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ParticleCombiner is not protected against many combination attempts

If in the ParticleCombiner a combination is rejected before the vertex fit, it is not counted towards the number of candidates. This can lead to many combinations being built that might stall the job if the event is very busy.

https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb/Rec/-/blob/master/Phys/ParticleCombiners/include/CombKernel/ParticleCombiner.h?ref_type=heads#L458

An example is recorded here:

Bildschirmaufnahme_2024-04-26_um_17.49.35

@gunther

Edited by Michel De Cian