feat(actors): enables standby mode via actor.json #991
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Enables standby mode for Actors based on the 'usesStandbyMode' property in actor.json. If the property is set to true during Actor creation or update, standby mode is enabled with default configuration. Fixes #913
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Keeping this as draft, it is working but it seems we missing some types in apify-client, lets discuss. |
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| // Default standby mode configuration when usesStandbyMode is enabled in actor.json | ||
| const DEFAULT_STANDBY_OPTIONS = { | ||
| isEnabled: true, | ||
| disableStandbyFieldsOverride: false, | ||
| maxRequestsPerActorRun: 4, | ||
| desiredRequestsPerActorRun: 3, | ||
| idleTimeoutSecs: 300, | ||
| build: 'latest', | ||
| memoryMbytes: 1024, | ||
| shouldPassActorInput: false, | ||
| }; | ||
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I stole this from console.apify.com, it is default preset send when user just enable standby mode. cc @vladfrangu
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my idea was result should be the same no matter if I use CLI or console UI
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| // Enable standby mode if configured in actor.json | ||
| if (actorConfig!.usesStandbyMode) { | ||
| newActor.actorStandby = DEFAULT_STANDBY_OPTIONS as ActorCollectionCreateOptions['actorStandby']; |
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ActorCollectionCreateOptions type look little bit out of date -> StandBy type missing disableStandbyFieldsOverride and shouldPassActorInput
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Fix
usesStandbyModenot being applied when pushing Actor via CLIProblem
When creating an Actor locally using
apify create my-actor -t ts-mcp-serverand then pushing it withapify push, theusesStandbyMode: truesetting fromactor.jsonwas being ignored. The Actor would be created on the platform without standby mode enabled, even though the template explicitly sets this option.In contrast, cloning the same template directly from the Apify Console UI correctly enabled standby mode.
Root Cause
The
pushcommand was not reading theusesStandbyModeproperty fromactor.jsonand was not passing it to the Apify API when creating or updating Actors.Solution
DEFAULT_STANDBY_OPTIONSconstant with all required API fields for standby mode configurationusesStandbyMode: trueis set inactor.json, the standby options are passed to the APIusesStandbyMode: trueis inactor.json, the Actor is updated to enable standby modeChanges
src/commands/actors/push.ts: Added standby mode support for both new and existing Actorstest/api/commands/push.test.ts: Added two API tests to verify standby mode is correctly enabledDefault Standby Configuration
When
usesStandbyMode: trueis set, the following defaults are applied:isEnabledtruedisableStandbyFieldsOverridefalsemaxRequestsPerActorRun4desiredRequestsPerActorRun3idleTimeoutSecs300build'latest'memoryMbytes1024shouldPassActorInputfalseTesting
apify create my-actor -t ts-mcp-server cd my-actor apify pushThe Actor should now have standby mode enabled with the default configuration.
Closes #913