Github user spmallette commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/838#discussion_r199549370 --- Diff: gremlin-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/process/traversal/step/branch/RepeatStep.java --- @@ -273,11 +300,40 @@ public RepeatEndStep(final Traversal.Admin traversal) { super(traversal); } + final LinkedList<Traverser.Admin<S>> stashedStarts = new LinkedList<>(); --- End diff -- added some JFRs to the JIRA and a performance comparison: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-1822?focusedCommentId=16530124&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-16530124 The results have left me with questions........
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