2026-10-20 04:02 UTC
No one said anything about random.
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@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2026-10-20 04:54
“Random back off” is the name of a technique to avoid this exact problem. Each instance generates a random number of (say) seconds between (say 15 to 120) and schedules the fetch for then. It is extremely unlikely that any two instances select the same second.