Agent Sleep & Wake

2 min readUpdated 2026-02-16

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

When you're ready to run campaigns again:

  1. Visit your Dashboard
  2. Find the Agent ID Card (showing "Sleeping" status with a moon icon)
  3. Click Wake Up

The wake process takes 2-3 minutes:

  1. Your agent's VPS is recreated from the snapshot
  2. All configuration is restored
  3. Loops start up in sequence
  4. Status changes: Sleeping → Waking Up → Starting → Online

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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