diff --git a/pkg/instance/instance.go b/pkg/instance/instance.go
index 7d5d7c5..b167fec 100644
--- a/pkg/instance/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/instance/instance.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os/exec"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ type Process struct {
 	// Restart control
 	restartCancel context.CancelFunc `json:"-"` // Cancel function for pending restarts
 	monitorDone   chan struct{}      `json:"-"` // Channel to signal monitor goroutine completion
+
+	// Timeout management
+	lastRequestTime atomic.Int64 // Unix timestamp of last request
 }
 
 // validateAndCopyOptions validates and creates a deep copy of the provided options
diff --git a/pkg/instance/lifecycle.go b/pkg/instance/lifecycle.go
index 1442b6e..58b52eb 100644
--- a/pkg/instance/lifecycle.go
+++ b/pkg/instance/lifecycle.go
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ func (i *Process) Stop() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// UpdateLastRequestTime updates the last request access time for the instance via proxy
+func (i *Process) UpdateLastRequestTime() {
+	i.mu.Lock()
+	defer i.mu.Unlock()
+
+	lastRequestTime := time.Now().Unix()
+	i.lastRequestTime.Store(lastRequestTime)
+}
+
 func (i *Process) monitorProcess() {
 	defer func() {
 		i.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/instance/timeout.go b/pkg/instance/timeout.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1807170..0000000
--- a/pkg/instance/timeout.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package instance
diff --git a/pkg/server/handlers.go b/pkg/server/handlers.go
index 0bb5285..0d473e7 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handlers.go
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@ func (h *Handler) ProxyToInstance() http.HandlerFunc {
 			proxyPath = "/" + proxyPath
 		}
 
+		// Update the last request time for the instance
+		inst.UpdateLastRequestTime()
+
 		// Modify the request to remove the proxy prefix
 		originalPath := r.URL.Path
 		r.URL.Path = proxyPath
@@ -582,6 +585,9 @@ func (h *Handler) OpenAIProxy() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
+		// Update last request time for the instance
+		inst.UpdateLastRequestTime()
+
 		// Recreate the request body from the bytes we read
 		r.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes))
 		r.ContentLength = int64(len(bodyBytes))