Process doesn't know whether it's running or not: reports inconsistent results

[danwdart]

$ grunt start
Running "forever:server:start" (forever) task
Attempting to start app/server.js as daemon.
Warning: app/server.js is already running. Use --force to continue.

$ grunt restart
Running "forever:server:stop" (forever) task
Attempting to stop app/server.js...
uid command script forever pid id logfile uptime
[0] 6jyh /usr/bin/nodejs app/server.js 26268 26397 /home/kvd/www/code/pcomm/logs/forever.out STOPPED

Error stopping app/server.js. [REASON] :: Error: Cannot stop process that is not running.
ERROR
Warning: Task "forever:server:stop" failed. Use --force to continue.

Can it please make up its mind?