My Faaaster site was paused, how do I restart it?

A site on the Dev plan is automatically paused when it's no longer visited. To bring it back, open it from your Projects: the Site paused block offers to restart it.

Pausing doesn't delete anything. Your files, your database and your backups are kept; only the server is stopped.

Restart the site

1. Open the site from the Projects list.
2. Below the site header, the Site paused block says "This site has been automatically paused."
3. Click Restart.

If an invoice is still unpaid, the button reads Reactivate: it takes you to the payment needed to bring the site back online.

The header's Actions menu (Restart PHP / Nginx, Restart server) is meant for a site that's online: while the site is paused, it's disabled, like the Clear cache button. Use the button in the Site paused block.

The restart takes a few moments, while the infrastructure starts back up. The status then returns to Online.

Avoiding pauses

Pausing for inactivity only applies to the Dev plan. The Perso, Pro and Business plans aren't affected: switch to one of them from the Subscription tab if your site needs to stay available at all times.

The delay is 5 days without use. An unused development environment is also archived after 30 days.

Automatic restart

Opening the site through its Preview and collaboration link triggers the restart on its own: a loading screen is shown while the site becomes available again, then you're taken to it.

On the other hand, the site's direct address doesn't restart anything: a paused site shows an error message there. So it's the preview link you need to use to wake up a site.

Updated on: 10/03/2026