bug#41407: 28.0.50; infinite loop "Article 53570 has a nil data header" on "Exiting summary buffer and applying spam rules"

[Sam Steingold]

> * Lars Ingebrigtsen <ynefv@tahf.bet> [2020-08-05 13:11:25 +0200]:
>
> Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> To exit *Summary gmane.emacs.gnus.general*, I hit `c`
>> (gnus-summary-catchup-and-exit) and get an infinite loop of repeating
>> messages:
>>
>> Exiting summary buffer and applying spam rules
>> Article 53570 has a nil data header
>> Article 53569 has a nil data header
>> Article 53568 has a nil data header
>
> Counting down to zero?

Down, but not to 0.
I guess to the earliest article in the buffer and then starting again
from 53570. As the subject says - "infinite loop".

> Anyway, this isn't something that Gnus does by default -- do you have
> any customisations that trigger this behaviour?

What customisations could possibly cause that?

At any rate, this was a few months ago and I have not seen it again
(knocks on wood ;-))

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