From 70dc9702bd651e970fc7d6bc4a8df21d214c8207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha Koshka <sashakoshka@tebibyte.media>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:54:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add a --fast-timing option to make things happen sooner

The smaller time scale is better for debugging
---
 environment.go |  8 ++++++++
 phases.go      | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/environment.go b/environment.go
index ec57b9b..50cca69 100644
--- a/environment.go
+++ b/environment.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type environment struct {
 		verbose      bool
 		crash        bool
 		crashOnError bool
+		fastTiming   bool
 	}
 
 	// running stores whether the environment is currently running.
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@ func (this *environment) applyConfig() error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	// TODO: trim interval
 	err := parseDuration("init-timeout", &this.timing.initTimeout)
 	if err != nil { return err }
 	err = parseDuration("restart-threshold", &this.timing.restartThreshold)
@@ -434,6 +436,12 @@ func (this *environment) applyConfig() error {
 	if err != nil { return err }
 	err = parseDuration("shutdown-timeout", &this.timing.shutdownTimeout)
 	if err != nil { return err }
+
+	if this.flags.fastTiming {
+		this.timing.shutdownTimeout.Store(this.timing.shutdownTimeout.Load() / 60)
+		// TODO: quicken trim interval
+	}
+	
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/phases.go b/phases.go
index 1f9ddd3..0fd87c3 100644
--- a/phases.go
+++ b/phases.go
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ func (this *environment) phase10FlagParsing() bool {
 	flagUser          := set.Flag('u', "user",           "The user:group to run as", cli.ValString)
 	flagLogDirectory  := set.Flag('l', "log-directory",  "Write logs to the specified directory", cli.ValString)
 	flagConfigFile    := set.Flag('c', "config-file",    "Use this configuration file", cli.ValString)
-	flagVerbose       := set.Flag('v', "verbose",        "Enable verbose output/logging", nil)
-	flagCrash         := set.Flag(0,   "crash",          "Crash when an actor panics", nil)
-	flagCrashOnError  := set.Flag(0,   "crash-on-error", "Crash when an actor experiences any error", nil)
+	flagVerbose       := set.Flag('v', "verbose",        "(debug) Enable verbose output/logging", nil)
+	flagCrash         := set.Flag(0,   "crash",          "(debug) Crash when an actor panics", nil)
+	flagCrashOnError  := set.Flag(0,   "crash-on-error", "(debug) Crash when an actor experiences any error", nil)
+	flagFastTiming    := set.Flag(0,   "fast-timing",    "(debug) Make timed things happen faster/more often", nil)
 
 	// ask actors to add flags
 	actors, done := this.actors.RBorrow()
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ func (this *environment) phase10FlagParsing() bool {
 		this.flags.crash = true
 		this.flags.crashOnError = true
 	}
+	if _, ok := flagFastTiming.First(); ok {
+		this.flags.fastTiming = true
+	}
 	return true
 }