Index: tcp-transportmod.scm
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--- tcp-transportmod.scm
+++ tcp-transportmod.scm
@@ -428,11 +428,12 @@
 		(let* ((backoff-delay (max (* (- 26 tries-remaining) 0.1) 1.0)))
 		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: TCP overload, trying again in "backoff-delay"s.")
 		  (thread-sleep! backoff-delay)
 		  (tt:backoff-incr host port)
 		  (retry))
-		(assert #f "FATAL: Too many retries in tt:send-receive-direct"))
+		;; (assert #f "FATAL: Too many retries in tt:send-receive-direct")
+		)
 	       (else #f))))
      (exn ()
 	  (full-err-print exn "Unhandled exception from client side.")
 	  #f))))