Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This simple file makes Emacs loops and freeze when trying to export it. #+MACRO: test {{{test}}} {{{test}}} I can concieve that no simple solution could be find. In pandoc a recursion limit will be implemented (see https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/3401). At least, maybe a warning about such a behavior should be added to the manual. Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.7) of 2017-01-22 on trouble, modified by Debian Package: Org mode version 9.0.3 (9.0.3-dist @ /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/org-mode/) -- Bruno BEAUFILS