From 1e8030ef282a8ad718e2ba56a59fbf06601a2312 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georgios Konstantopoulos <me@gakonst.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:00:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(engine): return error on updates channel disconnect in
 sparse trie task (#22139)

Co-authored-by: Amp <amp@ampcode.com>
---
 crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
index 1f67db4e2e..6e566c51b5 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
@@ -416,7 +416,9 @@ where
                     let update = match message {
                         Ok(m) => m,
                         Err(_) => {
-                            break
+                            return Err(ParallelStateRootError::Other(
+                                "updates channel disconnected before state root calculation".to_string(),
+                            ))
                         }
                     };