Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/diagnostic.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/diagnostic.m	(revision 15444)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/diagnostic.m	(revision 15445)
@@ -114,4 +114,5 @@
 					md = checkmessage(md,['no referential should be specified for basal vertices of grounded ice']);
 				end
+				md = checkfield(md,'diagnostic.stokesreconditioning','>',0);
 			end
 		end % }}}