internal/manager/task_state_machine/task_state_machine.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package task_state_machine
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"projects.blender.org/studio/flamenco/pkg/website"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -471,9 +472,9 @@ func (sm *StateMachine) pauseTasks(
 		return api.JobStatusPaused, nil
 	}
 
-	// This could mean pause was triggered by failure of the job, in which case the
-	// job is already in the correct status.
-	return "", nil
+	// This could mean state transition entered a non-recoverable error state.
+	log.Warn().Str("jobStatus", string(job.Status)).Msgf("unexpected job status in StateMachine::pauseTasks(), please report this at %s", website.BugReportURL)
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected job status %q in StateMachine::pauseTasks()", job.Status)
 }
 
 // requeueTasks re-queues all tasks of the job.