From 7014f409650dac376b14987d0ac3c55cc006959b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojtek Figat <wojtek@figat.pl>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:28:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash when asset loading task remains leftover ref for
 some unknown reason

---
 Source/Engine/Content/Asset.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Source/Engine/Content/Asset.cpp b/Source/Engine/Content/Asset.cpp
index 4d7c21b91..da6b7329a 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Content/Asset.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Content/Asset.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ void Asset::startLoading()
 {
     PROFILE_MEM(ContentAssets);
     ASSERT(!IsLoaded());
-    ASSERT(Platform::AtomicRead(&_loadingTask) == 0);
+    auto task = (Task*)Platform::AtomicRead(&_loadingTask);
+    ASSERT(task == nullptr || task->IsFinished() || task->IsCanceled());
     auto loadingTask = createLoadingTask();
     ASSERT(loadingTask != nullptr);
     Platform::AtomicStore(&_loadingTask, (intptr)loadingTask);