From 0f1f3eb457cec97f3c6e5c589246c93bac641549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJ <ipriyanshujain@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:48:18 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(runner): fatal on permanent WDA drop during hierarchy
 fetch

---
 internal/runner/runner.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/runner/runner.go b/internal/runner/runner.go
index 463a436..32087f0 100644
--- a/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, options Options) (Summary, error) {
 		g.Wait()
 
 		if hierarchyErr != nil {
+			if isWDADrop(hierarchyErr) {
+				return summary, fmt.Errorf("WDA connection permanently lost at step %d - re-run the test: %w", stepIndex, hierarchyErr)
+			}
 			logger.Warn("hierarchy fetch failed", "step", stepIndex, "err", hierarchyErr)
 		}
 		treeSize := 0