From e64daf6d833f33699ac85f078cd280bfacf9338c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Bousfield <ljbousfield@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:12:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't prune the last delayed message

---
 arbnode/message_pruner.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arbnode/message_pruner.go b/arbnode/message_pruner.go
index e1bc72632b..b249bd886c 100644
--- a/arbnode/message_pruner.go
+++ b/arbnode/message_pruner.go
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ func (m *MessagePruner) prune(ctx context.Context, count arbutil.MessageIndex, g
 	}
 	msgCount := endBatchMetadata.MessageCount
 	delayedCount := endBatchMetadata.DelayedMessageCount
+	if delayedCount > 0 {
+		// keep an extra delayed message for the inbox reader to use
+		delayedCount--
+	}
 
 	return m.deleteOldMessagesFromDB(ctx, msgCount, delayedCount)
 }