From 1673aa567d677241e5185d6011d91d2a7cf86dcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aryan Singh <asing271@illinois.edu>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 02:42:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update peer.py

---
 MP2/peer.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MP2/peer.py b/MP2/peer.py
index 8606900..73ac465 100644
--- a/MP2/peer.py
+++ b/MP2/peer.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ MY_IP = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
 HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL = 0.25
 GOSSIP_INTERVAL = 0.15
 JOIN_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1.0
-GOSSIP_FANOUT = 2
+GOSSIP_FANOUT = 1
 
 GOSSIP_FAILURE_TIMEOUT = 2.8
 GOSSIP_S_SUSPECT_TIMEOUT = 1