From 03d23c577a05410dc300043c70b4a88c88469830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "paseo-bot[bot]" <266920839+paseo-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 04:36:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clear a failed start's run even when reporting the failure
 throws

A steer waiting on that start is released only when the run is cleared.
---
 .../server/src/server/agent/agent-manager.ts   | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-manager.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-manager.ts
index 1032ef73d3..ecf10dded7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/agent-manager.ts
@@ -2457,13 +2457,17 @@ export class AgentManager {
       agent.pendingReplacement = false;
       const errorMsg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Failed to start turn";
       this.runs.settleForegroundStart(pendingRun, { status: "failed", error: errorMsg });
-      await this.handleStreamEvent(agent, {
-        type: "turn_failed",
-        provider: agent.provider,
-        error: errorMsg,
-      });
-      this.finalizeForegroundTurn(agent);
-      this.runs.settleForegroundRun(agentId, pendingRun.token);
+      try {
+        await this.handleStreamEvent(agent, {
+          type: "turn_failed",
+          provider: agent.provider,
+          error: errorMsg,
+        });
+        this.finalizeForegroundTurn(agent);
+      } finally {
+        // A steer waiting on this start is released only once the run is cleared.
+        this.runs.settleForegroundRun(agentId, pendingRun.token);
+      }
       throw error;
     }
   }