the way it was."
- Roll back to a checkpoint from the History panel.
- Start a fresh conversation if the current chat has gotten confused, then describe the goal cleanly.
- Still stuck? Email support@llamapress.ai — we can restore from a backup. (Restores come from the most recent backup, so the sooner you reach out, the less is at stake.)
Related: How LlamaPress Works and the History & checkpoints section of the tools guide.