Task.spawn "cannot resume dead coroutine error"

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This is resulting in the error whenever I switch between tools.

cannot resume dead coroutine

local function toolEquip()
	print("equipingtool")
	wait(5)
	print("tool equiped")
end

local equipTask
char.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child)
	if child.ClassName == "Tool" then
		MainSettings.Equipped = true
		tool = child
		if child:FindFirstChild("Settings") then
			setup()
			equipTask = task.spawn(toolEquip)
		end
	end
end)

char.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(child)
	if child.ClassName == "Tool" then
		MainSettings.Equipped = false
		tool = nil
		if child:FindFirstChild("Settings") then
			unsetup()
			if equipTask then
				task.cancel(equipTask)
			end
		end
	end
end)

I can’t seem to figure out the reason why the task gives the error? The code itself works as intended and is supposed to let me stop certain sequences of actions whenever the tool is changed, unequipped or equipped.

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It is probably due to the task being finished and you trying to cancel it. Currently, as far as I know, there is no way to check if a task is finished, so a workaround would be like this:

local equipTask

local function toolEquip()
	print("equipingtool")
	wait(5)
	equipTask = nil
	print("tool equiped")
end

char.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child)
	if child.ClassName == "Tool" then
		MainSettings.Equipped = true
		tool = child
		if child:FindFirstChild("Settings") then
			setup()
			equipTask = task.spawn(toolEquip)
		end
	end
end)

char.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(child)
	if child.ClassName == "Tool" then
		MainSettings.Equipped = false
		tool = nil
		if child:FindFirstChild("Settings") then
			unsetup()
			if equipTask then
				task.cancel(equipTask)
			end
		end
	end
end)
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Turns out I just needed to replace the wait with a task.wait() instead. The code after the original wait would try to execute but the task would have been ended by then causing the game to be unable to resume anything.

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if equipTask and coroutine.status(equipTask) == "dead" then