From 594a2b4b411bed0705e54c58029a27cea12f9076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Sullivan <sullii@uw.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:45:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't count bad kernel candidates that are ignored against
 the maximum

---
 src/math/SpatialCell.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/math/SpatialCell.cc b/src/math/SpatialCell.cc
index 7c060544b..840ea91b9 100644
--- a/src/math/SpatialCell.cc
+++ b/src/math/SpatialCell.cc
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void SpatialCell::visitCandidates(CandidateVisitor *visitor, int const nMaxPerCe
             visitor->processCandidate((*candidate).get());
         } catch (lsst::pex::exceptions::Exception &e) {
             if (ignoreExceptions) {
-                ;
+                --i;  // Don't count the candidate if it raises an exception
             } else {
                 LSST_EXCEPT_ADD(e, "Visiting candidate");
                 throw e;