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+const test = require('tape')
+const path = require('path')
+const os = require('os')
+const rimraf = require('rimraf')
+const SecretStack = require('secret-stack')
+const caps = require('ssb-caps')
+const p = require('util').promisify
+const { generateKeypair } = require('./util')
+
+const DIR = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ppppp-db-re-open')
+rimraf.sync(DIR)
+
+test('create some msgs, close, re-open', async (t) => {
+  const keys = generateKeypair('alice')
+  const peer = SecretStack({ appKey: caps.shs })
+    .use(require('../'))
+    .use(require('ssb-box'))
+    .call(null, { keys, path: DIR })
+
+  await peer.db.loaded()
+  t.pass('opened db')
+
+  const msgIDs = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+    const rec = await p(peer.db.create)({
+      type: 'post',
+      content: { text: 'hello ' + i },
+    })
+    msgIDs.push(rec.id)
+  }
+  t.pass('created some msgs')
+
+  await p(peer.db.del)(msgIDs[2])
+  t.pass('deleted the 3rd msg')
+
+  await p(peer.close)(true)
+  t.pass('closed')
+
+  const peer2 = SecretStack({ appKey: caps.shs })
+    .use(require('../'))
+    .use(require('ssb-box'))
+    .call(null, { keys, path: DIR })
+  t.pass('re-opened')
+
+  await peer2.db.loaded()
+
+  const texts = []
+  for (const msg of peer2.db.msgs()) {
+    texts.push(msg.content.text)
+  }
+
+  t.deepEquals(
+    texts,
+    ['hello 0', 'hello 1', 'hello 3', 'hello 4', 'hello 5'],
+    'queried posts'
+  )
+
+  await p(peer2.close)(true)
+})