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 = "0.2.69"
+version = "0.2.70"
 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": "0.2.69",
+  "version": "0.2.70",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "c0mpute",
-  "version": "0.2.69",
+  "version": "0.2.70",
   "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 = "0.2.69";
+const FALLBACK_VERSION = "0.2.70";
 const FALLBACK_MIN_REQUIRED = "0.0.1";
 
 type Channel = "stable" | "beta" | "nightly";

diff --git a/node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/diffusion.rs b/node/crates/c0mpute-core/src/diffusion.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,26 @@ pub fn can_serve(config: &crate::config::DiffusionConfig) -> bool {
         && installed()
         && fast_enough(config)
         && has_headroom_with(config, memory())
+        && idle_enough_with(load_avg_1m(), logical_cpus())
+        && node_slot().available_permits() > 0
+}
+
+/// Busiest a box may be (1-minute load average per logical CPU) and still
+/// take a render. A render needs half the box for ~2 minutes; on a box
+/// already this busy it takes 10+ and the buyer is better told "no worker".
+pub const MAX_LOAD_PER_CPU: f64 = 0.75;
+
+/// Pure decision: is the box idle enough to start an image now?
+pub fn idle_enough_with(load_1m: f64, cpus: usize) -> bool {
+    cpus > 0 && load_1m.is_finite() && load_1m < cpus as f64 * MAX_LOAD_PER_CPU
+}
+
+fn load_avg_1m() -> f64 {
+    sysinfo::System::load_average().one
+}
+
+fn logical_cpus() -> usize {
+    std::thread::available_parallelism().map(|n| n.get()).unwrap_or(1)
 }
 
 fn now_secs() -> u64 {
@@ -708,6 +728,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(parse_stat("garbage"), None);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_busy_box_does_not_take_images() {
+        assert!(idle_enough_with(4.0, 16));
+        assert!(!idle_enough_with(26.5, 16), "seed2 at load 26 on 16 vCPUs");
+        assert!(!idle_enough_with(12.0, 16), "75% is the line");
+        assert!(!idle_enough_with(f64::NAN, 16));
+        assert!(!idle_enough_with(0.0, 0));
+    }
+
     #[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": "0.2.69",
+  "version": "0.2.70",
   "private": true,
   "workspaces": [
     "apps/*",

diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@c0mpute/shared",
-  "version": "0.2.69",
+  "version": "0.2.70",
   "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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 status      = "available"

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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 status      = "coming-soon"

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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 status      = "available"

diff --git a/plugins/crawl/module.toml b/plugins/crawl/module.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "crawl"
 name        = "Crawl — distributed web fetching"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "data"
 status      = "available"

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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/diffusion/module.toml b/plugins/diffusion/module.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "diffusion"
 name        = "Diffusion — image generation"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 status      = "available"

diff --git a/plugins/embed/module.toml b/plugins/embed/module.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "embed"
 name        = "Embeddings — vector generation"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 status      = "coming-soon"

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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "infrastructure"
 status      = "coming-soon"

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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "data"
 status      = "coming-soon"

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     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 status      = "partial"

diff --git a/plugins/live-stream/module.toml b/plugins/live-stream/module.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "live-stream"
 name        = "Live Stream — p2p HLS live streaming"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "media"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/ocr/module.toml b/plugins/ocr/module.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "ocr"
 name        = "OCR — document text extraction"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "ai"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/podcast-ads/module.toml b/plugins/podcast-ads/module.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "podcast-ads"
 name        = "Podcast Ads — audio ad marketplace"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/podcasting/module.toml b/plugins/podcasting/module.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "podcasting"
 name        = "Podcasting — p2p podcast publishing"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "media"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/podcasts/module.toml b/plugins/podcasts/module.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "podcasts"
 name        = "Podcasts — p2p podcast listener"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "media"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/render/module.toml b/plugins/render/module.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "render"
 name        = "Render — Blender 3D rendering"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "workload"
 category    = "media"
 status      = "coming-soon"

diff --git a/plugins/secure-chat/module.toml b/plugins/secure-chat/module.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "secure-chat"
 name        = "Secure Chat — E2E encrypted p2p messaging"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "applications"
 status      = "partial"

diff --git a/plugins/storage/module.toml b/plugins/storage/module.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [module]
 id          = "storage"
 name        = "Storage — Reed-Solomon shard service"
-version     = "0.2.69"
+version     = "0.2.70"
 kind        = "service"
 category    = "data"
 status      = "available"