From 904f20d62291217f5cd51415f3943789aaaff3af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cresslank <9219265+cresslank@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:29:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tui): stop empty idle dequeue from triggering ready-state
 OOM

---
 ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts
index aa27dea2841..27401b41880 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,12 @@ export function useMainApp(gw: GatewayClient) {
   // and error paths never emit message.complete, so anything enqueued while
   // `!sleep` / a failed turn was running would stay stuck forever.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!ui.sid || ui.busy || composerRefs.queueEditRef.current !== null) {
+    if (
+      !ui.sid ||
+      ui.busy ||
+      composerRefs.queueEditRef.current !== null ||
+      composerRefs.queueRef.current.length === 0
+    ) {
       return
     }