1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/Agent.Core/Runtime/PlannerService.cs b/src/Agent.Core/Runtime/PlannerService.cs
index 7a450d0..110e476 100644
--- a/src/Agent.Core/Runtime/PlannerService.cs
+++ b/src/Agent.Core/Runtime/PlannerService.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,15 @@ public sealed class PlannerService(IOllamaClient ollama, AgentRuntimeSettings se
         if (plan is null || plan.Tasks.Count == 0)
             return CreateFallbackGraph(request);
 
-        TaskGraph graph = BuildTaskGraph(plan, request);
+        TaskGraph graph;
+        try
+        {
+            graph = BuildTaskGraph(plan, request);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return CreateFallbackGraph(request);
+        }
         session.TaskGraphs[taskId] = graph;
         return graph;
     }
@@ -116,10 +124,21 @@ public sealed class PlannerService(IOllamaClient ollama, AgentRuntimeSettings se
             }
 
             string description = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pt.Description) ? originalRequest : pt.Description;
-            PlannerTask task = graph.AddTask(description, budgetClass, estimate, dependencies, pt.RequiresExternalEffect);
-            idMap.Add(task.Id);
+            try
+            {
+                PlannerTask task = graph.AddTask(description, budgetClass, estimate, dependencies, pt.RequiresExternalEffect);
+                idMap.Add(task.Id);
+            }
+            catch (PlannerValidationException)
+            {
+                // If a task fails validation (e.g., bad estimate, cycle), fall back to single-task graph.
+                return CreateFallbackGraph(originalRequest);
+            }
         }
 
+        // If all tasks were filtered out, fall back.
+        if (graph.Count == 0) return CreateFallbackGraph(originalRequest);
+
         return graph;
     }