From 4a43679bc015aaef987d735fb934dc3df7ef2065 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Boucher <trekkie@nomorestars.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:59:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add debug logging to silent early-return paths in
 dispatchNextUnit (#823) (#836)

---
 src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto.ts
index 827172e10..0ef32e68f 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto.ts
@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ async function dispatchNextUnit(
   pi: ExtensionAPI,
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (!active || !cmdCtx) {
+    debugLog(`dispatchNextUnit early return — active=${active}, cmdCtx=${!!cmdCtx}`);
     if (active && !cmdCtx) {
       ctx.ui.notify("Auto-mode session expired. Run /gsd auto to restart.", "info");
     }
@@ -2022,6 +2023,7 @@ async function dispatchNextUnit(
   // Reentrancy guard: allow recursive calls from skip paths (_skipDepth > 0)
   // but block concurrent external calls (watchdog, step wizard, etc.)
   if (_dispatching && _skipDepth === 0) {
+    debugLog("dispatchNextUnit reentrancy guard — another dispatch in progress, bailing");
     return; // Another dispatch is in progress — bail silently
   }
   _dispatching = true;