From 2098513a189c78d410af6cb823618bac18546af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kaufmann <mail@michael-kaufmann.ch>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:33:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid an endless loop if an ACME account cannot be verified

---
 src/md_acme_acct.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/md_acme_acct.c b/src/md_acme_acct.c
index f3e043e8..10caa15f 100644
--- a/src/md_acme_acct.c
+++ b/src/md_acme_acct.c
@@ -358,11 +358,16 @@ static apr_status_t acct_find_and_verify(md_store_t *store, md_store_group_t gro
 apr_status_t md_acme_find_acct_for_md(md_acme_t *acme, md_store_t *store, const md_t *md)
 {
     apr_status_t rv;
+    int max_retries = acme->max_retries;
     
     while (APR_EAGAIN == (rv = acct_find_and_verify(store, MD_SG_ACCOUNTS, 
                                                     mk_acct_pattern(acme->p, acme), 
                                                     acme, md, acme->p))) {
-        /* nop */
+        if (max_retries == 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        --max_retries;
     }
     
     if (APR_STATUS_IS_ENOENT(rv)) {