From 907d094f9e052bf3236f8f05c57b918ed7a09a67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sascha Rogmann <github@rogmann.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 10:16:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] server: can_speculate() requires a task instance

---
 tools/server/server-context.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/server/server-context.cpp b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
index 024dbd80e2..099c34056d 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-context.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
@@ -1180,6 +1180,8 @@ private:
             slot.smpl.reset();
         }
 
+        slot.task = std::make_unique<const server_task>(std::move(task));
+
         // initialize draft batch
         // TODO: rework speculative decoding [TAG_SERVER_SPEC_REWORK]
         if (slot.can_speculate()) {
@@ -1188,8 +1190,6 @@ private:
             slot.batch_spec = llama_batch_init(task.params.speculative.n_max + 1, 0, 1);
         }
 
-        slot.task = std::make_unique<const server_task>(std::move(task));
-
         slot.state = slot.task->is_child()
             ? SLOT_STATE_WAIT_OTHER // wait for the parent to process prompt
             : SLOT_STATE_STARTED;