From 4ae6fd7017c82376691e18c51a09d1698e80bdbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LukeParkerDev <10430890+Hona@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 13:04:46 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(app): avoid suspending on pending child path

---
 packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.test.ts | 1 +
 packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.ts      | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.test.ts b/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.test.ts
index 88634b87786c..c0ad67cc2491 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.test.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
           return options().queryKey?.[1] === "path"
         },
         get data() {
+          if (options().queryKey?.[1] === "path") throw new Error("pending path data read")
           if (options().queryKey?.[1] === "mcp") return options().enabled ? { demo: { status: "disabled" } } : undefined
           if (options().queryKey?.[1] === "lsp") return []
           if (options().queryKey?.[1] === "providers") return provider
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.ts b/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.ts
index ab5c0dc017f9..22bd26271529 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/child-store.ts
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ export function createChildStoreManager(input: {
             },
             config: {},
             get path() {
-              if (pathQuery.data) return pathQuery.data
-              return { state: "", config: "", worktree: "", directory, home: "" }
+              const EMPTY = { state: "", config: "", worktree: "", directory, home: "" }
+              if (pathQuery.isLoading) return EMPTY
+              return pathQuery.data ?? EMPTY
             },
             status: "loading" as const,
             agent: [],