diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/SingleTaskRunner.kt b/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/SingleTaskRunner.kt
index b1da19fae3b1..eadf17b86af2 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/SingleTaskRunner.kt
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/shared/src/com/intellij/platform/vcs/impl/shared/SingleTaskRunner.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.platform.vcs.impl.shared
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.debug
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.getOrHandleException
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.checkCanceled
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ class SingleTaskRunner(
         busy.value = true
         requested.value = false
         checkCanceled()
-        task()
+        runCatching {
+          task()
+        }.getOrHandleException { LOG.error("Task failed", it) }
         busy.value = false
       }
     }
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/vcsUtil/SingleTaskRunnerTest.kt b/platform/vcs-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/vcsUtil/SingleTaskRunnerTest.kt
index 12a07f9ca49b..d8ae74d222b7 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/vcsUtil/SingleTaskRunnerTest.kt
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/vcsUtil/SingleTaskRunnerTest.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.intellij.vcsUtil
 
 import com.intellij.platform.util.coroutines.childScope
 import com.intellij.platform.vcs.impl.shared.SingleTaskRunner
+import com.intellij.testFramework.LoggedErrorProcessor
 import com.intellij.testFramework.common.timeoutRunBlocking
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.TimeoutCancellationException
@@ -84,6 +85,31 @@ internal class SingleTaskRunnerTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `test thrown exception doesn't prevent further execution`() =
+    LoggedErrorProcessor.executeWith<IllegalStateException>(allowLoggedError()) {
+      timeoutRunBlocking {
+        var counter = 0
+        withRunner({
+                     counter++
+                     error("Test exception")
+                   }) {
+          start()
+          request()
+          awaitNotBusy()
+          assertEquals(1, counter)
+          request()
+          awaitNotBusy()
+          assertEquals(2, counter)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  private fun allowLoggedError() = object : LoggedErrorProcessor() {
+    override fun processError(category: String, message: String, details: Array<out String>, t: Throwable?): Set<Action> =
+      if (message.contains("Task failed")) Action.NONE else Action.ALL
+  }
+
   private inline fun CoroutineScope.withRunner(
     noinline task: suspend () -> Unit,
     delay: Duration = Duration.Companion.ZERO,