up the rlimit (#1148)

47ceb54bc17ba348535277b3d706449cccf63d06 · 2026-01-13 15:00:54 +0000 · Evan Quiney

Fixes #1117 

Manual testing:
Launched 100 instances. worked. yay.

Files touched

M src/exo/main.py

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commit 47ceb54bc17ba348535277b3d706449cccf63d06
Author: Evan Quiney <evanev7@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 13 15:00:54 2026 +0000

    up the rlimit (#1148)
    
    Fixes #1117
    
    Manual testing:
    Launched 100 instances. worked. yay.
---
 src/exo/main.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/exo/main.py b/src/exo/main.py
index 43d69aa5..85bc095b 100644
--- a/src/exo/main.py
+++ b/src/exo/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import os
+import resource
 import signal
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Self
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ class Node:
 
 def main():
     args = Args.parse()
+    soft, hard = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
+    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (max(soft, 65535), hard))
 
     mp.set_start_method("spawn")
     # TODO: Refactor the current verbosity system

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