ralyodio · Nov 8, 2026 · Nov 8, 2026
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.63"
+version = "0.2.64"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/profullstack/c0mpute"

diff --git a/apps/tui/package.json b/apps/tui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@c0mpute/tui",
-  "version": "0.2.63",
+  "version": "0.2.64",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "c0mpute",
-  "version": "0.2.63",
+  "version": "0.2.64",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/releases/latest.json/route.ts b/apps/web/src/app/releases/latest.json/route.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
  * this in sync with the workspace version in `Cargo.toml` on each release so a
  * freshly built CLI reports "already latest" rather than a phantom upgrade.
  */
-const FALLBACK_VERSION = "0.2.63";
+const FALLBACK_VERSION = "0.2.64";
 const FALLBACK_MIN_REQUIRED = "0.0.1";
 
 type Channel = "stable" | "beta" | "nightly";

diff --git a/node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/config.rs b/node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/config.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ pub struct DiffusionConfig {
     pub min_free_ram_gb: u64,
     #[serde(default = "default_diffusion_min_free_disk_gb")]
     pub min_free_disk_gb: u64,
+    /// Smallest per-job CPU thread budget (`resources::cpu_threads_per_job`,
+    /// half the box by default) worth serving images with. At 8 threads a
+    /// 768x512 image takes ~2-4 min; at 3 it passes the 15-minute job limit.
+    #[serde(default = "default_diffusion_min_cpu_threads")]
+    pub min_cpu_threads: usize,
 }
 
 impl Default for DiffusionConfig {
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ impl Default for DiffusionConfig {
             min_ram_gb: default_diffusion_min_ram_gb(),
             min_free_ram_gb: default_diffusion_min_free_ram_gb(),
             min_free_disk_gb: default_diffusion_min_free_disk_gb(),
+            min_cpu_threads: default_diffusion_min_cpu_threads(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -81,11 +87,15 @@ fn default_diffusion_min_ram_gb() -> u64 {
     16
 }
 fn default_diffusion_min_free_ram_gb() -> u64 {
-    10
+    // A job holds ~9 GB; keep ~3 GB for whatever else the box runs.
+    12
 }
 fn default_diffusion_min_free_disk_gb() -> u64 {
     25
 }
+fn default_diffusion_min_cpu_threads() -> usize {
+    8
+}
 
 impl DiffusionConfig {
     pub fn auto_install_enabled(&self) -> bool {

diff --git a/node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/diffusion.rs b/node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/diffusion.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 //! - Linux x86_64 only (the only CPU build of the pinned release we run; it is
 //!   built on Ubuntu 26.04 and needs glibc 2.43, which the self-test checks);
 //! - at least `min_ram_gb` total RAM and `min_free_ram_gb` available right now;
+//! - a per-job CPU budget of at least `min_cpu_threads` (a 16-thread box);
 //! - at least `min_free_disk_gb` free before installing;
 //! - opt-out: `C0MPUTE_DIFFUSION_AUTO=0` or `[diffusion] auto_install = false`.
 
@@ -139,10 +140,22 @@ pub fn has_headroom_with(config: &crate::config::DiffusionConfig, mem: MemorySna
         && mem.available >= config.min_free_ram_gb.saturating_mul(GIB)
 }
 
+/// Pure decision: is this per-job thread budget fast enough to serve images?
+pub fn fast_enough_with(config: &crate::config::DiffusionConfig, job_threads: usize) -> bool {
+    job_threads >= config.min_cpu_threads
+}
+
+fn fast_enough(config: &crate::config::DiffusionConfig) -> bool {
+    fast_enough_with(config, crate::resources::cpu_threads_per_job())
+}
+
 /// Installed, enabled, and enough free memory to run a job without swapping.
 /// Called on every advertise tick, so a busy node stops bidding within a minute.
 pub fn can_serve(config: &crate::config::DiffusionConfig) -> bool {
-    config.auto_install_enabled() && installed() && has_headroom_with(config, memory())
+    config.auto_install_enabled()
+        && installed()
+        && fast_enough(config)
+        && has_headroom_with(config, memory())
 }
 
 fn now_secs() -> u64 {
@@ -187,6 +200,14 @@ pub async fn ensure(config: &crate::config::DiffusionConfig) -> bool {
         tracing::debug!("diffusion auto-provisioning is off; not installing");
         return false;
     }
+    if !fast_enough(config) {
+        info!(
+            job_threads = crate::resources::cpu_threads_per_job(),
+            required = config.min_cpu_threads,
+            "skipping diffusion: CPU budget too small for images in reasonable time"
+        );
+        return false;
+    }
     if installed() {
         return true;
     }
@@ -612,6 +633,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!has_headroom_with(&config, small));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_small_cpu_budget_does_not_serve_images() {
+        let config = DiffusionConfig::default();
+        assert!(fast_enough_with(&config, 8));
+        assert!(fast_enough_with(&config, 16));
+        assert!(
+            !fast_enough_with(&config, 3),
+            "a 6-core box at the 50% share is too slow"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn png_magic_is_checked() {
         assert!(is_png(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n0000"));

