From 3ea8ac7d864ae103797837581e5d263eb2323d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daniellegillai <dagillai@amd.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:48:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] clear pipelines to avoid race

---
 rocAL/source/pipeline/master_graph.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rocAL/source/pipeline/master_graph.cpp b/rocAL/source/pipeline/master_graph.cpp
index 388ecd022..953135e92 100644
--- a/rocAL/source/pipeline/master_graph.cpp
+++ b/rocAL/source/pipeline/master_graph.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ void MasterGraph::release() {
     _meta_data_nodes.clear();
     _tensor_map.clear();
     _ring_buffer.release_gpu_res();
+    // pipelines' associated vx nodes must have vxReleaseNode called before vxReleaseContext to avoid race condition
+    _pipeline_operators.clear();
     // shut_down loader:: required for releasing any allocated resourses
     for (auto &loader_module : _loader_modules)
         loader_module->shut_down();