diff --git a/src/lerobot/envs/libero.py b/src/lerobot/envs/libero.py
index 457dad576..842befb74 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/envs/libero.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/envs/libero.py
@@ -596,7 +596,17 @@ class LiberoEnv(gym.Env):
                 f"Expected action to be 1-D (shape (action_dim,)), "
                 f"but got shape {action.shape} with ndim={action.ndim}"
             )
-        raw_obs, reward, done, info = self._env.step(action)
+
+        try:
+            raw_obs, reward, done, info = self._env.step(action)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            if "terminated episode" not in str(e):
+                raise
+            # Robosuite's internal done flag is stale (e.g. from a previous
+            # termination that wasn't properly cleared by SyncVectorEnv).
+            # Signal termination so the caller resets us.
+            obs, reset_info = self.reset()
+            return obs, 0.0, True, False, {"is_success": False, **reset_info}
 
         is_success = self._env.check_success()
         terminated = done or is_success
@@ -616,7 +626,6 @@ class LiberoEnv(gym.Env):
                 "done": bool(done),
                 "is_success": bool(is_success),
             }
-            self.reset()
         truncated = False
         return observation, reward, terminated, truncated, info
 
@@ -714,7 +723,7 @@ def create_libero_envs(
             raise ValueError(f"No tasks selected for suite '{suite_name}' (available: {total}).")
         total_tasks += len(selected)
 
-    lazy = total_tasks > 50
+    lazy = total_tasks > 1
     if lazy:
         print(f"Using lazy env creation for {total_tasks} tasks (envs created on demand)")
 
diff --git a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval_worker.py b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval_worker.py
index 321795237..e7820d962 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval_worker.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval_worker.py
@@ -98,7 +98,14 @@ def run_worker(cfg: EvalWorkerConfig) -> dict:
     # Shard: this worker handles tasks where index % instance_count == instance_id
     if cfg.instance_count > 1:
         total = len(tasks)
-        tasks = [t for idx, t in enumerate(tasks) if idx % cfg.instance_count == cfg.instance_id]
+        assigned = {i for i in range(total) if i % cfg.instance_count == cfg.instance_id}
+        for i, (_, _, env) in enumerate(tasks):
+            if i not in assigned:
+                try:
+                    env.close()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+        tasks = [t for i, t in enumerate(tasks) if i in assigned]
         logger.info(
             "Shard %d/%d: %d/%d tasks assigned.",
             cfg.instance_id + 1,