From 30dd3dde58fe55cb3e161e371772cd15f53be6e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jonny rhea <5555162+jrhea@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 09:13:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] miner: avoid unnecessary work after payload resolution

---
 miner/payload_building.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/miner/payload_building.go b/miner/payload_building.go
index 2398e675af..a008792382 100644
--- a/miner/payload_building.go
+++ b/miner/payload_building.go
@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ func (miner *Miner) buildPayload(args *BuildPayloadArgs, witness bool) (*Payload
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-timer.C:
+				// Select is random, so we need to check if the payload has been stopped
+				select {
+				case <-payload.stop:
+					log.Info("Stopping work on payload", "id", payload.id, "reason", "delivery")
+					return
+				default:
+				}
 				start := time.Now()
 				r := miner.generateWork(fullParams, witness)
 				if r.err == nil {