From 354828988f1fa956d047234a1ec6f8915cd3f123 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean-Frederic Clere <jfclere@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 19:23:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] try to fix failing test_008_restart Co-Authored-By: Claude
 Opus 4.6

---
 server/mpm/event/event.c     | 4 +++-
 server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c | 4 +++-
 server/mpm/worker/worker.c   | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/mpm/event/event.c b/server/mpm/event/event.c
index 385532d03b4..2fca99723e4 100644
--- a/server/mpm/event/event.c
+++ b/server/mpm/event/event.c
@@ -3747,7 +3747,9 @@ static int event_run(apr_pool_t * _pconf, apr_pool_t * plog, server_rec * s)
         remaining_children_to_start = active_daemons_limit;
     }
     if (!retained->mpm->was_graceful) {
-        startup_children(remaining_children_to_start);
+        if (!retained->mpm->restart_pending) {
+            startup_children(remaining_children_to_start);
+        }
         remaining_children_to_start = 0;
     }
     else {
diff --git a/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c b/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c
index 3de062f367a..85b78568adb 100644
--- a/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c
+++ b/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,9 @@ static int prefork_run(apr_pool_t *_pconf, apr_pool_t *plog, server_rec *s)
         remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_limit;
     }
     if (!retained->mpm->was_graceful) {
-        startup_children(remaining_children_to_start);
+        if (!retained->mpm->restart_pending) {
+            startup_children(remaining_children_to_start);
+        }
         remaining_children_to_start = 0;
     }
     else {
diff --git a/server/mpm/worker/worker.c b/server/mpm/worker/worker.c
index 42b81a8ed1b..750687c7f5f 100644
--- a/server/mpm/worker/worker.c
+++ b/server/mpm/worker/worker.c
@@ -1942,7 +1942,9 @@ static int worker_run(apr_pool_t *_pconf, apr_pool_t *plog, server_rec *s)
         remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_limit;
     }
     if (!retained->mpm->was_graceful) {
-        startup_children(remaining_children_to_start);
+        if (!retained->mpm->restart_pending) {
+            startup_children(remaining_children_to_start);
+        }
         remaining_children_to_start = 0;
     }
     else {