diff --git a/tron/core/actionrun.py b/tron/core/actionrun.py
index d9ce28dff..e47b0b038 100644
--- a/tron/core/actionrun.py
+++ b/tron/core/actionrun.py
@@ -1292,6 +1292,16 @@ def recover(self) -> Optional[KubernetesTask]:
 
         last_attempt = self.attempts[-1]
 
+        if last_attempt.rendered_command is None:
+            log.error(f"{self} rendered_command is None, cannot recover")
+            self.fail(exitcode.EXIT_INVALID_COMMAND)
+            return None
+
+        if last_attempt.command_config.docker_image is None:
+            log.error(f"{self} docker_image is None, cannot recover")
+            self.fail(exitcode.EXIT_KUBERNETES_TASK_INVALID)
+            return None
+
         log.info(f"{self} recovering Kubernetes run")
 
         task = k8s_cluster.create_task(