Optimize Payload Time locally (#15601)

(cherry picked from commit 3cad7aa)

src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed bug with Multi Node Component and add some examples ([#15557](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15557))
 
 
+- Fixed a bug where payload would take a very long time locally ([#15557](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15557))
+
+
 - Fixed an issue with the `lightning` CLI taking a long time to error out when the cloud is not reachable ([#15412](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15412))
 
 
+
 ## [1.8.0] - 2022-11-01
 
 ### Added

src/lightning_app/storage/orchestrator.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import threading
 import traceback
 from queue import Empty
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ def __init__(
         self.waiting_for_response: Dict[str, str] = {}
         self._validate_queues()
         self._exit_event = threading.Event()
-        self._sleep_time = 2
+
+        # Note: Use different sleep time locally and in the cloud
+        # to reduce queue calls.
+        self._sleep_time = 0.1 if "LIGHTNING_APP_STATE_URL" not in os.environ else 2
         self.fs = _filesystem()
 
     def _validate_queues(self):