lastBatchProcess = time.Now()

	retry:
		// If the channel reaches above half capacity
		// we spawn more workers. The workers spawned
		// from this main worker routine will exit
		// once the channel drops below half capacity
		// and when it's been at least 30 seconds since
		// we launched a new worker.
		if mainWorker && len(h.logCh) > cap(h.logCh)/2 {
			nWorkers := atomic.LoadInt64(&h.workers)