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+# Changelog
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [v0.34.23-alpha.agoric.2]
+
+* Agoric/agoric-sdk\#6945 Cherrypick fix for informalsystems/tendermint#4.
+
+## [v0.34.23-alpha.agoric.1]
+
+* Agoric/agoric-sdk\#6305 Merge `tendermint/tendermint` v0.34.23
+
+## [v0.34.21-alpha.agoric.1]
+
+* Agoric/agoric-sdk\#6305 Merge `tendermint/tendermint` v0.34.21.
+
+## [v0.34.14-alpha.agoric.1]
+
+* Merge `tendermint/tendermint` v0.34.23.
+* Add committing client for greater query concurrency.
diff --git a/consensus/reactor.go b/consensus/reactor.go
index e052f197afd..cddf1faca00 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor.go
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ func (conR *Reactor) gossipDataForCatchup(logger log.Logger, rs *cstypes.RoundSt
 			ps.SetHasProposalBlockPart(prs.Height, prs.Round, index)
 		} else {
 			logger.Debug("Sending block part for catchup failed")
+			// sleep to avoid retrying too fast
+			time.Sleep(conR.conS.config.PeerGossipSleepDuration)
 		}
 		return
 	}