[ot][spam][crazy][spam][confused code] asdf!

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so the immediate issue is that it's planning a delay that passes the
predicted completion time.
rather, the delay should be slightly less than the predicted
completion time so that the final successful query can be made as
early as possible instead of a little late.

it makes sense there is a mistake because i made the linear solution
when i was very confused.