1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index 24595045..60a5dfe3 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -5247,7 +5247,17 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
         const pane = p.panes[id] orelse return;
         pane.shell_failed = true;
         ctlfs.pty.shellGone(p, pane, false);
-        p.reportError(id, "shell", err);
+        if (err == error.FileNotFound or err == error.NotDir)
+            p.reportFailure(id, "shell: directory missing (no such directory)")
+        else
+            p.reportError(id, "shell", err);
+        // A command that never started ended: `exit 127`, as a shell says of
+        // a command it could not run, so a follower waiting on its exit
+        // hears one, its tag stops saying it runs, and Kill finds nothing.
+        if (pane.command != null and !pane.command_done) {
+            pane.command_pty = false;
+            exec.commandDone(p, id, 127);
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn saveFailed(p: *Pardes, id: u8, path: []const u8, err: anyerror) void {