ref: try 3 times before giving up on new session

main.py

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ cur = con.cursor()  # NB! single is enough for now, we might require multiple la
 async def new_session():
     """Start a new session"""
     # add session to the database
-    try:
+    tries = 3  # something is very wrong with our random, if we miss 3 times
+    for i in range(tries):
+        try:
             # generate a cookie
             cookie = uuid4().hex
             cur.execute(
@@ -27,8 +29,13 @@ async def new_session():
             )
             con.commit()
         except sqlite3.IntegrityError as e:
-            if str(e) == "UNIQUE constraint failed: sessions.cookie":
+            if i < tries - 1 and str(e) == "UNIQUE constraint failed: sessions.cookie":
+                continue
+            else if str(e) == "UNIQUE constraint failed: sessions.cookie":
                 return {"cookie": "error"}
+            else:
+                raise
+        break
 
     # return new session cookie
     return {"cookie": cookie}