Hey everyone

I'm running a long-running Python + Playwright scraper on Railway (Hobby plan).
It works fine for some time and then suddenly stops completely - no scraping, no logs, no visible shutdown, no crash.

The last log line looks like this:

[2025-11-17 00:38:16] Trying ID 1640992 with proxy #2

After that - nothing. The container stays “Running”, but:

• No network requests are made

• No logs appear at all

• The scraper loop does not continue

When I run the exact same code locally, it works for hours without issues.

Details

• Python + Async Playwright

• Web scraping ~1 request every 5–10 seconds

• Proxies rotating

• CPU/RAM usage was nowhere near limits

• No errors printed or thrown

• No restart event from Railway

Questions

Does Hobby plan pause long-running background tasks or limit runtime?
Could the scraper be automatically throttled or frozen for inactivity?
Would upgrading to Pro prevent this behavior?
Any recommended configuration for long-running Playwright containers on Railway?

I’d really appreciate any guidance - thank you!