From 80da96657c2f6436915e4d9041c4134132e79853 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mose=20M=C3=BCller?= <mosemueller@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 16:49:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] tasks: don't start another task when it is already running

---
 src/pydase/task/task.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pydase/task/task.py b/src/pydase/task/task.py
index 781988a..e848f1d 100644
--- a/src/pydase/task/task.py
+++ b/src/pydase/task/task.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ class Task(pydase.DataService, Generic[P, R]):
         return self._status
 
     def start(self, *args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> None:
+        if self._task:
+            return
+
         def task_done_callback(task: asyncio.Task[R]) -> None:
             """Handles tasks that have finished.