From 661f778500f4a388087dc2058e747cd81400d323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael McCarty <mkmccarty@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 22:38:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=8C=B1=20feat:=20add=20heartbeat=20mechan?=
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---
 main.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8627f06d..3cfea7a3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1116,7 +1116,12 @@ func getIntentUserID(i *discordgo.InteractionCreate) string {
 	return i.Member.User.ID
 }
 
+// Heartbeat function to update the modification time of a file at regular intervals
 func startHeartbeat(filepath string, interval time.Duration) {
+	if config.IsDevBot() {
+		return
+
+	}
 	go func() {
 		// Create the file if it doesn't exist
 		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath); os.IsNotExist(err) {