From 43910daf8f6f01fdb44ce2400dd04b153346f328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Rempel <nbrempel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 11:06:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make lossy downstairs actually lag

---
 downstairs/src/lib.rs | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/downstairs/src/lib.rs b/downstairs/src/lib.rs
index d7dac4c0e..183e5297a 100644
--- a/downstairs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/downstairs/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use rand::prelude::*;
 use slog::{debug, error, info, o, warn, Logger};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
-use tokio::time::Instant;
+use tokio::time::{sleep, Instant};
 use tokio_util::codec::FramedRead;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -1469,14 +1469,28 @@ impl ActiveConnection {
             .get_next(&mut stop_at)
             .or_else(|| retry.pop_front())
         {
-            if flags.lossy && rand::random_bool(0.25) {
-                // Skip a job that needs to be done, moving it to the back of
-                // the list.  This exercises job dependency tracking in the face
-                // of arbitrary reordering.
-                info!(self.log, "[lossy] skipping {}", ds_id);
-                retry.push_back((ds_id, work));
-                continue;
-            } else if let Some((ds_id, work)) = self
+            if flags.lossy {
+                // First, mimic the old `random() && random()` skip probability (~25%).
+                if rand::random_bool(0.25) {
+                    // Move the job to the back to exercise dependency tracking in the
+                    // face of arbitrary reordering.
+                    info!(self.log, "[lossy] skipping {}", ds_id);
+                    retry.push_back((ds_id, work));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // If we didn't skip, give ourselves another 25% chance to delay.
+                if rand::random_bool(0.25) {
+                    let delay_ms = rand::random_range(50..=250);
+                    debug!(
+                        self.log,
+                        "[lossy] delaying {} by {}ms", ds_id, delay_ms
+                    );
+                    sleep(Duration::from_millis(delay_ms as u64)).await;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if let Some((ds_id, work)) = self
                 .do_work(ds_id, work, flags, reqwest_client, dss, region)
                 .await?
             {