diff --git a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py
index 44ed1ebd..596cd497 100644
--- a/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py
+++ b/archivebox/cli/archivebox_add.py
@@ -244,11 +244,22 @@ def add(
 
         assert command is not None
         exit_code = 0
+
+        def crawl_is_complete() -> bool:
+            crawl.refresh_from_db(fields=["status"])
+            return crawl.status not in crawl.RUNNABLE_STATES
+
         try:
             try:
                 with foreground_shutdown_signals(first_signal_message=None), foreground_parent_watchdog():
                     while True:
-                        standby_until_foreground_runner_needed(command, data_dir=CONSTANTS.DATA_DIR)
+                        standby = standby_until_foreground_runner_needed(
+                            command,
+                            data_dir=CONSTANTS.DATA_DIR,
+                            work_is_complete=crawl_is_complete,
+                        )
+                        if standby["work_completed"]:
+                            break
                         exit_code = run_runner_worker(
                             ["--crawl-id", str(crawl.id)],
                             name=f"worker_runner_add_{os.getpid()}",
diff --git a/archivebox/core/takeover_util.py b/archivebox/core/takeover_util.py
index d2240cf7..fc456e40 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/takeover_util.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/takeover_util.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import time
 import sys
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.db import IntegrityError
@@ -323,12 +324,22 @@ def standby_until_runtime_stack_needed(command, *, data_dir: str | Path, interva
     return {"resumed": announced, "previous_owner_pid": previous_owner_pid}
 
 
-def standby_until_foreground_runner_needed(command, *, data_dir: str | Path, interval: float = 2.0) -> dict[str, object]:
+def standby_until_foreground_runner_needed(
+    command,
+    *,
+    data_dir: str | Path,
+    interval: float = 2.0,
+    work_is_complete: Callable[[], bool] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, object]:
     from archivebox.workers.supervisord_util import reap_foreground_supervisord_process
 
     announced = False
     previous_owner_pid = None
-    while not command_owns_foreground_runner(command, data_dir=data_dir):
+    while True:
+        if work_is_complete is not None and work_is_complete():
+            return {"resumed": announced, "previous_owner_pid": previous_owner_pid, "work_completed": True}
+        if command_owns_foreground_runner(command, data_dir=data_dir):
+            break
         reap_foreground_supervisord_process()
         if not announced:
             owner = foreground_runner_owner(data_dir=data_dir)
@@ -343,4 +354,4 @@ def standby_until_foreground_runner_needed(command, *, data_dir: str | Path, int
         time.sleep(interval)
     command.modified_at = timezone.now()
     command.save(update_fields=["modified_at"])
-    return {"resumed": announced, "previous_owner_pid": previous_owner_pid}
+    return {"resumed": announced, "previous_owner_pid": previous_owner_pid, "work_completed": False}
diff --git a/archivebox/tests/test_takeover_util.py b/archivebox/tests/test_takeover_util.py
index 52104591..951b61a0 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/test_takeover_util.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/test_takeover_util.py
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ def test_behavior_foreground_add_keeps_existing_server_http_visible(tmp_path, in
         add = run_archivebox_cmd(
             [
                 "add",
-                "--depth=0",
-                "--plugins=wget",
+                "--depth=2",
+                "--max-urls=10",
+                "--plugins=wget,parse_html_urls",
                 recursive_test_site["root_url"],
             ],
             cwd=tmp_path,