From 9cdb8e6fea4e8d5f78de75f0144c847bb6fb2c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elizabeth Esswein <elizabeth.esswein@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:01:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] prevent premature completion of sequential MI

---
 SpiffWorkflow/bpmn/specs/mixins/multiinstance_task.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/SpiffWorkflow/bpmn/specs/mixins/multiinstance_task.py b/SpiffWorkflow/bpmn/specs/mixins/multiinstance_task.py
index 5e020de4..e4461abb 100644
--- a/SpiffWorkflow/bpmn/specs/mixins/multiinstance_task.py
+++ b/SpiffWorkflow/bpmn/specs/mixins/multiinstance_task.py
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ class SequentialMultiInstanceTask(MultiInstanceTask):
             my_task.internal_data['current'] = 0
             if self.data_output is not None:
                 self.init_data_output_with_cardinality(my_task)
-        self.add_next_child(my_task)
         if not self.children_complete(my_task):
+            self.add_next_child(my_task)
             my_task._set_state(TaskState.STARTED)
         else:
             return True