From 2af48cf40e2bb98270cb5790dd798b90f7532916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VMSolidus <evilexecutive@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 16:40:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix observer hard del (#22165)

The Planemasters Update gave observers a hud reference to store, but no
Destroy() method was added for them to clear this reference when
despawning, which caused a hard del. Pretty simple fix.
---
 code/modules/mob/abstract/ghost/observer/observer.dm | 4 ++++
 html/changelogs/hellfirejag-observer-hard-del.yml    | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 html/changelogs/hellfirejag-observer-hard-del.yml

diff --git a/code/modules/mob/abstract/ghost/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/abstract/ghost/observer/observer.dm
index ab84dec686f..b352c24290d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/abstract/ghost/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/abstract/ghost/observer/observer.dm
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@
 		name = capitalize(pick(GLOB.first_names_male)) + " " + capitalize(pick(GLOB.last_names))
 	real_name = name
 
+/mob/abstract/ghost/observer/Destroy()
+	QDEL_NULL(hud)
+	return ..()
+
 /mob/abstract/ghost/observer/proc/initialise_postkey(set_timers = TRUE)
 	//This function should be run after a ghost has been created and had a ckey assigned
 	if (!set_timers)
diff --git a/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-observer-hard-del.yml b/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-observer-hard-del.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e46d69106d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/hellfirejag-observer-hard-del.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+author: Hellfirejag
+delete-after: True
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Fixed a hard deleted related to ghost observers."