Using pymongo tailable cursors dies on empty collections
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01:51 Accepted Answer Score 1
02:11 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 1
This is known behavior, and the 2 loops "solution" is the accepted practice to work around this case. In the case that the collection is empty, rather than immediately retrying and entering a tight loop as you suggest, you can sleep for a short time (especially if you expect that there will soon be data to tail).