#editor-restart

Code under Code/ hotloads fine, but an Assets/ folder created AFTER the editor started never mounts: asset search finds nothing in it and asset_info reports no asset. It is not a dead watcher; the only fix is restarting the editor.

Model.Load of a missing vmdl can return the orange ERROR mesh with the requested path as its Name: check IsError, not just null. And a failed load is cached for the life of the editor PROCESS: play_stop/play_start won't clear it, only a fresh editor will.