From 473c40b81224e48d93d0704ac42c6d817f473de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joost VandeVondele <Joost.VandeVondele@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:55:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] limit the batch size amplification

---
 server/fishtest/rundb.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/fishtest/rundb.py b/server/fishtest/rundb.py
index 3ba6b1f7f..d9b5ce842 100644
--- a/server/fishtest/rundb.py
+++ b/server/fishtest/rundb.py
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ def worker_cap(self, run, worker_info):
         assert concurrency >= 1
         # as we have more tasks done (>250), make them longer to avoid
         # having many tasks in long running tests
-        scale_duration = 1 + (len(run["tasks"]) // 250)
+        scale_duration = 1 + min(4, len(run["tasks"]) // 250)
         games = self.task_duration * scale_duration / game_time * concurrency
         if "sprt" in run["args"]:
             batch_size = 2 * run["args"]["sprt"].get("batch_size", 1)