diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java
index 911c0dc7..f1a31553 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java
@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ class Path implements IPath {
         for (Moves moves : Moves.values()) {
             Movement move = moves.apply0(src);
             if (move.getDest().equals(dest)) {
+                // TODO instead of recalculating here, could we take pathNode.cost - pathNode.prevNode.cost to get the cost as-calculated?
                 move.recalculateCost(); // have to calculate the cost at calculation time so we can accurately judge whether a cost increase happened between cached calculation and real execution
                 return move;
             }
         }
-        // leave this as IllegalStateException; it's caught in AbstractNodeCostSearch
+        // this is no longer called from bestPathSoFar, now it's in postprocessing
         throw new IllegalStateException("Movement became impossible during calculation " + src + " " + dest + " " + dest.subtract(src));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java
index 818ae124..f901c61f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ public class MovementFall extends Movement {
 
     @Override
     public boolean safeToCancel(MovementState state) {
-        return state.getStatus() != MovementStatus.RUNNING;
+        // if we haven't started walking off the edge yet, or if we're in the process of breaking blocks before doing the fall
+        // then it's safe to cancel this
+        return playerFeet().equals(src) || state.getStatus() != MovementStatus.RUNNING;
     }
 
     private static BetterBlockPos[] buildPositionsToBreak(BetterBlockPos src, BetterBlockPos dest) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java
index 22fc5909..2310f773 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ public class MovementParkour extends Movement {
         return res.cost;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean safeToCancel(MovementState state) {
+        // once this movement is instantiated, the state is default to PREPPING
+        // but once it's ticked for the first time it changes to RUNNING
+        // since we don't really know anything about momentum, it suffices to say Parkour can only be canceled on the 0th tick
+        return state.getStatus() != MovementState.MovementStatus.RUNNING;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public MovementState updateState(MovementState state) {
         super.updateState(state);
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
index abd870e7..7c4ba237 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ public class MovementTraverse extends Movement {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean safeToCancel(MovementState state) {
+        // if we're in the process of breaking blocks before walking forwards
+        // or if this isn't a sneak place (the block is already there)
+        // then it's safe to cancel this
+        return state.getStatus() != MovementState.MovementStatus.RUNNING || MovementHelper.canWalkOn(dest.down());
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected boolean prepared(MovementState state) {
         if (playerFeet().equals(src) || playerFeet().equals(src.down())) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java
index 117e8008..9aeeac69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package baritone.pathing.path;
 import baritone.Baritone;
 import baritone.api.event.events.TickEvent;
 import baritone.api.pathing.movement.ActionCosts;
+import baritone.pathing.calc.AbstractNodeCostSearch;
 import baritone.pathing.movement.CalculationContext;
 import baritone.pathing.movement.Movement;
 import baritone.pathing.movement.MovementHelper;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static baritone.pathing.movement.MovementState.MovementStatus.*;
@@ -242,6 +244,10 @@ public class PathExecutor implements Helper {
             cancel();
             return true;
         }
+        if (shouldPause()) {
+            logDebug("Pausing since current best path is a backtrack");
+            return true;
+        }
         MovementState.MovementStatus movementStatus = movement.update();
         if (movementStatus == UNREACHABLE || movementStatus == FAILED) {
             logDebug("Movement returns status " + movementStatus);
@@ -270,6 +276,32 @@ public class PathExecutor implements Helper {
         return false; // movement is in progress
     }
 
+    private boolean shouldPause() {
+        Optional<AbstractNodeCostSearch> current = AbstractNodeCostSearch.getCurrentlyRunning();
+        if (!current.isPresent()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!player().onGround) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!MovementHelper.canWalkOn(playerFeet().down())) {
+            // we're in some kind of sketchy situation, maybe parkouring
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!MovementHelper.canWalkThrough(playerFeet()) || !MovementHelper.canWalkThrough(playerFeet().up())) {
+            // suffocating?
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!path.movements().get(pathPosition).safeToCancel()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        Optional<IPath> currentBest = current.get().bestPathSoFar();
+        if (!currentBest.isPresent()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return currentBest.get().positions().contains(playerFeet());
+    }
+
     private boolean possiblyOffPath(Tuple<Double, BlockPos> status, double leniency) {
         double distanceFromPath = status.getFirst();
         if (distanceFromPath > leniency) {