BUG #16986: reindex error on ltree index

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 16986
Logged by: Mauro Valletta
Email address: mauro(at)enuan(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 12.6
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04.2
Description:

Hi
reindexing a table with ltree index this error is thrown:
ERROR: index row size 7720 exceeds maximum 8152 for index
"ltree_test_session_event_path_idx"
Follow script to reproduce error:
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CREATE TABLE "m3_dm"."ltree_test" (
"session_id" varchar COLLATE "pg_catalog"."default" NOT NULL,
"session_event_path" "public"."ltree",
CONSTRAINT "ltree_test_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("session_id")
);
CREATE INDEX "ltree_test_session_event_path_idx" ON "m3_dm"."ltree_test"
USING gist (
"session_event_path" "public"."gist_ltree_ops"
);
insert into m3_dm.ltree_test
values (
'aaa',
text2ltree(repeat('abcdefghi.',480)||'abcdefghi')
)
;
reindex table m3_dm.ltree_test;
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Regards
Mauro