func (m metacache) keepAlive(ctx context.Context, rpc *peerRESTClient) {
	// we intentionally operate on a copy of m, so we can update without locks.
	t := time.NewTicker(metacacheMaxClientWait / 10)
	defer t.Stop()
	for {
		select {
		case <-ctx.Done():
			// Request is done, stop updating.
			return
		case <-t.C:
			m.lastHandout = time.Now()

	handlerErr = handler.Handle(ctx, msg.Payload, handlerIn, send)
	return handlerErr
}

// checkRemoteAlive will check if the remote is alive.
func (m *muxServer) checkRemoteAlive() {
	t := time.NewTicker(m.clientPingInterval)
	defer t.Stop()
	for {
		select {
		case <-m.ctx.Done():
			return
		case <-t.C:
			last := time.Since(time.Unix(atomic.LoadInt64(&m.LastPing), 0))

	if err == nil {
		return storageDisks, format, nil
	}

	tries++ // tried already once

	// Wait on each try for an update.
	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
	defer ticker.Stop()

	for {
		// Only log once every 10 iterations, then reset the tries count.
		verbose = tries >= 10
		if verbose {
			tries = 1
		}

	saverWg.Add(1)
	go func() {
		// Add jitter to the update time so multiple sets don't sync up.
		updateTime := 30*time.Second + time.Duration(float64(10*time.Second)*rand.Float64())
		t := time.NewTicker(updateTime)
		defer t.Stop()
		defer saverWg.Done()
		var lastSave time.Time

		for {
			select {
			case <-t.C:
				if cache.Info.LastUpdate.Equal(lastSave) {
					continue
				}

	return true
}

var (
	healthCheckInterval = 1 * time.Minute
	healthCheckTimeout  = 5 * time.Second
)

func (o *AuthNPlugin) doPeriodicHealthCheck() {
	ticker := time.NewTicker(healthCheckInterval)
	defer ticker.Stop()

	for {
		select {
		case <-ticker.C:
			now := time.Now()
			isConnected := o.checkConnectivity(o.shutdownCtx)
			if isConnected {

		client := kes.NewClientWithConfig("", conf)
		client.Endpoints = endpoints

		// Keep the default key in the KES cache to prevent availability issues
		// when MinIO restarts
		go func() {
			timer := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
			defer timer.Stop()
			defaultKey := env.Get(EnvKESDefaultKey, "")
			for {
				select {
				case <-ctx.Done():
					return
				case <-timer.C:
					client.DescribeKey(ctx, defaultKey)

			}
		}
		xioutil.SafeClose(results)
	}()

	// Goroutine to periodically save batch-expire job's in-memory state
	saverQuitCh := make(chan struct{})
	go func() {
		saveTicker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
		defer saveTicker.Stop()
		quit := false
		after := time.Minute
		for !quit {
			select {
			case <-saveTicker.C:
			case <-ctx.Done():
				quit = true
			case <-saverQuitCh:

		} else {
			dnsTTL = 10 * time.Minute
		}
	}

	// Call to refresh will refresh names in cache.
	go func() {
		// Baremetal setups set DNS refresh window up to dnsTTL duration.
		t := time.NewTicker(dnsTTL)
		defer t.Stop()
		for {
			select {
			case <-t.C:
				globalDNSCache.Refresh()

			case <-GlobalContext.Done():
				return
			}
		}
	}()
}

type envKV struct {

		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
			go mc.setErr(err.Error())
			cancel()
		}
	}()

	defer cancel()
	// Save continuous updates
	go func() {
		var err error
		ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
		defer ticker.Stop()
		var exit bool
		for !exit {
			select {
			case <-ticker.C:
			case <-ctx.Done():
				exit = true
			}
			metaMu.Lock()
			meta := *mc.meta

	}
	return metrics
}

// keep job metrics for some time after the job is completed
// in-case some one wants to look at the older results.
func (m *batchJobMetrics) purgeJobMetrics() {
	t := time.NewTicker(6 * time.Hour)
	defer t.Stop()

	for {
		select {
		case <-GlobalContext.Done():
			return
		case <-t.C:
			var toDeleteJobMetrics []string
			m.RLock()