diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
index 71a4eb81..66d56eda 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
@@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ public final class TermuxService extends Service implements TermuxTask.TermuxTas
         TermuxTask newTermuxTask = TermuxTask.execute(this, executionCommand, this, false);
         if (newTermuxTask == null) {
             Logger.logError(LOG_TAG, "Failed to execute new TermuxTask command for:\n" + executionCommand.getCommandIdAndLabelLogString());
+            // If the execution command was started for a plugin, then process the error
+            if (executionCommand.isPluginExecutionCommand)
+                PluginUtils.processPluginExecutionCommandError(this, LOG_TAG, executionCommand, false);
+            else
+                Logger.logStackTracesWithMessage(LOG_TAG, "(" + executionCommand.errCode + ") " + executionCommand.errmsg, executionCommand.throwableList);
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -510,6 +515,11 @@ public final class TermuxService extends Service implements TermuxTask.TermuxTas
         TermuxSession newTermuxSession = TermuxSession.execute(this, executionCommand, getTermuxTerminalSessionClient(), this, sessionName, executionCommand.isPluginExecutionCommand);
         if (newTermuxSession == null) {
             Logger.logError(LOG_TAG, "Failed to execute new TermuxSession command for:\n" + executionCommand.getCommandIdAndLabelLogString());
+            // If the execution command was started for a plugin, then process the error
+            if (executionCommand.isPluginExecutionCommand)
+                PluginUtils.processPluginExecutionCommandError(this, LOG_TAG, executionCommand, false);
+            else
+                Logger.logStackTracesWithMessage(LOG_TAG, "(" + executionCommand.errCode + ") " + executionCommand.errmsg, executionCommand.throwableList);
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/TermuxTask.java b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/TermuxTask.java
index 1234284d..4507b30f 100644
--- a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/TermuxTask.java
+++ b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/TermuxTask.java
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ public final class TermuxTask {
 
         final String[] commandArray = ShellUtils.setupProcessArgs(executionCommand.executable, executionCommand.arguments);
 
-        if (!executionCommand.setState(ExecutionState.EXECUTING))
+        if (!executionCommand.setState(ExecutionState.EXECUTING)) {
+            executionCommand.setStateFailed(ExecutionCommand.RESULT_CODE_FAILED, context.getString(R.string.error_failed_to_execute_termux_task_command, executionCommand.getCommandIdAndLabelLogString()), null);
+            TermuxTask.processTermuxTaskResult(null, executionCommand);
             return null;
+        }
 
         Logger.logDebug(LOG_TAG, executionCommand.toString());