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Add some synthetic randomness to timing

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Rust
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Description

Various Janus components use repeated sleeps or intervals to schedule operations. We may want to add some randomness to the timing of these , both to smooth out the arrival time of requests we make to other aggregators, and to avoid nonlinear responses arising from timing loops going in and out of phase with each other.

This work depends on #445.

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Research direction

Start by reading the dependency issue #445, then locate the Janus components that use repeated sleeps or intervals for scheduling. The issue does not name files, tests, or an acceptance criterion; completion would require agreeing on how timing randomness should smooth aggregator request arrivals and avoid synchronization effects.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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