1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/executor/executor_test.go b/internal/executor/executor_test.go
index a8fd9da..67b2764 100644
--- a/internal/executor/executor_test.go
+++ b/internal/executor/executor_test.go
@@ -1960,6 +1960,61 @@ func TestPool_ValidationTask_Pass_SetsReviewReady(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestPool_DependsOn_NoDeadlock verifies that a task waiting for a dependency
+// does NOT hold the per-agent slot, allowing the dependency to run first.
+func TestPool_DependsOn_NoDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
+	store := testStore(t)
+	runner := &mockRunner{} // succeeds immediately
+	pool := NewPool(2, map[string]Runner{"claude": runner}, store,
+		slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelError})))
+	pool.requeueDelay = 10 * time.Millisecond
+
+	// Task A has no deps; Task B depends on A.
+	taskA := makeTask("dep-a")
+	taskA.State = task.StateQueued
+	taskB := makeTask("dep-b")
+	taskB.DependsOn = []string{"dep-a"}
+	taskB.State = task.StateQueued
+
+	store.CreateTask(taskA)
+	store.CreateTask(taskB)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Submit B first — it should not deadlock by holding the slot while waiting for A.
+	pool.Submit(ctx, taskB)
+	pool.Submit(ctx, taskA)
+
+	var gotA, gotB bool
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		select {
+		case res := <-pool.Results():
+			if res.TaskID == "dep-a" {
+				gotA = true
+			}
+			if res.TaskID == "dep-b" {
+				gotB = true
+			}
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.Fatal("timeout: likely deadlock — dep-b held the slot while waiting for dep-a")
+		}
+	}
+	if !gotA || !gotB {
+		t.Errorf("expected both tasks to complete: gotA=%v gotB=%v", gotA, gotB)
+	}
+
+	// B must complete after A.
+	ta, _ := store.GetTask("dep-a")
+	tb, _ := store.GetTask("dep-b")
+	if ta.State != task.StateReady && ta.State != task.StateCompleted {
+		t.Errorf("dep-a should be READY/COMPLETED, got %s", ta.State)
+	}
+	if tb.State != task.StateReady && tb.State != task.StateCompleted {
+		t.Errorf("dep-b should be READY/COMPLETED, got %s", tb.State)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPool_ValidationTask_Fail_SetsNeedsFix(t *testing.T) {
 	store := testStore(t)
 	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelError}))