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Co-authored-by: kobenguyent <[email protected]>

Author: Copilot

lib/utils.js

@@ -193,21 +193,39 @@ module.exports.test = {
     return function (key) {
       if (!fs.existsSync(dataFile)) {
         // Increase wait time for CI environments where form submission may be slower
-        const waitTime = process.env.CI ? 30 * 1000 : 1 * 1000 // 30 seconds in CI, 1 second otherwise
-        const pollInterval = 200 // Check every 200ms
+        const waitTime = process.env.CI ? 45 * 1000 : 1 * 1000 // 45 seconds in CI, 1 second otherwise
+        const pollInterval = 500 // Check every 500ms to reduce load
         const startTime = new Date().getTime()
 
-        // Poll for file existence using proper sleep mechanism
+        // Poll for file existence with exponential backoff-style intervals
+        let currentInterval = pollInterval
         while (new Date().getTime() - startTime < waitTime) {
           if (fs.existsSync(dataFile)) {
             break
           }
-          // Use spawnSync to create a proper non-CPU-intensive delay
-          if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
-            spawnSync('ping', ['-n', '1', '-w', pollInterval.toString(), '127.0.0.1'], { stdio: 'ignore' })
-          } else {
-            spawnSync('sleep', [(pollInterval / 1000).toString()], { stdio: 'ignore' })
+          
+          // Use a more efficient sleep mechanism
+          try {
+            if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+              // Use timeout command which is more reliable than ping
+              spawnSync('timeout', ['/t', Math.ceil(currentInterval / 1000).toString()], { stdio: 'ignore' })
+            } else {
+              // Use sleep with fractional seconds for better precision
+              spawnSync('sleep', [(currentInterval / 1000).toString()], { stdio: 'ignore' })
+            }
+          } catch (err) {
+            // Fallback to setTimeout-based delay if system commands fail
+            const end = new Date().getTime() + currentInterval
+            while (new Date().getTime() < end) {
+              // Small yield to prevent complete CPU lock
+              if (new Date().getTime() % 10 === 0) {
+                process.nextTick(() => {})
+              }
+            }
           }
+          
+          // Gradually increase interval to reduce polling frequency over time
+          currentInterval = Math.min(currentInterval * 1.2, 2000)
         }
       }
       if (!fs.existsSync(dataFile)) {