From e84eedde7f173720571ff3aa921a722dbb1797f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:17:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Fix task type starvation in
 WorkerCommand::processNextTask by shuffling providers

Co-authored-by: marcelklehr <986878+marcelklehr@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 core/Command/TaskProcessing/WorkerCommand.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/Command/TaskProcessing/WorkerCommand.php b/core/Command/TaskProcessing/WorkerCommand.php
index 569045ef3af..7e370c1ecb6 100644
--- a/core/Command/TaskProcessing/WorkerCommand.php
+++ b/core/Command/TaskProcessing/WorkerCommand.php
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ class WorkerCommand extends Base {
 	 */
 	private function processNextTask(OutputInterface $output, array $taskTypes = []): bool {
 		$providers = $this->taskProcessingManager->getProviders();
+		// Shuffle providers to avoid starvation: if providers are always iterated
+		// in the same order, a provider with a constant stream of tasks would
+		// prevent all subsequent providers from ever being processed.
+		shuffle($providers);
 
 		foreach ($providers as $provider) {
 			if (!$provider instanceof ISynchronousProvider) {