diff --git a/.changeset/worktree-capacity-hold-release.md b/.changeset/worktree-capacity-hold-release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..207a20aa3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/worktree-capacity-hold-release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+Honor the worktree execution limit when workflow-column hold releases dispatch tasks.
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/scheduler.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/scheduler.test.ts
index 67cb19e479..d39885ccaa 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/scheduler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/scheduler.test.ts
@@ -630,6 +630,55 @@ describe("Scheduler", () => {
       expect(vi.mocked(store.listTasks).mock.calls.some(([options]) => options?.startupMemo === false)).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it("holds workflow-column releases when maxWorktrees is exhausted", async () => {
+      vi.mocked(existsSync).mockReturnValue(true);
+      vi.mocked(readFile).mockResolvedValue("# Task\nDo something");
+
+      const tasks = new Map<string, Task>([
+        ["FN-001", createMockTask({ id: "FN-001", column: "in-progress", dependencies: [] })],
+        ["FN-002", createMockTask({ id: "FN-002", column: "in-progress", dependencies: [] })],
+        ["FN-003", createMockTask({ id: "FN-003", column: "todo", dependencies: [] })],
+        ["FN-004", createMockTask({ id: "FN-004", column: "todo", dependencies: [] })],
+        ["FN-005", createMockTask({ id: "FN-005", column: "todo", dependencies: [] })],
+      ]);
+      const movedListeners = new Set<(data: { task: object; to: string }) => void>();
+      const moveTask = vi.fn(async (taskId: string, column: Task["column"]) => {
+        const current = tasks.get(taskId);
+        if (!current) throw new Error(`missing task ${taskId}`);
+        const updated = { ...current, column } as Task;
+        tasks.set(taskId, updated);
+        for (const listener of movedListeners) {
+          listener({ task: updated, to: column });
+        }
+        return updated;
+      });
+      const store = createMockStore({
+        listTasks: vi.fn(async () => [...tasks.values()]),
+        getTask: vi.fn(async (taskId: string) => tasks.get(taskId) ?? null),
+        getSettings: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+          maxConcurrent: 15,
+          maxWorktrees: 3,
+          experimentalFeatures: { workflowColumns: true },
+        }),
+        moveTask,
+        on: vi.fn((event: string, listener: (data: { task: object; to: string }) => void) => {
+          if (event === "task:moved") movedListeners.add(listener);
+        }),
+        off: vi.fn((event: string, listener: (data: { task: object; to: string }) => void) => {
+          if (event === "task:moved") movedListeners.delete(listener);
+        }),
+      });
+
+      const scheduler = new Scheduler(store);
+      (scheduler as unknown as { running: boolean }).running = true;
+      await scheduler.schedule();
+
+      const inProgress = [...tasks.values()].filter((task) => task.column === "in-progress");
+      expect(inProgress.map((task) => task.id)).toEqual(["FN-001", "FN-002", "FN-003"]);
+      expect(moveTask.mock.calls.filter((call) => call[1] === "in-progress").map((call) => call[0])).toEqual(["FN-003"]);
+      expect(schedulerLog.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("no reservable slot"));
+    });
+
     it("flag-OFF: todo dispatch is tagged as scheduler-sourced for redispatch guards", async () => {
       const off = setupTodoStore(false);
       await off.scheduler.schedule();
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts b/packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts
index 6d7e0f1801..fc31981913 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/scheduler.ts
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ export class Scheduler {
       // still drives todo→in-progress pickup (parity); the sweep adds custom-
       // workflow hold handling and the generalized capacity-release path.
       if (isWorkflowColumnsEnabled(settings)) {
-        await this.runHoldReleaseSweepPass();
+        await this.runHoldReleaseSweepPass(tasks, settings);
         tasks = await this.store.listTasks({ slim: true, includeArchived: false, startupMemo: false });
         settings = await this.store.getSettings();
       }
@@ -2122,24 +2122,31 @@ export class Scheduler {
    * worktree allocation into the reservation-first ordering (KTD-10). Failures
    * are isolated so a sweep error never breaks the scheduling pass.
    */
-  private async runHoldReleaseSweepPass(): Promise<void> {
+  private async runHoldReleaseSweepPass(tasks: Task[], settings: Settings): Promise<void> {
     try {
+      const maxWorktrees = settings.maxWorktrees ?? this.options.maxWorktrees ?? 4;
+      let reservedWorktreeSlots = tasks.filter((task) => task.column === "in-progress").length;
       await runHoldReleaseSweep(this.store, {
         now: () => Date.now(),
-        reserveSlot: this.options.semaphore
-          ? (): SlotReservation | null => {
-            const sem = this.options.semaphore!;
-            if (!sem.tryAcquire()) return null;
-            let released = false;
-            return {
-              release: () => {
-                if (released) return;
-                released = true;
-                sem.release();
-              },
-            };
+        reserveSlot: (): SlotReservation | null => {
+          if (Number.isFinite(maxWorktrees) && reservedWorktreeSlots >= maxWorktrees) {
+            return null;
           }
-          : undefined,
+
+          const sem = this.options.semaphore;
+          if (sem && !sem.tryAcquire()) return null;
+
+          reservedWorktreeSlots += 1;
+          let released = false;
+          return {
+            release: () => {
+              if (released) return;
+              released = true;
+              reservedWorktreeSlots = Math.max(0, reservedWorktreeSlots - 1);
+              sem?.release();
+            },
+          };
+        },
         allocateWorktree: (task, reservedNames) =>
           planTaskWorktreePath(task, this.store.getRootDir(), undefined, reservedNames, {}),
       });