OK, maybe I wasn't clear enough, so I'll rephrase my initial question:
Is it normal for a 'slapd' server to ONLY correct itself via a restart of the 'slapd' process?
I asked because of my earlier findings today. Since waiting for the system to correct the discrepancy in the DIT by itself proved to be a futile exercise, and since a manual restart produced the results, it seemed as though I was observing suboptimal behavior, and was asking if this was indicative of something else.
What about posting your *EXACT* configuration - not a snapshot of it, not a verbal description of how you defined it. Sometimes the devil is in the details. Only make sure you remove passwords, assuming they're correctly spelled in the original.
p.