lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm | 19 ++++++-------------
 lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm   |  2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
index f29a84e3d1d3fa6db23779e739cc5da2ddb2cd26..3b021a1bc212d8aa25a38be929114d4be25beddf 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearchIdx.pm
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ 	my $nr = scalar(keys(%$by_chash)) or die 'BUG: no content hashes';
 	my $orig_smsg = $req->{orig_smsg} // die 'BUG: no {orig_smsg}';
 	my $docid = $smsg->{num} = $orig_smsg->{num};
 	$self->{oidx}->add_overview($eml, $smsg); # may rethread
-	$self->{transact_bytes} += $smsg->{bytes};
+	check_batch_limit({ %$sync, new_smsg => $smsg });
 	if ($nr == 1) { # likely, all good
 		$self->idx_shard($docid)->shard_reindex_docid($docid);
 		return;
@@ -537,18 +537,8 @@ 		} else {
 			warn "E: #$docid does not exist in over\n";
 		}
 		$del->execute($docid);
-
-		my $cur = ++${$sync->{nr}};
+		++${$sync->{nr}};
 
-		# shards flush on their own, just don't queue up too many
-		# deletes
-		if ($self->{transact_bytes} >= $self->{batch_bytes}) {
-			$self->git->async_wait_all;
-			$self->{oidx}->commit_lazy;
-			$self->{oidx}->begin_lazy;
-			$pr->("reindexed $cur/$tot\n") if $pr;
-			$self->{transact_bytes} = 0;
-		}
 		# this is only for SIGUSR1, shards do their own accounting:
 		reindex_checkpoint($self, $sync) if ${$sync->{need_checkpoint}};
 	}
@@ -709,7 +699,10 @@ 	local $SIG{TERM} = $quit;
 	for my $ibx (@{$self->{ibx_list}}) {
 		$ibx->{-ibx_id} //= $self->{oidx}->ibx_id($ibx->eidx_key);
 	}
-	eidx_reindex($self, $sync) if delete($opt->{reindex});
+	if (delete($opt->{reindex})) {
+		$sync->{checkpoint_unlocks} = 1;
+		eidx_reindex($self, $sync);
+	}
 
 	# don't use $_ here, it'll get clobbered by reindex_checkpoint
 	for my $ibx (@{$self->{ibx_list}}) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 572eb4184bafc2a86e1c787b12e3855bc1a799a5..97dbf328a3dde7b503b91cbe3d9e785e0437ae2c 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ 	${$sync->{need_checkpoint}} = 0;
 	my $mm_tmp = $sync->{mm_tmp};
 	$mm_tmp->atfork_prepare if $mm_tmp;
 	die 'BUG: {im} during reindex' if $self->{im};
-	if ($self->{ibx_map}) {
+	if ($self->{ibx_map} && !$sync->{checkpoint_unlocks}) {
 		checkpoint($self, 1); # no need to release lock on pure index
 	} else {
 		$self->done; # release lock