From e64efd9185d42167cbe62ef7dbe4ac8496a52cfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Whitestone <alexpaynex@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:42:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?perf:=20max=20speed=20=E2=80=94=202s=20cooldown?=
 =?UTF-8?q?,=2010s=20idle=20poll,=2090s=20scaler,=2010+5=20workers?=
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Hit rate limits, don't play it safe. Scale down only when forced.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 bin/claude-loop.sh | 12 ++++++------
 bin/gemini-loop.sh | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/claude-loop.sh b/bin/claude-loop.sh
index da04ae9..2e7ca9e 100755
--- a/bin/claude-loop.sh
+++ b/bin/claude-loop.sh
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # === CONFIG ===
-NUM_WORKERS="${1:-7}"
+NUM_WORKERS="${1:-10}"
 MAX_WORKERS=21        # absolute ceiling
 WORKTREE_BASE="$HOME/worktrees"
 GITEA_URL="http://143.198.27.163:3000"
 GITEA_TOKEN=$(cat "$HOME/.hermes/claude_token")
 CLAUDE_TIMEOUT=900   # 15 min per issue
-COOLDOWN=5            # seconds between issues (fast cycle)
-RATE_LIMIT_SLEEP=60   # initial sleep on rate limit
-MAX_RATE_SLEEP=300    # max backoff on rate limit
+COOLDOWN=2            # seconds between issues — max speed
+RATE_LIMIT_SLEEP=30   # initial sleep on rate limit
+MAX_RATE_SLEEP=120    # max backoff on rate limit
 LOG_DIR="$HOME/.hermes/logs"
 SKIP_FILE="$LOG_DIR/claude-skip-list.json"
 LOCK_DIR="$LOG_DIR/claude-locks"
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ run_worker() {
 
     if [ "$issue_json" = "null" ] || [ -z "$issue_json" ]; then
       update_active "$worker_id" "" "" "idle"
-      sleep 60
+      sleep 10
       continue
     fi
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ done
 # Every 3 minutes: check health, scale up if no rate limits, scale down if hitting limits
 CURRENT_WORKERS="$NUM_WORKERS"
 while true; do
-  sleep 180
+  sleep 90
 
   # Reap dead workers and relaunch
   for pidfile in "$PID_DIR"/*.pid; do
diff --git a/bin/gemini-loop.sh b/bin/gemini-loop.sh
index d65abb5..a07ff69 100755
--- a/bin/gemini-loop.sh
+++ b/bin/gemini-loop.sh
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # === CONFIG ===
-NUM_WORKERS="${1:-3}"
+NUM_WORKERS="${1:-5}"
 MAX_WORKERS=12
 WORKTREE_BASE="$HOME/worktrees"
 GITEA_URL="http://143.198.27.163:3000"
 GITEA_TOKEN=$(cat "$HOME/.hermes/gemini_token")
 GEMINI_TIMEOUT=600   # 10 min per issue
-COOLDOWN=5            # seconds between issues
-RATE_LIMIT_SLEEP=60
-MAX_RATE_SLEEP=300
+COOLDOWN=2            # seconds between issues — max speed
+RATE_LIMIT_SLEEP=30
+MAX_RATE_SLEEP=120
 LOG_DIR="$HOME/.hermes/logs"
 SKIP_FILE="$LOG_DIR/gemini-skip-list.json"
 LOCK_DIR="$LOG_DIR/gemini-locks"
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ run_worker() {
 
     if [ "$issue_json" = "null" ] || [ -z "$issue_json" ]; then
       update_active "$worker_id" "" "" "idle"
-      sleep 60
+      sleep 10
       continue
     fi
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ done
 # Dynamic scaler — every 3 minutes
 CURRENT_WORKERS="$NUM_WORKERS"
 while true; do
-  sleep 180
+  sleep 90
 
   # Reap dead workers
   for pidfile in "$PID_DIR"/*.pid; do