Great. Now I feel even worse about that. :-(

Well, the percentage calculator could be presumably changed to something like

use constant jump => 9866219;
my $delta = $last_node_in_search_range - $first_node_in_search_range;
$delta -= jump if $delta > jump;
my $percent = 100 * $delta / ($most_recent_node_id - jump);
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Right, but I don't think that the delta merely being larger than the gap is a sufficient test; we should check whether the search actually spans the gap:

$delta -= jump
  if  $first_node_in_search_range <= 1233781 
  &&   $last_node_in_search_range >= 11100000;
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I've already identified the code in question, but it's a little more complicated.

Furthermore there is also the "remaining" part, and the search could go backwards.

Interested pmdevs can submit patches here

 511:           . qq[ (searched ] . sprintf( "%.2f",
 512:               100*( abs($n0-$start)+1 ) / $lastNode
 513:             ) . qq[% of DB).</div><br />\n<div class="ss-criteri
+a-summary">\n];
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and

 569:         } else {
 570:             my( $min, $max )= $oldFirst ? ( $n0, $lastNode ) : (
+ 1, $n0 );
 571:             my $pct= sprintf "%.2f%%", 100*($max-$min+1)/$lastNo
+de;
 572:             if(  1 == $doSearch  ) {
 573:                 $html .= qq[Press ]
 574:                   . $q->submit( "nx", "Next >" )
 575:                   . qq[ to <b>continue</b> searching remaining $
+pct of DB.];
 576:             } else {
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Cheers Rolf
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Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

Hey relax, 💩 happens! :)

Cheers Rolf
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Wikisyntax for the Monastery}