code: def increase_file_limit(new_soft=2**15, new_hard=2**15):
      """Increase the maximum number of open files. On Linux, this allows spawning more processes/threads."""
      try:
          import resource  # local import to avoid ImportError for Windows users
  
          soft, hard = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
          new_soft = max(soft, new_soft)
          new_hard = max(hard, new_hard)
          logger.info(
              f"Increasing file limit: soft {soft}=>{new_soft}, hard {hard}=>{new_hard}"
          )
          return resource.setrlimit(
              resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (new_soft, new_hard)
          )
      except Exception as e:
          logger.warning(f"Failed to increase file limit: {e}")
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: increase_file_limit(new_soft, new_hard) and returns: resource