fix earlier AbstractTester change and reduce 'ci' tmo multiplier
diff --git a/api/topology/src/test/java/org/apache/edgent/test/topology/TStreamTest.java b/api/topology/src/test/java/org/apache/edgent/test/topology/TStreamTest.java
index 0e55fe2..441d43f 100644
--- a/api/topology/src/test/java/org/apache/edgent/test/topology/TStreamTest.java
+++ b/api/topology/src/test/java/org/apache/edgent/test/topology/TStreamTest.java
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
         // in the face of overloaded/slow build/test servers.
         if (Boolean.getBoolean("edgent.build.ci")) {
             // could do something like base the decision of the current value of timeout and/or units
-            return timeout * 10;
+            return timeout * 2;  // try to minimize
         }
         return timeout;
     }
diff --git a/runtime/etiao/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/runtime/etiao/Executable.java b/runtime/etiao/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/runtime/etiao/Executable.java
index 453003c..46c7de0 100644
--- a/runtime/etiao/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/runtime/etiao/Executable.java
+++ b/runtime/etiao/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/runtime/etiao/Executable.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
         // in the face of overloaded/slow build/test servers.
         if (Boolean.getBoolean("edgent.build.ci")) {
             // could do something like base the decision of the current value of timeout and/or units
-            return timeout * 10;
+            return timeout * 2; // try to minimize
         }
         return timeout;
     }
diff --git a/spi/topology/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/topology/spi/tester/AbstractTester.java b/spi/topology/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/topology/spi/tester/AbstractTester.java
index 07b72d2..0c10a08 100644
--- a/spi/topology/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/topology/spi/tester/AbstractTester.java
+++ b/spi/topology/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/topology/spi/tester/AbstractTester.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         
         if (Boolean.getBoolean("edgent.build.ci")) {
             // could do something like base the decision of the current value of timeout and/or units
-            return timeout * 10;
+            return timeout * 2;  // minimize the multiplier because of the aforementioned await-tmo test cases
         }
         return timeout;
     }
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
             long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws Exception {
 
         long tmoMsec = Math.max(unit.toMillis(timeout), 1000);
-        long maxTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + tmoMsec;
         tmoMsec = getTimeoutValue(tmoMsec, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        long maxTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + tmoMsec;
 
         Future<?> future = submitter.submit(topology(), config);
         // wait at most tmoMsec for the submit to create the job