Adjust polling timeout for Kitmaker release with exponential backoff

[aristarkhovNV]

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  • Enhanced build system efficiency by optimizing status polling behavior with exponential backoff strategy and reduced retry attempts. The updated approach minimizes unnecessary wait times during the build process, reduces overall build duration, and maintains reliability for continuous integration workflows while improving resource utilization across build iterations.

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Walkthrough

A GitHub Actions workflow's Kitmaker status polling logic was optimized by reducing maximum poll attempts from 20 to 15 and implementing exponential backoff timing (1.25x multiplier) instead of fixed 30-second intervals, with updated comments reflecting an hourly cap.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Workflow Polling Optimization .github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml	Reduced maximum poll attempts to 15, replaced fixed 30s wait with exponential backoff (multiplying sleep by 1.25 after each iteration), and updated polling cap comment from ~10 minutes to hourly reference. Changes applied to both initial status check and Kitmaker status monitor loops.

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Poem

🐰 Hop, hop, backoff we go,
From fixed waits to exponential flow,
Fewer attempts, smarter delay,
Workflows run in a quicker way! 🚀

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Pull request overview

Updates the Kitmaker release status polling in the Ubuntu build workflow to allow longer waits using an exponential backoff strategy, reducing the chance of timing out on slower releases.

Changes:

• Increase the maximum polling attempts (20 → 15) while switching from fixed-interval polling to exponential backoff.
• Add a 1.25x sleep backoff multiplier starting from 30 seconds between polls.

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