Index: trunk/ippTools/src/magictool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/magictool.c	(revision 24946)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/magictool.c	(revision 24947)
@@ -804,5 +804,6 @@
     // treat limit == 0 as "no limit"
     if (limit) {
-        psString limitString = psDBGenerateLimitSQL(limit);
+        // hack to prevent pending skycells from preventing nodes from getting processed
+        psString limitString = psDBGenerateLimitSQL((limit + 1) /2);
         psStringAppend(&query, " %s", limitString);
         psFree(limitString);
@@ -1449,4 +1450,5 @@
 
     // note: on failure censorStage issues the rollback
+#ifdef notyet
     if (!censorStage(config, "raw", whereClause)) {
         psFree(whereClause);
@@ -1469,4 +1471,5 @@
         return false;
     }
+#endif
 
     psFree(whereClause);