A step-by-step tutorial to stop a discord bot from sleeping on Render's free tier — the real cause, the fix, and a working code example.
How to Stop Your Discord Bot From Sleeping on Render's Free Tier
You've deployed your Discord bot to Render's free tier, it worked for a bit, and now it's going offline — sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes randomly. This is one of the most common issues developers hit deploying a bot for the first time, and it has a specific, well-understood cause and a fix you can ship in under ten minutes.
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Why This Happens on Render Specifically
