From 0da679f87c6fb9790afba2f8c3c022fe9827e2db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Cofausper <256792747+decofe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 05:09:33 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: clean up stale schelk state before bench mount (#22837)

Co-authored-by: Alexey Shekhirin <5773434+shekhirin@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh b/.github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh
index ea60f1888e..a04e0e9691 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ cleanup() {
 TAIL_PID=
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
+# Clean up stale schelk state from a previous cancelled run.
+# If schelk thinks it's still mounted (e.g. a cancelled run skipped cleanup),
+# recover first to reset state.
+sudo schelk recover -y -k || true
+
 # Mount
 sudo schelk mount -y
 sync