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Problem

In-client bug report MB-9D3DZ8. Plugin: Quest Helper (the plugin descriptor has no version field), on client development at fc49cce.

While running the Underground Pass quest, the script was heading for the ledge crossing when the area reloaded. It then started walking to a tile about 40 tiles away that no quest step defines. That tile is sealed off, so the walker answered with a long route that began with a Varrock teleport and took the player out of the dungeon, with no explanation.

Root cause

applyObjectStep in QuestScript takes a tile object from step.getObjects() once per iteration and keeps a local reference to it. When the scene reloads in the middle of that iteration, the local reference points at an object from the old scene. Rs2TileObjectModel.getWorldLocation resolves against the current scene base, so the stale object reports a location shifted by the scene base change.

In the report the ledge point 2374,9644 became 2334,9636: a shift of (-40,-8), both multiples of 8, which is a scene base change. The session recording shows the scene reload and the walk to the shifted tile in the same second.

ObjectStep already clears its object list when the scene reloads, so the step's own list is correct. Only the script's local reference goes stale.

Change

QuestScript.java only:

• New static helper currentStepObjectLocation(ObjectStep, Rs2TileObjectModel). It reads the object's location and returns it only if the step still holds that underlying tile object afterwards; otherwise it returns null.
• The three walk targets in applyObjectStep use it: the walk for an unreachable target, the walk-first block that feeds Rs2Walker.walkWithState, and the trailing Rs2Walker.walkTo.
• When the object is stale, the iteration ends without walking and the next loop iteration resolves the object again.

For the player this is at most a brief hesitation after a loading screen. There is no new status text, chat message, log line or setting.

Alternatives not taken:

• Rejecting a target by its distance from the step's defined point. In instances the object's location differs from the defined point, and steps that show all objects in an area accept objects up to 50 tiles away, so a 40-tile shift would not have been caught.
• Falling back to the defined point when the object is stale. Ending the iteration is simpler and the object is resolved again within one loop.

Validation

./gradlew :client:runUnitTests --tests '*QuestScript*' --tests '*ClientThreadGuardrailTest' --tests '*QueryableGuardrail*' --no-parallel --max-workers=2 -q exited 0, with 0 failures and 0 errors:

Test class	Passed
QuestScriptStaleStepObjectTest (new)	3/3
QuestScriptItemActionTest	5/5
QuestScriptGrandExchangeBatchTest	4/4
QuestScriptIterationCancelTest	6/6
QuestScriptCoinsRequirementTest	4/4
QuestScriptOptionSelectionPendingTest	8/8
ClientThreadGuardrailTest	1/1

Reviewed by a code reviewer and a player-experience reviewer; both approved.

Known gaps

• Not tested in a live client.
• No result file appeared for the *QueryableGuardrail* filter, so that guardrail was not confirmed to have run.
• The new test covers only the helper, with mocks. Nothing verifies that applyObjectStep skips the walk when the helper returns null.
• Other reads of a possibly stale object in the same iteration are unchanged: the nearest-object comparison, the line-of-sight checks, the reachable-tile check and the click. A stale object could be clicked at the wrong scene tile, which wastes one iteration but cannot start a walk.
• The check that the step still holds the object runs on the script thread against a list the client thread clears and refills every tick. A read between the clear and the refill skips one iteration, which is harmless. The check also relies on the list being cleared no later than the scene base changes; that ordering was not confirmed.
• Not fixed here: the walker still answers a sealed goal inside a dungeon with a route that starts with a teleport. This change removes the wrong goal that triggered it in this report, but any other unreachable goal inside a dungeon can still teleport the player out. That needs its own issue.

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Walkthrough

applyObjectStep now validates that the selected object remains in the current step before using its location for target searches or walking. It returns false when the location is unavailable. Tests cover objects that remain in the step, objects dropped from it, and objects replaced after a scene reload.

Merge Risk: Low · up to 73b73

This fix stops the quest walker from heading to a stale object location after a scene reload. The new validation reads game state off the client thread, which conflicts with the project's threading rule. This is a small, localized follow-up, and it does not block merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: QuestScript no longer walks to an object the step dropped after a scene reload. It matches the summary and objectives, and it is a single specific sentence.
Description check		The description covers the problem, root cause, the code change in QuestScript.java, validation runs, and known gaps. It is directly related to the changeset.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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@runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScript.java:
- Around line 1668-1669: Update currentStepObjectLocation to perform both the
object.getWorldLocation() read and the step.getObjects() membership check within
the client-thread wrapper, returning the location only when the object is
present. Reuse the established client-thread invocation pattern and add the
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• runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScript.java
• runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScriptStaleStepObjectTest.java

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Read the object location on the client thread.

currentStepObjectLocation runs on the background script iteration. It reads the object's world location without a client-thread wrapper. The repository rule requires game-state reads to run on the client thread. The membership check is part of the same helper, so it should run in the same wrapped call.

Suggested fix

--- "a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScript.java"
+++ "b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScript.java"
@@ -1664,10 +1664,12 @@
         return true;
     }
 
     static WorldPoint currentStepObjectLocation(ObjectStep step, Rs2TileObjectModel object) {
-        WorldPoint location = object.getWorldLocation();
-        return step.getObjects().contains(object.getTileObject()) ? location : null;
+        return Microbot.getClientThread().invoke(() -> {
+            WorldPoint location = object.getWorldLocation();
+            return step.getObjects().contains(object.getTileObject()) ? location : null;
+        });
     }
 
     private static boolean isInteractableFromReachableTile(ObjectStep step, Rs2TileObjectModel object) {
         if (object.getTileObjectType() != TileObjectType.GAME) {

This follows the invoke pattern already used in Rs2TileObjectModel. Add a Microbot import to QuestScript.java if the file does not already have one.

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Suggested change

	WorldPoint location = object.getWorldLocation();
	return step.getObjects().contains(object.getTileObject()) ? location : null;
	return Microbot.getClientThread().invoke(() -> {
	WorldPoint location = object.getWorldLocation();
	return step.getObjects().contains(object.getTileObject()) ? location : null;
	});

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Review comment at @runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScript.java around lines 1668 - 1669:
Update currentStepObjectLocation to perform both the object.getWorldLocation() read and the step.getObjects() membership check within the client-thread wrapper, returning the location only when the object is present. Reuse the established client-thread invocation pattern and add the required Microbot import if needed.

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