ZipLoot - Google Colab Keep-Alive Gateway

1-Click Tampermonkey Install

To automate Colab interactions completely in the background without keeping console windows open, install our official Tampermonkey Userscript.

Automatic Clicker, Scroll Simulation, & Reconnection Active

Install Userscript Open Test Lab

Important System Boundary

This bypass solves Google Colab's 90-minute Idle Timeout. However, Google's 12-hour/24-hour absolute VM runtime limits cannot be bypassed. Use the Python Checkpoint script to save checkpoints directly to Google Drive.

Scripts & Snippets

Right-click on your Colab page, select "Inspect Element", open the "Console" tab, paste this code, and press Enter:

function KeepAlive() {
  console.log("[ZipLoot] Simulating user activity...");
  
  // Click the Connect Button if disconnected
  const connectBtn = document.querySelector("colab-connect-button");
  if (connectBtn) {
    const innerBtn = connectBtn.shadowRoot ? connectBtn.shadowRoot.querySelector("#connect") : null;
    if (innerBtn && innerBtn.textContent.includes("Reconnect")) {
      innerBtn.click();
      console.log("[ZipLoot] Clicked Reconnect Button.");
    }
  }

  // Simulate scrolling viewport
  const scroller = document.querySelector(".notebook-vertical-scroller");
  if (scroller) {
    scroller.scrollTop += 10;
    setTimeout(() => { scroller.scrollTop -= 10; }, 200);
  }
}
setInterval(KeepAlive, 60000);

Paste this block into the top cell of your Google Colab notebook. It mounts Google Drive and saves checkpoint weights every 10 minutes to prevent data loss:

import os
import time
from google.colab import drive

# Mount Google Drive
drive.mount('/content/drive')

# Checkpoint backup directory
backup_path = "/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab_Checkpoints"
os.makedirs(backup_path, exist_ok=True)

print(f"Checkpoint backups will be saved automatically to: {backup_path}")

# Example automatic checkpoint execution thread
# Run this cell or run the save commands inside your training loops:
# shutil.copy2("local_weights.pth", os.path.join(backup_path, "weights_latest.pth"))