From 61d581648dc38b2a5b271b534ae91a22e78e7120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pior Bastida <pior.bastida@shopify.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:17:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add jitter on the processor fetch backoff sleep

---
 processor.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index 0ba9890dd..a447e7b68 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ func (p *processor) exec() {
 			// Sleep to avoid slamming redis and let scheduler move tasks into queues.
 			// Note: We are not using blocking pop operation and polling queues instead.
 			// This adds significant load to redis.
-			time.Sleep(p.taskCheckInterval)
+			jitter := time.Duration(rand.Intn(int(p.taskCheckInterval)))
+			time.Sleep(p.taskCheckInterval/2 + jitter)
 			<-p.sema // release token
 			return
 		case err != nil: