diff --git a/scripts/gamble.ts b/scripts/gamble.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env bun
+// usage: bun scripts/gamble.ts <number of attempts> <timeout in seconds> <command>
+
+import assert from "node:assert";
+
+const attempts = parseInt(process.argv[2]);
+const timeout = parseFloat(process.argv[3]);
+const argv = process.argv.slice(4);
+
+let numTimedOut = 0;
+const signals = new Map<string, number>();
+const codes = new Map<number, number>();
+let numOk = 0;
+
+for (let i = 0; i < attempts; i++) {
+  const proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: argv,
+    timeout: 1000 * timeout,
+    stdin: null,
+    stdout: "ignore",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+  await proc.exited;
+  const errors = await new Response(proc.stderr).text();
+
+  const { signalCode: signal, exitCode } = proc;
+
+  if (signal === "SIGTERM") {
+    // sent for timeouts
+    numTimedOut += 1;
+  } else if (signal) {
+    const newCount = 1 + (signals.get(signal) ?? 0);
+    signals.set(signal, newCount);
+  } else if (exitCode !== 0) {
+    // if null there should have been a signal
+    assert(exitCode !== null);
+    const newCount = 1 + (codes.get(exitCode) ?? 0);
+    codes.set(exitCode, newCount);
+  } else {
+    numOk += 1;
+  }
+  if (exitCode !== 0) console.log(errors);
+  process.stdout.write(exitCode === 0 ? "." : "!");
+}
+process.stdout.write("\n");
+
+const width = attempts.toString().length;
+const pad = (num: number): string => num.toString().padStart(width, " ");
+const green = (text: string) => console.log(`\x1b[32m${text}\x1b[0m`);
+const red = (text: string) => console.log(`\x1b[31m${text}\x1b[0m`);
+
+green(`${pad(numOk)}/${attempts} OK`);
+if (numTimedOut > 0) {
+  red(`${pad(numTimedOut)}/${attempts} timeout`);
+}
+for (const [signal, count] of signals.entries()) {
+  red(`${pad(count)}/${attempts} ${signal}`);
+}
+for (const [code, count] of codes.entries()) {
+  red(`${pad(count)}/${attempts} code ${code}`);
+}
+
+process.exit(numOk === attempts ? 0 : 1);