2e8da6749a58949d29072faa23fabb3d0345b8aa
hiram
  Sat Aug 17 06:50:58 2019 -0700
can not do the custom track penalty at this point, too late refs #23217

diff --git src/hg/hgTracks/hgTracks.c src/hg/hgTracks/hgTracks.c
index 2794a04..de53c8b 100644
--- src/hg/hgTracks/hgTracks.c
+++ src/hg/hgTracks/hgTracks.c
@@ -6340,37 +6340,43 @@
 tg->customTrack = TRUE;// Explicitly declare this a custom track for flatTrack ordering
 
 freez(&typeDupe);
 return tg;
 }
 
 char *getPositionFromCustomTracks()
 /* Parses custom track data to get the position variable
  * return - The first chromosome position variable found in the
  * custom track data.  */
 {
 char *pos = NULL;
 struct slName *bl = NULL;
 
 ctList = customTracksParseCart(database, cart, &browserLines, &ctFileName);
+#ifdef NOT
+/* this is the incorrect location for this to be done.  This is actually
+ * counting all custom tracks whether they are new or not.  Every view of
+ * the tracks adds to the penalty.
+ */
 if (slCount(ctList) > 0) {
   int trackCount = slCount(ctList);
   /* add penalty in relation to number of tracks created, and adjust
    * exitMs accordingly so that it will not hogExit at this time
    */
   (void) earlyBotCheck(enteredMainTime, "hgTracks", (double)(trackCount + 1) * delayFraction, warnMs, (trackCount + 1)*exitMs);
 }
+#endif
 
 for (bl = browserLines; bl != NULL; bl = bl->next)
     {
     char *words[96];
     int wordCount;
     char *dupe = cloneString(bl->name);
 
     wordCount = chopLine(dupe, words);
     if (wordCount >= 3)
         {
         char *command = words[1];
         if (sameString(command, "position"))
             pos = cloneString(words[2]);
         }
     freez(&dupe);