From 82252e9e34afd546ebb6288962e0889a0765afed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared <129586362+Jaredee123@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 12:19:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Move createRun() after claim succeeds to avoid wasted run
 allocations

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 backend/src/index.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 397e38a..cfba707 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ await fastify.register(async (instance) => {
         return reply.code(401).send({ error: "Authentication required" });
       }
 
-      const run = await populateWorkflow.createRun();
       const populateOutcome = await beginDatasetPopulate(
         parsed.data.datasetId,
         auth.userId,
@@ -308,6 +307,8 @@ await fastify.register(async (instance) => {
         throw new Error(`Unexpected populate claim outcome: ${populateOutcome}`);
       }
 
+      const run = await populateWorkflow.createRun();
+
       void runPopulateWorkflowInBackground({
         input: parsed.data,
         run,