Microsoft Bot Framework - Bot goes to sleep. Is there a way to prevent it?

Question

My bot based on the bot framework works pretty good. But when I first interact with the bot after a period of inactivity (let\'s say a day), then the bot seems to take very

Answer 1

If using Azure website, see "Always On Support"

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service-web/web-sites-configure

Always On. By default, web apps are unloaded if they are idle for some period of time. This lets the system conserve resources. In Basic or Standard mode, you can enable Always On to keep the app loaded all the time. If your app runs continuous web jobs, you should enable Always On, or the web jobs may not run reliably.