From 004a54c4ae068baee1d257aa42173bb818a86fc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 17:47:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Improve cooperation from background jobs

---
 src/queue.rs | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/queue.rs b/src/queue.rs
index 501d66c..17bd0bd 100644
--- a/src/queue.rs
+++ b/src/queue.rs
@@ -446,8 +446,18 @@ where
 
     let mut hb = None;
 
+    let yield_limit = 8;
+    let mut count = 0;
+
     loop {
         tracing::trace!("heartbeat: looping");
+        count += 1;
+        count = count % yield_limit;
+
+        // yield every 8 iterations to be kind to other tasks
+        if count == 0 {
+            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+        }
 
         tokio::select! {
             output = &mut fut => {