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

1⃣ Does Hobby plan pause long-running background tasks or limit runtime?

2⃣ Could the scraper be automatically throttled or frozen for inactivity?

3⃣ Would upgrading to Pro prevent this behavior?

4⃣ Any recommended configuration for long-running Playwright containers on Railway?

I’d really appreciate any guidance - thank you!