From 142652c31e8a8b2df12c1340a211e15833088514 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brooksc <brooksc@brooksc.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:31:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(coordinator): guard retryTaskMcpStartup against pending
 coordinator state

---
 src/store/tasks.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/store/tasks.ts b/src/store/tasks.ts
index 66ddf733..f05de749 100644
--- a/src/store/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/store/tasks.ts
@@ -1309,6 +1309,10 @@ export function retryTaskMcpStartup(taskId: string): Promise<void> {
       markTaskMcpError(taskId, 'Coordinator MCP failed — retry the coordinator task first');
       return Promise.resolve();
     }
+    if (coordinator?.mcpStartupStatus === 'pending') {
+      markTaskMcpError(taskId, 'Coordinator is still starting — wait for it to finish, then retry');
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
     return invoke(IPC.MCP_HydrateCoordinatedTask, {
       id: task.id,
       name: task.name,