Inactivity Timeout

Wakezilla tracks activity per registered machine. The timer is initialized when a TCP forward starts and resets whenever that forward accepts a new connection.

Configure the timeout

Expand Client settings and set Inactivity (minutes) in the creation or details window. The current web interface starts new machines at 60 minutes:

Inactivity (minutes): 60

Each newly accepted connection resets the timer. The connection may then carry requests and responses in both directions until it closes.

Set the value to 0 to disable automatic shutdown only. Wake-on-LAN and configured port forwards remain available. Choose Add machine or Save changes to apply the setting.

Shutdown sequence

After 60 minutes without a new accepted connection:

1. the inactivity monitor identifies the machine as idle;
2. the proxy sends a shutdown request to the Wakezilla client;
3. the client waits five seconds and performs the platform action;
4. a later connection causes the proxy to send another Wake-on-LAN packet and wait for the machine again.

Changing a machine restarts the global monitor. Wakezilla sends one remote power request per activity window; another accepted connection resets the state and permits a later request.

Caution

The timer records newly accepted proxy connections, not general CPU, disk, or user activity on the target. A local task running on the machine does not reset the Wakezilla timer unless it creates traffic through a configured proxy port.

Caution

Remote power monitoring currently requires at least one configured port forward. The timer begins when the forward starts, so a request can occur even when the forward has never accepted a connection.

Requirements

Automatic shutdown requires:

• remote shutdown enabled for the machine;
• the Wakezilla client running on the target;
• secure shutdown verified for a newly configured client, or a legacy client still available during migration;
• the correct turn-off port, normally 3001;
• network access from the proxy to the client endpoint.

The final operating-system action is suspend with shutdown fallback on Linux, shutdown on macOS, and hibernate on Windows. Test that Wake-on-LAN can restore the target from its resulting power state.

See Secure Shutdown for client pairing and Known Limitations for retry behavior and default differences.