diff --git a/test/realtime.test.js b/test/realtime.test.js
index dc6ef29..22d3346 100644
--- a/test/realtime.test.js
+++ b/test/realtime.test.js
@@ -94,6 +94,81 @@ test('create 200 messages that manage to replicate with low "newest" goals', asy
 
   assert.equal(confirmed.filter(v => v === true).length, n + 1, `alice has all of bob's posts including the initial one`)
 
+  await p(remoteAlice.close)(true)
+  await p(alice.close)(true)
+  await p(bob.close)(true)
+})
+
+test('create 100 messages in parallel that still manage to sync realtime (without creating an initial post before starting realtime)', async (t) => {
+  const alice = createPeer({ name: 'alice' })
+  const bob = createPeer({ name: 'bob' })
+
+  await alice.db.loaded()
+  await bob.db.loaded()
+
+  const bobID = await p(bob.db.account.create)({
+    subdomain: 'account',
+    _nonce: 'bob',
+  })
+
+  const bobPostsID = bob.db.feed.getID(bobID, 'post')
+
+  // TODO: remove
+  //await p(bob.db.feed.publish)({
+  //  account: bobID,
+  //  domain: 'post',
+  //  data: { text: `${n}` },
+  //})
+
+  {
+    const arr = (await flatten(alice.db.msgs()))
+      .filter((msg) => msg.metadata.account === bobID && msg.data)
+      .map((msg) => msg.data.text)
+    assert.deepEqual(arr, [], 'alice has no posts from bob')
+  }
+
+  bob.goals.set(bobPostsID, 'all')
+  alice.goals.set(bobPostsID, 'all')
+
+  const remoteAlice = await p(bob.connect)(alice.getAddress())
+  assert('alice and bob connected')
+
+  bob.sync.start()
+  await p(setTimeout)(1000)
+  assert('sync!')
+
+  const n = 100
+  const hundred = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+      hundred.push(i)
+  }
+  await Promise.all(hundred.map(i => p(bob.db.feed.publish)({
+    account: bobID,
+    domain: 'post',
+    data: { text: `post nr ${i}` },
+  })))
+  assert('bob published 100 posts in parallel')
+
+  const bobMsgs = await flatten(bob.db.msgs())
+  // 1 for creating bob's account, and 1 for the 'post' moot
+  assert.equal(bobMsgs.length, n + 2, "bob has all of his own messages")
+
+  let arr
+  // just waiting for them to arrive
+  for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+    arr = (await flatten(alice.db.msgs()))
+      // moot doesn't have msg.data
+      .filter((msg) => msg.metadata.account === bobID && msg.data)
+      .filter(msg => msg.metadata.domain === 'post')
+      .map((msg) => msg.data.text)
+    if (arr.length < n) {
+      await p(setTimeout)(100)
+    } else {
+      break
+    }
+  }
+  assert.equal(arr.length, n, `alice has ${arr.length} posts from bob`)
+
   await p(remoteAlice.close)(true)
   await p(alice.close)(true)
   await p(bob.close)(true)