---
name: "lei-reindex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lei"
version: "2.1.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lei-reindex"
---

# lei-reindex(1)

reindex messages already in lei/store

## NAME

lei-reindex - reindex messages already in lei/store

## SYNOPSIS

lei reindex \[OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Forces a re-index of all messages previously-indexed by [**lei-import**(1)](/lei-import/1.md) or [**lei-index**(1)](/lei-index/1.md).  This can be used for in-place upgrades and bugfixes while other processes are querying the store.  Keep in mind this roughly doubles the size of the already-large Xapian database.

It does not re-index messages in externals, using the `"--reindex"` switch of [**public-inbox-index**(1)](/public-inbox-index/1.md) or [**public-inbox-extindex**(1)](/public-inbox-extindex/1.md) is needed for that.

## OPTIONS

- \-q

  - \--quiet

  Suppress feedback messages.

## CONTACT

Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to \<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org\>

The mail archives are hosted at \<https://public-inbox.org/meta/\> and \<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright all contributors \<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org\>

License: AGPL-3.0+ \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt\>

## SEE ALSO

[**lei-index**(1)](/lei-index/1.md), [**lei-import**(1)](/lei-import/1.md)