From f920c550abd602f16247f059ba58d16246d48bb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Tobiszewski <adrian.tobiszewski@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:15:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix loading/reloading Mediapiep under load

---
 src/mediapipe_internal/mediapipefactory.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/mediapipe_internal/mediapipefactory.cpp b/src/mediapipe_internal/mediapipefactory.cpp
index 5f8deebd6b..0be6d4b3bf 100644
--- a/src/mediapipe_internal/mediapipefactory.cpp
+++ b/src/mediapipe_internal/mediapipefactory.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ Status MediapipeFactory::create(std::unique_ptr<MediapipeGraphExecutor>& pipelin
         return StatusCode::MEDIAPIPE_DEFINITION_NAME_MISSING;
     }
     auto& definition = *it->second;
+    // Unlock before create() which may block on graph queue, avoiding writer starvation.
+    lock.unlock();
     return definition.create(pipeline);
 }