lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm |  1 +
 t/lei-q-save.t                    | 13 +++++++++++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
index 948e4954343a59690fd2e28a8a00220869bf0bb2..cd9effce43ac7cc9dc52034a6315031e48c4cf0e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 sub pause_dedupe {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	$self->{ale}->git->cleanup;
+	my $lockfh = delete $self->{lockfh}; # from lock_for_scope_fast;
 	my $oidx = delete($self->{oidx}) // return;
 	$oidx->commit_lazy;
 }
diff --git a/t/lei-q-save.t b/t/lei-q-save.t
index 5bc8fb7440e3565f16ded8e954504c2c372d7316..c0c7458164101a84d5321aed6cc32bb4839735fd 100644
--- a/t/lei-q-save.t
+++ b/t/lei-q-save.t
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ 		'mbcl2 output shown despite unlink');
 	lei_ok([qw(up mbcl2)], undef, { -C => $home, %$lei_opt });
 	ok(-f "$home/mbcl2"  && -s _ == 0, 'up recreates on missing output');
 
+	# no --augment
 	open my $mb, '>', "$home/mbrd" or xbail "open $!";
 	print $mb $pre_existing;
 	close $mb or xbail "close: $!";
@@ -92,8 +93,20 @@ 	chdir($dh) or xbail "fchdir . $!";
 	open $mb, '<', "$home/mbrd" or xbail "open $!";
 	is_deeply([grep(/pre-existing/, <$mb>)], [],
 		'pre-existing messsage gone w/o augment');
+	close $mb;
 	lei_ok(qw(q m:import-before@example.com));
 	is(json_utf8->decode($lei_out)->[0]->{'s'},
 		'pre-existing', '--save imported before clobbering');
+
+	# --augment
+	open $mb, '>', "$home/mbrd-aug" or xbail "open $!";
+	print $mb $pre_existing;
+	close $mb or xbail "close: $!";
+	lei_ok(qw(q -a --save -o mboxrd:mbrd-aug m:qp@example.com -C), $home);
+	chdir($dh) or xbail "fchdir . $!";
+	open $mb, '<', "$home/mbrd-aug" or xbail "open $!";
+	$mb = do { local $/; <$mb> };
+	like($mb, qr/pre-existing/, 'pre-existing message preserved w/ -a');
+	like($mb, qr/<qp\@example\.com>/, 'new result written w/ -a');
 });
 done_testing;