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How to Automatically Pause Your FOUNDRY Server When It Is Empty

Automatically pause a FOUNDRY server when it is empty

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Apr 15, 2026

With this setting, your server pauses as soon as no player is connected. This saves CPU and RAM until someone joins again.

  1. Open dashboard
    Open the dashboard of your server.

  2. Open settings
    Navigate to the Settings.

  3. Enable the option
    Enable the Pause Server When Empty option and save the setting.

  4. Restart the server
    Restart your server for the change to take effect.

Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Apr 15, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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