primitive stampede protection

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• [ ] Implementation matches the proposed design, or proposal is updated to match implementation
• [ ] Sufficient unit test coverage
• [ ] Sufficient end-to-end test coverage
• [ ] Bug fixes are accompanied by regression test(s)
• [ ] e2e tests and flake fixes are accompanied evidence of flake testing, e.g. executing the test 100(0) times
• [ ] tech debt/todo is accompanied by issue link(s) in comments in the surrounding code
• [ ] Tests are comprehensible, e.g. Ginkgo DSL is being used appropriately
• [ ] Docs updated or added to /doc
• [ ] Commit messages sensible and descriptive
• [ ] Tests marked as [FLAKE] are truly flaky and have an issue
• [ ] Code is properly formatted

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