1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 5fc7682c..de296e1a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -215,18 +215,20 @@ sub get_thread {
  sub retry_reopen {
          my ($self, $cb) = @_;
          my $ret;
-        for (1..10) {
+        for my $i (1..10) {
                  eval { $ret = $cb->() };
                  return $ret unless $@;
                  # Exception: The revision being read has been discarded -
                  # you should call Xapian::Database::reopen()
                  if (ref($@) eq 'Search::Xapian::DatabaseModifiedError') {
+                        warn "reopen try #$i on $@\n";
                          reopen($self);
                  } else {
                          warn "ref: ", ref($@), "\n";
                          die;
                  }
          }
+        die "Too many Xapian database modifications in progress\n";
  }
  
  sub _do_enquire {