lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm        |  3 +++
 lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm         |  2 ++
 lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm |  2 --
 lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm  | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 lib/PublicInbox/MiscSearch.pm    | 19 +++++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index 039eb445f6bbe54daadc977959e1101fae38af3c..251008a38e0e7e5b542c9675801e8d6b463a41c9 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ 	my ($self, $name) = @_;
 	$self->{-ei_by_name}->{$name} //= _fill_ei($self, "extindex.$name");
 }
 
+# special case for [extindex "all"]
+sub ALL { lookup_ei($_[0], 'all') }
+
 sub each_inbox {
 	my ($self, $cb, @arg) = @_;
 	# may auto-vivify if config file is non-existent:
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
index a1a072adc829eed9431cf4248a12915a7c20f313..5a22e40d086acf5d0b96333aa23a907328a28216 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
@@ -429,4 +429,6 @@ }
 
 sub uidvalidity  { $_[0]->{uidvalidity} //= $_[0]->mm->created_at }
 
+sub eidx_key { $_[0]->{newsgroup} // $_[0]->{inboxdir} }
+
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
index d3c255c774604371eb2a682db0df108f77b3d8eb..e97c7e2d7588b903a0917c803cc8f0cde4b81a91 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
@@ -319,6 +319,4 @@ 	}
 	$latest;
 }
 
-sub eidx_key { $_[0]->{newsgroup} // $_[0]->{inboxdir} }
-
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm
index 3b436827b1554599be348f793e0b91a3ac45137a..2c4a231d9164157bb88a008bd6a02ddea3727710 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ManifestJsGz.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ 	# SUPER calls PublicInbox::WwwListing::url_regexp
 	$ctx->SUPER::url_regexp('publicInbox.grokManifest', 'match=domain');
 }
 
+sub inject_entry ($$$;$) {
+	my ($ctx, $url_path, $ent, $git_dir) = @_;
+	$ctx->{-abs2urlpath}->{$git_dir // delete $ent->{git_dir}} = $url_path;
+	my $modified = $ent->{modified};
+	$ctx->{-mtime} = $modified if $modified > ($ctx->{-mtime} // 0);
+	$ctx->{manifest}->{$url_path} = $ent;
+}
+
 sub manifest_add ($$;$$) {
 	my ($ctx, $ibx, $epoch, $default_desc) = @_;
 	my $url_path = "/$ibx->{name}";
@@ -32,15 +40,10 @@ 	} else {
 		$git = $ibx->git;
 	}
 	my $ent = $git->manifest_entry($epoch, $default_desc) or return;
-	$ctx->{-abs2urlpath}->{$git->{git_dir}} = $url_path;
-	my $modified = $ent->{modified};
-	if ($modified > ($ctx->{-mtime} // 0)) {
-		$ctx->{-mtime} = $modified;
-	}
-	$ctx->{manifest}->{$url_path} = $ent;
+	inject_entry($ctx, $url_path, $ent, $git->{git_dir});
 }
 
-sub ibx_entry {
+sub slow_manifest_add ($$) {
 	my ($ctx, $ibx) = @_;
 	eval {
 		if (defined(my $max = $ibx->max_git_epoch)) {
@@ -52,6 +55,28 @@ 		} else {
 			manifest_add($ctx, $ibx);
 		}
 	};
+}
+
+sub eidx_manifest_add ($$$) {
+	my ($ctx, $ALL, $ibx) = @_;
+	if (my $data = $ALL->misc->inbox_data($ibx)) {
+		$data = $json->decode($data);
+		while (my ($url_path, $ent) = each %$data) {
+			inject_entry($ctx, $url_path, $ent);
+		}
+	} else {
+		warn "E: `${\$ibx->eidx_key}' not indexed by $ALL->{topdir}\n";
+	}
+}
+
+sub ibx_entry {
+	my ($ctx, $ibx) = @_;
+	my $ALL = $ctx->{www}->{pi_config}->ALL;
+	if ($ALL) {
+		eidx_manifest_add($ctx, $ALL, $ibx);
+	} else {
+		slow_manifest_add($ctx, $ibx);
+	}
 	warn "E: $@" if $@;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/MiscSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/MiscSearch.pm
index 8beb8349fea839a4a132298ec9001a6c1758fb52..5a44d751ce920b6da603fc095c83644d3ae9fcf6 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/MiscSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/MiscSearch.pm
@@ -76,4 +76,23 @@ 	$opt->{relevance} = 1 unless exists $opt->{relevance};
 	retry_reopen($self, \&misc_enquire_once, [ $self, $qr, $opt ]);
 }
 
+sub ibx_data_once {
+	my ($self, $ibx) = @{$_[0]};
+	my $xdb = $self->{xdb};
+	my $eidx_key = $ibx->eidx_key; # may be {inboxdir}, so private
+	my $head = $xdb->postlist_begin('Q'.$eidx_key);
+	my $tail = $xdb->postlist_end('Q'.$eidx_key);
+	if ($head != $tail) {
+		my $doc = $xdb->get_document($head->get_docid);
+		$doc->get_data;
+	} else {
+		undef;
+	}
+}
+
+sub inbox_data {
+	my ($self, $ibx) = @_;
+	retry_reopen($self, \&ibx_data_once, [ $self, $ibx ]);
+}
+
 1;