Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/magictool.c
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--- /trunk/ippTools/src/magictool.c	(revision 26847)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/magictool.c	(revision 26848)
@@ -874,4 +874,6 @@
 
     // look for tree nodes that need to be processed
+
+    // first find incomplete magicRuns
     query = pxDataGet("magictool_toprocess_runs.sql");
     if (!query) {
@@ -880,6 +882,13 @@
     }
 
+    // we limit the query even though it is cheap (only magic_id is selected)
+
+    // XXX: if the first 1000 unfinished magicRuns have no ready nodes
+    // that haven't faulted, later runs won't get returned even though
+    // they have work to do. When we used a limit of 100 we actually ran
+    // into this problem. Since we're using labels a limit of 1000 will
+    // probably be ok.
     {
-        psString limitString = psDBGenerateLimitSQL( 100 );
+        psString limitString = psDBGenerateLimitSQL( 1000 );
         psStringAppend(&query, " %s", limitString);
         psFree(limitString);