def update_backoff(self):
        """used by the backoffthread to decrease the backoff amount by half periodically"""
        while not backoff_event.isSet():
            self.backoff = self.backoff/2
            backoff_event.wait(BACKOFFDECREASETIMEOUT)
dataset/ETHPy150Open denizalti/concoord/concoord/replica.py/Replica.update_backoff/original