Policies

Policies control how long a job runs and when it stops automatically.

{
  "policies": {
    "maxDurationSec": 7200,
    "idleTimeoutSec": 60
  }
}

Field	Default	Description
maxDurationSec	0 (unlimited)	Maximum job duration in seconds. 0 disables the cap. When reached, the job completes. Max 24 hours.
idleTimeoutSec	60	Seconds with no media activity from any source before the job ends. Set 0 to disable.

Idle detection

• RTC sources (livekit, jitsi, daily, agora): idle when the room has no active media matching your select filters.
• Pull sources (rtmp_pull, hls_pull, etc.): idle when the stream stalls or disconnects.

Idle periods are not billed for media processing. See Billing overview.

Stopping jobs

Jobs also stop when you call DELETE /v1/jobs/:name or when the platform container reaches its maximum lifetime.