1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index 9c26d8bf..f4a24f2a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -668,8 +668,10 @@ sub event_step {
  
  # idempotently registers with DS epoll/kqueue/select/poll
  sub watch_async ($) {
-        $_[0]->{epwatch} //= do {
-                $_[0]->SUPER::new($_[0]->{sock}, EPOLLIN);
+        my ($self) = @_;
+        PublicInbox::DS::add_uniq_timer($self+0, 30, \&cleanup, $self, 1);
+        $self->{epwatch} //= do {
+                $self->SUPER::new($self->{sock}, EPOLLIN);
                  \undef;
          }
  }