From e683d6b06a2219921b9412c6c257e6265d34da6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Ahmann <dilmurat.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 11:47:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tests: enforce deterministic equal-priority task ordering
 (#4664)

---
 lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py b/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py
index 64d122a7ce..b9baeb7eb5 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py
@@ -2288,6 +2288,48 @@ def condition_succeeds(task_output: TaskOutput) -> bool:
             )  # Third task used first task's output
 
 
+def test_equal_priority_tasks_preserve_declared_order(researcher):
+    """Equal-priority tasks should execute in the order they are declared."""
+    first_task = Task(
+        description="Task B",
+        expected_output="Output B",
+        agent=researcher,
+        config={"priority": 1},
+    )
+    second_task = Task(
+        description="Task A",
+        expected_output="Output A",
+        agent=researcher,
+        config={"priority": 1},
+    )
+    third_task = Task(
+        description="Task C",
+        expected_output="Output C",
+        agent=researcher,
+        config={"priority": 1},
+    )
+
+    declared_order = [first_task.description, second_task.description, third_task.description]
+    observed_order: list[str] = []
+
+    def capture_execution_order(task: Task, context=None, tools=None):
+        observed_order.append(task.description)
+        return f"result:{task.description}"
+
+    crew = Crew(
+        agents=[researcher],
+        tasks=[first_task, second_task, third_task],
+        process=Process.sequential,
+    )
+
+    with patch.object(Agent, "execute_task") as mock_execute_task:
+        mock_execute_task.side_effect = capture_execution_order
+        result = crew.kickoff()
+
+    assert observed_order == declared_order
+    assert [task_output.description for task_output in result.tasks_output] == declared_order
+
+
 @pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_conditional_tasks_result_collection(researcher, writer):
     """Test that task outputs are properly collected based on execution status."""

From 2caac657894382f03b7f2acf6007cdf0c8ae326f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Ahmann <dilmurat.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 11:55:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tests: align ordering contract coverage (#4664)

---
 lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py b/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py
index b9baeb7eb5..7ca480020c 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py
@@ -2288,25 +2288,22 @@ def condition_succeeds(task_output: TaskOutput) -> bool:
             )  # Third task used first task's output
 
 
-def test_equal_priority_tasks_preserve_declared_order(researcher):
-    """Equal-priority tasks should execute in the order they are declared."""
+def test_sequential_tasks_preserve_declared_order(researcher):
+    """Sequential execution should preserve the order tasks are declared."""
     first_task = Task(
-        description="Task B",
+        description="Task 2",
         expected_output="Output B",
         agent=researcher,
-        config={"priority": 1},
     )
     second_task = Task(
-        description="Task A",
+        description="Task 10",
         expected_output="Output A",
         agent=researcher,
-        config={"priority": 1},
     )
     third_task = Task(
-        description="Task C",
+        description="Task 1",
         expected_output="Output C",
         agent=researcher,
-        config={"priority": 1},
     )
 
     declared_order = [first_task.description, second_task.description, third_task.description]