From f5e62b7ae1c880870d2c162bcd3aa3097f799b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Soares <b.soares@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:28:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-1988 property based fake delay whilst saving project
 file

---
 src/jalview/project/Jalview2XML.java |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/jalview/project/Jalview2XML.java b/src/jalview/project/Jalview2XML.java
index d4b2c04..d57f58e 100644
--- a/src/jalview/project/Jalview2XML.java
+++ b/src/jalview/project/Jalview2XML.java
@@ -616,6 +616,25 @@ public class Jalview2XML
   {
     AlignFrame[] frames = Desktop.getAlignFrames();
 
+    if (Cache.getDefault("DEBUG_DELAY_SAVE", false))
+    {
+      int n = 20;
+      int i = 0;
+      while (i < n)
+      {
+        Console.debug("***** debugging save sleep " + i + "/" + n);
+        try
+        {
+          Thread.sleep(1000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e)
+        {
+          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+          e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        i++;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (frames == null)
     {
       return;
-- 
1.7.10.2