From 6dfd894bb0430c7512abc778c6c393bb600b8704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Brunton <james@stirlingpdf.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:43:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix race

---
 .../editor/src/portal/views/PipelineBuilder.tsx   | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/editor/src/portal/views/PipelineBuilder.tsx b/frontend/editor/src/portal/views/PipelineBuilder.tsx
index 3743384073..4e46190693 100644
--- a/frontend/editor/src/portal/views/PipelineBuilder.tsx
+++ b/frontend/editor/src/portal/views/PipelineBuilder.tsx
@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@ export function PipelineBuilder() {
     if (seeded) return;
     if (isEdit && !policyState.data) return;
     const policy = policyState.data ?? undefined;
+    // An editor pipeline is recognised by the editor source id, which arrives with the sources
+    // fetch. If the policy loads first, seeding now would latch a blank input and re-save the
+    // pipeline off the editor (editor.allowed:false), so wait for that fetch to settle.
+    if (policy?.editor?.allowed && !sourcesState.data && !sourcesState.error) {
+      return;
+    }
     setName(policy?.name ?? "");
     setEnabled(policy?.enabled ?? true);
     // The one input row is always present: blank for a new pipeline (or a legacy policy saved
@@ -370,7 +376,14 @@ export function PipelineBuilder() {
     );
     setOutputIds(seedsEditor ? [] : (policy?.outputIds ?? []));
     setSeeded(true);
-  }, [isEdit, policyState.data, allTools, seeded, sourcesState.data]);
+  }, [
+    isEdit,
+    policyState.data,
+    allTools,
+    seeded,
+    sourcesState.data,
+    sourcesState.error,
+  ]);
 
   const sourceType = (sourceId: string) =>
     availableSources.find((s) => s.id === sourceId)?.type;