diff --git a/changelog.d/20250217_150229_rra_DM_48977.md b/changelog.d/20250217_150229_rra_DM_48977.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..002756b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20250217_150229_rra_DM_48977.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Fix jitter calculations in Nublado businesses.
diff --git a/src/mobu/asyncio.py b/src/mobu/asyncio.py
index 0780f0f8..fbd627f1 100644
--- a/src/mobu/asyncio.py
+++ b/src/mobu/asyncio.py
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 from contextlib import AbstractAsyncContextManager
 from datetime import timedelta
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import Literal, TypeVar
-
-T = TypeVar("T")
+from typing import Literal
 
 __all__ = [
     "aclosing_iter",
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ async def loop() -> None:
     return asyncio.ensure_future(loop())
 
 
-async def wait_first(*args: Coroutine[None, None, T]) -> T | None:
+async def wait_first[T](*args: Coroutine[None, None, T]) -> T | None:
     """Return the result of the first awaitable to finish.
 
     The other awaitables will be cancelled.  The first awaitable determines
diff --git a/src/mobu/services/business/base.py b/src/mobu/services/business/base.py
index b3e10596..203f24df 100644
--- a/src/mobu/services/business/base.py
+++ b/src/mobu/services/business/base.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, AsyncIterable
 from datetime import timedelta
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Generic, TypedDict, TypeVar
+from typing import TypedDict
 
 from safir.datetime import current_datetime
 from structlog.stdlib import BoundLogger
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 from ...models.user import AuthenticatedUser
 from ...sentry import capturing_start_span, start_transaction
 
-T = TypeVar("T", bound="BusinessOptions")
-U = TypeVar("U")
-
 __all__ = ["Business"]
 
 
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ class BusinessCommand(Enum):
     STOP = "STOP"
 
 
-class Business(Generic[T], metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class Business[T: BusinessOptions](metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Base class for monkey business (one type of repeated operation).
 
     The basic flow for a monkey business is as follows:
@@ -114,21 +111,21 @@ def __init__(
 
     # Methods that should be overridden by child classes if needed.
 
-    async def startup(self) -> None:
+    async def startup(self) -> None:  # noqa: B027
         """Run before the start of the first iteration and then not again."""
 
     @abstractmethod
     async def execute(self) -> None:
         """Execute the core of each business loop."""
 
-    async def close(self) -> None:
+    async def close(self) -> None:  # noqa: B027
         """Clean up any allocated resources.
 
         This should be overridden by child classes to free any resources that
         were allocated in ``__init__``.
         """
 
-    async def shutdown(self) -> None:
+    async def shutdown(self) -> None:  # noqa: B027
         """Perform any cleanup required after stopping."""
 
     # Public Business API called by the Monkey class. These methods handle the
@@ -258,7 +255,7 @@ async def pause(self, interval: timedelta) -> bool:
         except (TimeoutError, QueueEmpty):
             return True
 
-    async def iter_with_timeout(
+    async def iter_with_timeout[U](
         self, iterable: AsyncIterable[U], timeout: timedelta
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[U]:
         """Run an iterator with a timeout.
diff --git a/src/mobu/services/business/nublado.py b/src/mobu/services/business/nublado.py
index 72a54cd5..bbe06225 100644
--- a/src/mobu/services/business/nublado.py
+++ b/src/mobu/services/business/nublado.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from random import SystemRandom
-from typing import Generic, TypeVar
+from typing import Any
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from rubin.nublado.client import JupyterLabSession, NubladoClient
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@
 from ...sentry import capturing_start_span, start_transaction
 from .base import Business
 
-T = TypeVar("T", bound="NubladoBusinessOptions")
-
 __all__ = ["NubladoBusiness", "ProgressLogMessage"]
 
 _ANSI_REGEX = re.compile(r"(?:\x1B[@-_]|[\x80-\x9F])[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]")
 """Regex that matches ANSI escape sequences."""
+
 _CHDIR_TEMPLATE = 'import os; os.chdir("{wd}")'
 """Template to construct the code to run to set the working directory."""
 
@@ -78,7 +77,9 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         return f"{timestamp} - {self.message}"
 
 
-class NubladoBusiness(Business, Generic[T], metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class NubladoBusiness[T: NubladoBusinessOptions](
+    Business[T], metaclass=ABCMeta
+):
     """Base class for business that executes Python code in a Nublado notebook.
 
     This class modifies the core `~mobu.business.base.Business` loop by
@@ -216,9 +217,11 @@ async def shutdown(self) -> None:
     async def idle(self) -> None:
         if self.options.jitter:
             self.logger.info("Idling...")
+            jitter = self.options.jitter.total_seconds()
+            delay_seconds = self._random.uniform(0, jitter)
+            delay = timedelta(seconds=delay_seconds)
             with capturing_start_span(op="idle"):
-                extra_delay = self._random.uniform(0, self.options.jitter)
-                await self.pause(self.options.idle_time + extra_delay)
+                await self.pause(self.options.idle_time + delay)
         else:
             await super().idle()
 
@@ -304,7 +307,9 @@ async def open_session(
         self, notebook: str | None = None
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[JupyterLabSession]:
         self.logger.info("Creating lab session")
-        opts = {"max_websocket_size": self.options.max_websocket_message_size}
+        opts: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "max_websocket_size": self.options.max_websocket_message_size
+        }
         create_session_cm = capturing_start_span(op="create_session")
         create_session_cm.__enter__()
         async with self._client.open_lab_session(notebook, **opts) as session:
diff --git a/src/mobu/services/business/tap.py b/src/mobu/services/business/tap.py
index 7bfb7713..5734dae0 100644
--- a/src/mobu/services/business/tap.py
+++ b/src/mobu/services/business/tap.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import asyncio
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-from typing import Generic, TypeVar
 
 import pyvo
 import requests
@@ -21,12 +20,10 @@
 from ...sentry import capturing_start_span, start_transaction
 from .base import Business
 
-T = TypeVar("T", bound="TAPBusinessOptions")
-
 __all__ = ["TAPBusiness"]
 
 
-class TAPBusiness(Business, Generic[T], metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class TAPBusiness[T: TAPBusinessOptions](Business[T], metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Base class for business that executes TAP query.
 
     This class modifies the core `~mobu.business.base.Business` loop by