From a696436a750ff35a399020231d586a79ddf058b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FoxxMD <FoxxMD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:47:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Fix missing early return for skipped stage

---
 src/backend/common/AbstractComponent.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/common/AbstractComponent.ts b/src/backend/common/AbstractComponent.ts
index 41df684f..dc991023 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/AbstractComponent.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/AbstractComponent.ts
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ export default abstract class AbstractComponent extends AbstractInitializable {
                 step.flowReason = skipMsg;
 
                 logger.debug(merged, skipMsg);
+                return [step, playTruth];
             } else {
                 step.flowResult = onFailure;
                 let reason: string;
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ export default abstract class AbstractComponent extends AbstractInitializable {
             delete newTransformedPlay.meta.lifecycleInputs;
         }
 
-        return [step, newTransformedPlay];
+        return [step, newTransformedPlay ?? playTruth];
     }
 
     public abstract getRunningState(): ComponentState
-- 
2.51.2