Use a slower check rate on windows, otherwise windows locks up (#12556)

* use a slower check rate on windows

* add changeset

* Fix check_rate

* use old value for progress_update_sleep_when_free

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Co-authored-by: gradio-pr-bot <[email protected]>

Author: freddyaboulton

.changeset/large-waves-rescue.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gradio": patch
+---
+
+fix:Use a slower check rate on windows, otherwise windows locks up

gradio/queueing.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import copy
 import inspect
 import os
+import platform
 import random
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -137,8 +138,10 @@ def __init__(
             ProcessTime
         )
         self.live_updates = live_updates
-        self.sleep_when_free = 0.001
-        self.progress_update_sleep_when_free = 0.01
+        self.sleep_when_free = 0.05 if platform.system() == "Windows" else 0.001
+        self.progress_update_sleep_when_free = (
+            0.1 if platform.system() == "Windows" else 0.01
+        )
         self.max_size = max_size
         self.blocks = blocks
         self._asyncio_tasks: list[asyncio.Task] = []

gradio/routes.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import math
 import mimetypes
 import os
+import platform
 import secrets
 import sys
 import time
@@ -1464,7 +1465,7 @@ async def sse_stream(request: fastapi.Request):
                             )
 
                         heartbeat_rate = 15
-                        check_rate = 0.001
+                        check_rate = 0.05 if platform.system() == "Windows" else 0.001
                         message = None
                         try:
                             messages = blocks._queue.pending_messages_per_session[