From 44598a3ab36d7fa0b4d9aad665ba697199d20520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christien Rioux <chris@veilid.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 10:45:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 lib/veilid_support/dht_support/dht_record_pool.dart | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/veilid_support/dht_support/dht_record_pool.dart b/lib/veilid_support/dht_support/dht_record_pool.dart
index a44bb2a..9d90ce5 100644
--- a/lib/veilid_support/dht_support/dht_record_pool.dart
+++ b/lib/veilid_support/dht_support/dht_record_pool.dart
@@ -138,15 +138,16 @@ class DHTRecordPool with AsyncTableDBBacked<DHTRecordPoolAllocations> {
 
   void _validateParent(TypedKey? parent, TypedKey child) {
     final childJson = child.toJson();
+    final existingParent = _state.parentByChild[childJson];
     if (parent == null) {
-      if (_state.parentByChild.containsKey(childJson)) {
+      if (existingParent != null) {
         throw StateError('Child is already parented: $child');
       }
     } else {
       if (_state.rootRecords.contains(child)) {
         throw StateError('Child already added as root: $child');
       }
-      if (_state.parentByChild[childJson] != parent) {
+      if (existingParent != null && existingParent != parent) {
         throw StateError('Child has two parents: $child <- $parent');
       }
     }