# Shovel body burial — native checks, 21 October 2026

Both isolated Workbench fixtures completed **11 assertions with no script/runtime
failures**, first with the normal dependency closure and then with Realistic
Combat Drones 2.3.7 also loaded. The latter also extends the character base prefab;
the burial action remained available. Both runners verified unchanged source and
external inputs and cleanup of their private prefix.

The native reporter still fails its strict whole-engine verdict: 13 retained
resource/world errors in the standard run and 20 with drones. Full console logs,
reports, input hashes and runner records are retained in [standard](standard/)
and [with-drones](with-drones/). Tested production bytes are recorded in
[production-sha256.json](production-sha256.json).

Observed in both runs:

- A character inherited the new action through its native actions manager.
- A living character was ineligible, as was a corpse with an empty-handed caller.
- A shovel placed in inventory did not enable burial; equipping the native
  entrenching-tool gadget did.
- The nearby corpse passed real range/visibility checks. Moving it beyond reach
  rejected burial, as did invoking the action with a different owner.
- The real action callback and deferred completion removed the corpse through
  the replicated entity deletion API, preserving the player and held shovel.
- A repeated completion after deletion was harmless.

The fixture invokes the real action callback directly. It does not prove eight
seconds of ordinary held input, interruption UI, remote-client replication or
visual digging animation. The action uses native `Duration 8` progress and
cancellation. Burial removes the body and remaining attached equipment; it does
not create a grave prop or terrain deformation.

`tests/test_body_burial.py` executes production eligibility/completion against
substituted native boundaries, covering unconscious/dead callers, living and
unconscious targets, admission, mission state, held-item changes, vehicles,
obstructions, distance and repeated deletion. Existing HQ tests retain delivered
casualty attribution when a corpse disappears during radio transit.

Reproduce with the installed dependencies and existing private Workbench prefix:

```
python3 docs/evidence/body-burial-2026-10-21/isolated-runner.py standard02
python3 docs/evidence/body-burial-2026-10-21/isolated-runner.py compat02 --with-drones
```

Use unused alphanumeric suffixes. The runner freezes source into `/tmp` and uses a
disposable profile. No installed addon or live server is modified.