Please see https://www.webucator.com/article/python-clocks-explained/

time.perf_counter has a resolution 4e-7 sec, whereas time.monotonic has a resolution 0.15 sec.

I noticed at least the unix lock implementation uses monotonic. That could lead to waits longer than needed, and make small values of poll_interval not beneficial (while giving user the illusion that they have fine-grained control).

Maybe use perf_counter instead of monotonic?