From 83ab2830b604b409e0b7611bfac88d2849f9617c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: multipleof4 <planetrenox@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:39:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Feat: Add orphan polling task for delayed Kalshi results

---
 worker.js | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/worker.js b/worker.js
index ffe6995..e405f4e 100644
--- a/worker.js
+++ b/worker.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   let latestMarketState = null;
 
+  // Handles markets that rotated BEFORE Kalshi posted the final result
   async function processOrphans() {
     if (paper._resetting) return;
     try {
@@ -53,10 +54,8 @@ async function main() {
     }
   }
 
-  // Settle delayed positions before continuing
+  // Check orphans immediately on startup, then every 60 seconds
   await processOrphans();
-  
-  // Continuously check open positions every 60s for delayed results
   setInterval(processOrphans, 60000);
 
   const tracker = new MarketTracker();
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ async function main() {
 
     if (paper._resetting) return;
 
-    // Only attempt to settle and notify if the result is already available
     if (result) {
       const settledPositions = await paper.settle(ticker, result);
       if (settledPositions) {