Heartbeat

Contains the heartbeat function, which sends a status embed to the bot owner every 20 seconds.

The information given is when the bot was last started and when it last updated the embed. With each restart, a new embed is sent, which the bot edits every 20 seconds until it is switched off. This is helpful for troubleshooting, for example if the bot freezes.

This cog is also responsible for updating the Docker healthcheck. If this cog is not loaded, the healthcheck will constantly fail (if not explicitly disabled).

Note

To set the owner, you have to set OWNER_ID in the .env file.