From c958aa0235e265b51441b5749318dfe2d04d3e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Jain <dominik.jain@oraios-ai.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 15:56:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Guard actions in __del__ (obj must be initialised)

---
 src/serena/agent.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index 1eba5bd0..3b340702 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ class SerenaAgent:
         :param memory_log_handler: a MemoryLogHandler instance from which to read log messages; if None, a new one will be created
             if necessary.
         """
-        self._active_project: Project | None = None
+        self._active_project: Project | None = None  # NOTE: field name used in __del__
         self._project_activation_callback = project_activation_callback
         self._project_activation_error: str | None = project_activation_error
         self._gui_log_viewer: Optional["GuiLogViewer"] = None
@@ -1423,7 +1423,9 @@ class SerenaAgent:
         ToolRegistry().print_tool_overview(self._active_tools.tools)
 
     def __del__(self) -> None:
-        self.on_shutdown()
+        is_object_initialised = "_active_project" in self.__dict__
+        if is_object_initialised:
+            self.on_shutdown()
 
     def on_shutdown(self, timeout: float = 2.0) -> None:
         """