diff --git a/src/app_controller.py b/src/app_controller.py
index 61f29c5a..5fba7b70 100644
--- a/src/app_controller.py
+++ b/src/app_controller.py
@@ -2736,6 +2736,7 @@ class AppController:
      self._report_worker_error("queue_fallback", result)
     time.sleep(0.1)
   self.submit_io(queue_fallback)
+  self._process_event_queue()
 
  def _run_pending_tasks_once_result(self) -> "Result[None]":
   """Phase 6 Group 6.7 (bounded retry Pattern 5 drain): single iteration of
@@ -2755,7 +2756,6 @@ class AppController:
     source="app_controller._run_pending_tasks_once_result",
     original=e,
    )])
-  self._process_event_queue()
 
  @property
  def _pending_mma_spawn(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]: