Keeping Containers Warm

By default, Beam is serverless, which means your applications will shut off automatically when they’re not being used.

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Configuring Keep Warm

You can control how long your containers are kept alive by using the keep_warm_seconds flag in your deployment trigger.

For example, by adding a keep_warm_seconds=300 argument to an endpoint, your app will stay running for 5 minutes before shutting off:

from beam import endpoint


# Container stays alive for 5 min before shutting down automatically
@endpoint(keep_warm_seconds=300)
def handler():
    return {}

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Setting Always-On Containers

You can configure the number of containers running at baseline using the min_containers field.

By setting min_containers=1, 1 container will always remain running until the deployment is stopped.

from beam import endpoint, QueueDepthAutoscaler


@endpoint(
    autoscaler=QueueDepthAutoscaler(
        min_containers=1, max_containers=3, tasks_per_container=1
    ),
)
def handler():
    return {"success": "true"}