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "c0mpute-monorepo",
-  "version": "0.2.63",
+  "version": "0.2.64",
   "private": true,
   "workspaces": [
     "apps/*",

diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@c0mpute/shared",
-  "version": "0.2.63",
+  "version": "0.2.64",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",

diff --git a/plugins/ad-generator-agent/module.toml b/plugins/ad-generator-agent/module.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "ad-generator-agent"
 name        = "Ad Generator Agent — every ad type from one URL"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 description = "Turns a landing-page URL into a complete ad set (display banners, text link, terminal, feed item, image, GIF, 5-second video pre-roll and audio) by buying c0mpute work: copy from Infernet inference, voiceover from CPU text-to-speech, artwork from diffusion when workers offer it. No paid AI API by default."

diff --git a/plugins/ads-manager/module.toml b/plugins/ads-manager/module.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "ads-manager"
 name        = "Ads Manager — shared ad operations layer"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 description = "Unified ad operations for the c0mpute network: campaign management, creative registry, publisher inventory, OpenRTB auction primitives, CoinPay escrow, and reporting. Required dependency for ctv-ads and all future ad format plugins."

diff --git a/plugins/coinpay/module.toml b/plugins/coinpay/module.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "coinpay"
 name        = "CoinPay — DID, payments, escrow, reputation"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 description = "Decentralized identifiers, wallet linking, escrow, signed receipts, and worker reputation. The trust spine of the c0mpute network."

diff --git a/plugins/crawl/module.toml b/plugins/crawl/module.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "crawl"
 name        = "Crawl — distributed web fetching"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "data"
 description = "Decentralized web crawling and page-rendering pool. Static fetches and JS-rendered pages, robots-aware, WARC-capable."

diff --git a/plugins/ctv-ads/module.toml b/plugins/ctv-ads/module.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "ctv-ads"
 name        = "CTV Ads — Connected TV ad marketplace"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 description = "Decentralised Connected TV advertising on the c0mpute network. VAST 4.x endpoint, OpenRTB real-time auction, cryptographically verified impressions, CoinPay settlement. Supports Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Smart TVs, and FAST channels. Live-stream integration for ad-monetised broadcasts."

diff --git a/plugins/diffusion/module.toml b/plugins/diffusion/module.toml
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 # CPU image generation. Every node with >=16 GiB RAM and >=25 GB free disk
 # provisions it itself (node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/diffusion.rs): a pinned
 # stable-diffusion.cpp release (MIT) plus Apache-2.0 weights from Hugging
-# Face, all SHA-256 checked. A node bids only while >=10 GiB RAM is free.
+# Face, all SHA-256 checked. Needs a per-job CPU budget of >=8 threads
+# (a 16-thread box); bids only while >=12 GiB RAM is free.
 # ~90-120 s per 768x512 image on a 16-core CPU. Buyers call the speech
 # gateway's POST /v1/images. Opt out: C0MPUTE_DIFFUSION_AUTO=0.
 
 [module]
 id          = "diffusion"
 name        = "Diffusion — image generation"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 description = "Decentralized text-to-image on plain CPUs: Z-Image-Turbo through stable-diffusion.cpp, provisioned by every node with the RAM for it."

diff --git a/plugins/embed/module.toml b/plugins/embed/module.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "embed"
 name        = "Embeddings — vector generation"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 description = "Bulk text-embedding generation (sentence-transformers, BGE, Nomic) with CPU fallback and optional GPU acceleration."

diff --git a/plugins/gameserver/module.toml b/plugins/gameserver/module.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "gameserver"
 name        = "Game server — Minecraft / Factorio / Valheim"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "infrastructure"
 description = "Continuous-reservation hosting for game servers. Multi-replica placement, persistent world state on c0mpute storage, proof-of-serve settlement."

diff --git a/plugins/hosting/module.toml b/plugins/hosting/module.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "hosting"
 name        = "Hosting — censorship-resistant static sites"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "data"
 description = "Static-site hosting with multi-replica placement, mutable naming, epoch settlement, and slashable proof-of-serve. See DIP-0015."

diff --git a/plugins/infernet/module.toml b/plugins/infernet/module.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "infernet"
 name        = "Infernet Protocol — AI inference"
-version     = "0.2.63"
+version     = "0.2.64"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 description = "Decentralized AI inference workloads on c0mpute. Runs models on consumer/prosumer GPUs with model-hash and runtime-image verification. Also trains and serves temporal policies (CfC/LTC liquid networks, GRU baseline) and fine-tunes language models (LoRA) with live progress, on CPU or GPU."