Tim Abbott

@orientor can you rework your commits here to follow our commit style? I think what makes sense are: * A first commit that adjusts the behavior of `RandomExponentialBackoff` to add...

The first commit adds the `delay_cap` field but doesn't have it do anything. That isn't a coherent commit -- it's just confusing were to merge just that. Zulip's development model...

I merged the first commit and posted a couple comments. I'll also note that this doesn't replace the `time.sleep(1)` in `call_on_each_event`, nor does it add a change to detect "invalid...

I'm not an expert on kubernetes; @galexrt do you have an opinion on this direction? Or alternatively, @t3hmrman, if you point to some resources and/or explain your reasoning for these...

And I should add that we could definitely use help with polishing the Docker/k8s setup in this project if you have the time and interest to do so.

Awesome, this is much appreciated! I likely won't be able to dig into this stuff this week due to the New Years' holiday, but I'm hoping to do so soon.

@krystalcode in particular, did you set the `SETTINGS_EXTERNAL_HOST` variable in your `docker-compose.yml` as documented? Unless you're using the `MANUAL_CONFIGURATION` option, Zulip will overwrite /etc/zulip/settings.py based on your configured settings.

The problem is that the Postgres images only set the password on first boot. So if you change those settings, you need to destroy and recreate the postgres container (or...

I don't believe we have a way for SAML to work with environment variables. We recommend using MANUAL_CONFIGURATION with a `settings.py` file for that. What issue do you get with...

Thanks for working on this @PeterDaveHello! This is a good thought, though I think it would break this logic (which is used to display what version of Zulip one is...