diff -r 6ebf6fdfbc2c -r 0a2b328f5b91 tests/test_tree.c
--- a/tests/test_tree.c	Sun Sep 29 13:10:52 2024 +0200
+++ b/tests/test_tree.c	Sun Sep 29 13:32:33 2024 +0200
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@
         CxIterator iter = cxIterator(NULL, sizeof(void *), 0);
         processed = cx_tree_add_iter(
                 cxIteratorRef(iter),
+                10, // deliberately specify more than the iter has
                 tree_node_file_search,
                 create_tree_node_file, alloc,
                 &failed, &root, tree_node_file_layout
@@ -1300,6 +1301,71 @@
     cx_testing_allocator_destroy(&talloc);
 }
 
+CX_TEST(test_tree_add_many_but_not_all) {
+    CxTestingAllocator talloc;
+    cx_testing_allocator_init(&talloc);
+    CxAllocator *alloc = &talloc.base;
+
+    tree_node_file root = {0};
+    root.path = "/";
+    tree_node_file usr = {0};
+    usr.path = "/usr/";
+    cx_tree_link(&root, &usr, tree_node_file_layout);
+    tree_node_file home = {0};
+    home.path = "/home/";
+    cx_tree_link(&root, &home, tree_node_file_layout);
+    tree_node_file lib = {0};
+    lib.path = "/usr/lib/";
+    cx_tree_link(&usr, &lib, tree_node_file_layout);
+
+    CX_TEST_DO {
+        void *failed;
+
+        const char *paths[] = {
+                "/home/foo/",
+                "/home/foo/bar",
+                "/usr/lib64/",
+                "/usr/lib/foo.so"
+        };
+        // create iterator for 4 elements, but choose to insert only 3 of them
+        CxIterator iter = cxIterator(paths, sizeof(const char*), 4);
+        size_t processed = cx_tree_add_iter(
+                cxIteratorRef(iter), 3,
+                tree_node_file_search,
+                create_tree_node_file, alloc,
+                &failed, &root, tree_node_file_layout
+        );
+
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(cxIteratorValid(iter));
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(cxIteratorCurrent(iter) == &paths[3]);
+
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(failed == NULL);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(processed == 3);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(talloc.alloc_total == 3);
+
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(home.children == home.last_child);
+        tree_node_file *foo = home.children;
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(foo != NULL && foo->path == paths[0]);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(foo->children == foo->last_child);
+        tree_node_file *bar = foo->children;
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(bar != NULL && bar->path == paths[1]);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(usr.children != usr.last_child);
+        tree_node_file *lib64 = usr.last_child;
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(lib64 != NULL);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(lib64->path == paths[2]);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(lib64->prev == &lib);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(lib64->parent == &usr);
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(lib.children == NULL);
+
+        cxFree(alloc, foo);
+        cxFree(alloc, bar);
+        cxFree(alloc, lib64);
+
+        CX_TEST_ASSERT(cx_testing_allocator_verify(&talloc));
+    }
+    cx_testing_allocator_destroy(&talloc);
+}
+
 CX_TEST(test_tree_add_many_with_dupl_and_no_match) {
     CxTestingAllocator talloc;
     cx_testing_allocator_init(&talloc);
@@ -1494,6 +1560,7 @@
     cx_test_register(suite, test_tree_add_duplicate_root);
     cx_test_register(suite, test_tree_add_zero);
     cx_test_register(suite, test_tree_add_many);
+    cx_test_register(suite, test_tree_add_many_but_not_all);
     cx_test_register(suite, test_tree_add_many_with_dupl_and_no_match);
     cx_test_register(suite, test_tree_add_create_from_array);