From 5bd728fe4e6e0a63a927db3a683e6e726f7bf41d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Olsen <129996395+Telikz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:49:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Potential fix for pull request finding

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 cmd/pm/tasks/gitTask.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/pm/tasks/gitTask.go b/cmd/pm/tasks/gitTask.go
index 3ce4f54..c19a329 100644
--- a/cmd/pm/tasks/gitTask.go
+++ b/cmd/pm/tasks/gitTask.go
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ func (t *GitTask) Validate(ctx context.Context) ValidationFeedback {
 	if err != nil {
 		return expect.Fatal("Could not fetch issue")
 	}
+	if issue == nil {
+		expect.Fail("Issue could not be found. It may have been deleted; please recreate it and try again.")
+		return expect.ValidationFeedback
+	}
 
 	expect.Equal(issue.Assignee, "Me", "Issue Assignee")