Index: tests/api_wrdb.cc
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--- tests/api_wrdb.cc	(revision 10054)
+++ tests/api_wrdb.cc	(working copy)
@@ -1875,6 +1875,25 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+// Regression test for adding a piece of metadata on its own before adding
+// other things.
+DEFINE_TESTCASE(metadata4, metadata) {
+    Xapian::WritableDatabase db = get_writable_database();
+
+    db.set_metadata("foo", "foo");
+    db.flush();
+
+    Xapian::Document doc;
+    doc.add_posting("foo", 1);
+    db.add_document(doc);
+
+    Xapian::Database dbr(get_writable_database_as_database());
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+
 // Test that adding a document with a really long term gives an error on
 // add_document() rather than on flush().
 DEFINE_TESTCASE(termtoolong1, writable) {