how to disable monitor for my app definition

[wss29]

hi,
For Add my app definition, I do not want my app pod shut down, so I want to disable monitor

how to define this for disable it, I set timeoutAfter to 0 still not work.

[jfaltermeier]

First of all, there are currently two ways a session may be shut down by the framework.

The first is the (optional) timeout property on an app definition:
https://theia-cloud.io/documentation/addapplication/#add-an-app-definition
This enforces a hard shutdown after the specified time in minutes. You can disable this by setting it to 0, a negative value, or simply leaving it out of your App Definition.

The second is the (optional) monitor component, which may shut down sessions if they are no longer in use.
To enable this, you need to include a component that Theia Cloud can communicate with inside your application:
https://theia-cloud.io/documentation/addapplication/#enable-monitor-optional
You can disable this by omitting the monitor component from your App Definition.

Please also note that both mechanisms can be active at the same time.

[wss29]

hi @jfaltermeier
"Thank you for your reply. Regarding the second solution, I noticed something interesting. I did not include @eclipse-theiacloud/monitor-theia in my application. Instead, I added the monitor in my app definition and set timeoutAfter to 5 minutes. When I ran my app, the related pod closed after 5 minutes."

[jfaltermeier]

The monitor extension added with the app is responsible for detecting whether the user is still actively working.

This is typically done by checking for interactions with the DOM or usage of Theia's APIs.
The operator regularly fetches the timestamp of the last user interaction.

If this extension is not included, the operator never receives updated timestamps (the initial one is recorded at application startup), so the session will automatically shut down after five minutes.