diff --git a/xwords4/common/comms.c b/xwords4/common/comms.c
index 0dbaa0272..8d961cc8a 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/comms.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/comms.c
@@ -216,6 +216,33 @@ CommsRelayState2Str( CommsRelayState state )
 #undef CASE_STR
     return NULL;
 }
+
+const char*
+XWREASON2Str( XWREASON reason )
+{
+#define CASE_STR(s) case s: return #s
+    switch( reason ) {
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_NONE);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_OLDFLAGS);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_BADPROTO);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_RELAYBUSY);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_SHUTDOWN);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_TIMEOUT);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_HEART_YOU);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_HEART_OTHER);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_LOST_OTHER);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_OTHER_DISCON);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_NO_ROOM);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_DUP_ROOM);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_TOO_MANY);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_DELETED);
+        CASE_STR(XWRELAY_ERROR_LASTERR);
+    default:
+        XP_ASSERT(0);
+    }
+#undef CASE_STR
+    return NULL;
+}
 #endif
 
 static void
@@ -236,7 +263,7 @@ static void
 init_relay( CommsCtxt* comms, XP_U16 nPlayersHere, XP_U16 nPlayersTotal )
 {
     comms->r.myHostID = comms->isServer? HOST_ID_SERVER: HOST_ID_NONE;
-    XP_LOGF( "%s: set myHostID to %d", __func__, comms->r.myHostID );
+    XP_LOGF( "%s: set hostid: %x", __func__, comms->r.myHostID );
     set_relay_state( comms, COMMS_RELAYSTATE_UNCONNECTED );
     comms->r.nPlayersHere = nPlayersHere;
     comms->r.nPlayersTotal = nPlayersTotal;
@@ -1173,6 +1200,7 @@ got_connect_cmd( CommsCtxt* comms, XWStreamCtxt* stream,
     set_relay_state( comms, reconnected ? COMMS_RELAYSTATE_RECONNECTED
                      : COMMS_RELAYSTATE_CONNECTED );
     comms->r.myHostID = stream_getU8( stream );
+    XP_LOGF( "%s: set hostid: %x", __func__, comms->r.myHostID );
     isServer = HOST_ID_SERVER == comms->r.myHostID;
     if ( isServer != comms->isServer ) {
         comms->isServer = isServer;
@@ -1241,7 +1269,7 @@ relayPreProcess( CommsCtxt* comms, XWStreamCtxt* stream, XWHostID* senderID )
         XP_ASSERT( comms->r.myHostID == HOST_ID_NONE
                    || comms->r.myHostID == srcID );
         comms->r.myHostID = srcID;
-        XP_LOGF( "set hostid: %x", comms->r.myHostID );
+        XP_LOGF( "%s: set hostid: %x", __func__, comms->r.myHostID );
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
         {
diff --git a/xwords4/common/comms.h b/xwords4/common/comms.h
index 902e01504..939acf9b4 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/comms.h
+++ b/xwords4/common/comms.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ XP_Bool comms_isConnected( const CommsCtxt* const comms );
 void comms_getStats( CommsCtxt* comms, XWStreamCtxt* stream );
 const char* ConnType2Str( CommsConnType typ );
 const char* CommsRelayState2Str( CommsRelayState state );
+const char* XWREASON2Str( XWREASON reason );
 # endif
 
 EXTERN_C_END
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c b/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c
index 6ff5f44dc..34ed7f8c0 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c
@@ -1432,9 +1432,11 @@ relay_connd_curses( void* XP_UNUSED(closure), XP_UCHAR* const XP_UNUSED(room),
 }
 
 static void
-relay_error_curses( void* XP_UNUSED(closure), XWREASON XP_UNUSED(relayErr) )
+relay_error_curses( void* XP_UNUSED(closure), XWREASON XP_UNUSED_DBG(relayErr) )
 {
-    LOG_FUNC();
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    XP_LOGF( "%s(%s)", __func__, XWREASON2Str( relayErr ) );
+#endif
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/scripts/discon_ok2.sh b/xwords4/linux/scripts/discon_ok2.sh
index 5135f81df..bad85f7da 100755
--- a/xwords4/linux/scripts/discon_ok2.sh
+++ b/xwords4/linux/scripts/discon_ok2.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PORT=${PORT:-10997}
 TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT:-$((NGAMES*60+500))}
 DICTS=${DICTS:-dict.xwd}
 SAVE_GOOD=${SAVE_GOOD:-YES}
+RESIGN_RATIO=${RESIGN_RATIO:-$((NGAMES/3))}
 
 declare -a DICTS_ARR
 for DICT in $DICTS; do
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ if [ "$SAVE_GOOD" = YES ]; then
     DONEDIR=$LOGDIR/done
     mkdir -p $DONEDIR
 fi
+DEADDIR=$LOGDIR/dead
+mkdir -p $DEADDIR
 
 USE_GTK=${USE_GTK:-FALSE}
 
@@ -109,7 +112,8 @@ build_cmds() {
             COUNTER=$((COUNTER+1))
         done
     done
-}
+    echo "finished creating $COUNTER commands"
+} # build_cmds
 
 launch() {
     LOG=${LOGS[$1]}
@@ -137,6 +141,28 @@ close_device() {
     unset LOGS[$ID]
 }
 
+kill_from_log() {
+    LOG=$1
+    RELAYID=$(./scripts/relayID.sh $LOG)
+    if [ -n "$RELAYID" ]; then
+        ../relay/rq -d $RELAYID 2>/dev/null || true
+        return 0                # success
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+maybe_resign() {
+    KEY=$1
+    LOG=${LOGS[$KEY]}
+    if grep -q XWRELAY_ALLHERE $LOG; then
+        if [ 0 -eq $(($RANDOM % $RESIGN_RATIO)) ]; then
+            echo "making $LOG $(connName $LOG) resign..."
+            kill_from_log $LOG && close_device $KEY $DEADDIR
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+
 check_game() {
     KEY=$1
     LOG=${LOGS[$KEY]}
@@ -164,13 +190,16 @@ check_game() {
         echo -n "Closing $CONNNAME: "
         for ID in $OTHERS $KEY; do
             echo -n "${LOGS[$ID]}, "
-            RELAYID=$(./scripts/relayID.sh ${LOGS[$ID]})
-            if [ -n "$RELAYID" ]; then
-                ../relay/rq -d $RELAYID 2>/dev/null || true
-            fi
+            kill_from_log ${LOGS[$ID]} || true
             close_device $ID $DONEDIR
         done
         date
+    elif grep -q 'relay_error_curses(XWRELAY_ERROR_DELETED)' $LOG; then
+        echo "deleting $LOG $(connName $LOG) b/c another resigned"
+        kill_from_log $LOG || true
+        close_device $KEY $DEADDIR
+    else
+        maybe_resign $KEY
     fi
 }