diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/phases.ts b/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/phases.ts
index b6ad360ca..b0be859de 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/phases.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/phases.ts
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ export async function runPreDispatch(
 
 	// Derive state
 	let state = await deps.deriveState(s.basePath);
-	if (uokFlags.planningFlow && shouldRunPlanningFlowGate(state.phase)) {
+	if (uokFlags.planningFlow && isDbAvailable() && shouldRunPlanningFlowGate(state.phase)) {
 		let compiled = ensurePlanningFlowGraph(s.basePath, state);
 		// Empty-graph recovery: stale DB caches can yield 0 nodes right after a
 		// task-complete write. Invalidate caches, re-derive state, and retry once.
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/run-unit.ts b/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/run-unit.ts
index ca3541754..fb46dfa6c 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/run-unit.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/auto/run-unit.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export async function runUnit(
 	// wrong directory. Must be synchronous — no awaits between chdir and
 	// newSession (#1389, #4762 follow-up).
 	try {
-		if (process.cwd() !== s.basePath) {
+		if (s.basePath && process.cwd() !== s.basePath) {
 			process.chdir(s.basePath);
 		}
 	} catch (e) {