you don't want it random. You want to add a splay .e.g # add a random value (from 0 to X) to the timeout # This can be used to prevent the thundering herd prob

you don't want it random. You want to add a splay .e.g # add a random value (from 0 to X) to the timeout # This can be used to prevent the thundering herd problem splay = "5s"