def ack_deadline(self):
        """Return the current ack deadline based on historical time-to-ack.

        This method is "sticky". It will only perform the computations to
        check on the right ack deadline if the histogram has gained a
        significant amount of new information.

        Returns:
            int: The ack deadline.
        """
        target = min([self._last_histogram_size * 2, self._last_histogram_size + 100])
        if len(self.ack_histogram) > target:
            self._ack_deadline = self.ack_histogram.percentile(percent=99)
        return self._ack_deadline
Return the current ack deadline based on historical time-to-ack.

        This method is "sticky". It will only perform the computations to
        check on the right ack deadline if the histogram has gained a
        significant amount of new information.

        Returns:
            int: The ack deadline.