Instantiate the background scheduler only on Spaces

app.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 import gradio as gr
 import pandas as pd
 from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
@@ -567,7 +569,8 @@ with gr.Blocks(css=custom_css) as demo:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
-    scheduler.add_job(restart_space, "interval", seconds=1800)
-    scheduler.start()
+    if os.getenv("SPACE_ID"):
+        scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
+        scheduler.add_job(restart_space, "interval", seconds=1800)
+        scheduler.start()
     demo.queue(default_concurrency_limit=40).launch()