diff -r 15018f1726c7 -r 3eacc0623088 featuremgmt/featuremgr/src/serverexe/featmgrsession.cpp
--- a/featuremgmt/featuremgr/src/serverexe/featmgrsession.cpp	Fri Mar 19 10:00:55 2010 +0200
+++ b/featuremgmt/featuremgr/src/serverexe/featmgrsession.cpp	Fri Apr 16 16:49:27 2010 +0300
@@ -143,7 +143,18 @@
         else
             {
             INFO_LOG( "CFeatMgrSession::ServiceL() - plugins not ready" );
-            iList.AddLast( *CFeatMgrPendingRequest::NewL( aMessage ) );
+            CFeatMgrPendingRequest* request=NULL;
+            TRAPD(error,request=CFeatMgrPendingRequest::NewL( aMessage ));
+            if (error!=KErrNone)
+              {
+              LOG_IF_ERROR1( error, "CFeatMgrSession::ServiceL(): Error in Adding Pending Request: %d", error );
+              //cannot create pending request so need to indicate to the client rather than letting the cient wait forever.
+              aMessage.Complete(error);              
+              }
+            else
+              {
+              iList.AddLast(*request);
+              }
             }
         }
     else