diff --git a/scenes/ai/hauling_provider.gd b/scenes/ai/hauling_provider.gd
index 94d669b..6eab1c5 100644
--- a/scenes/ai/hauling_provider.gd
+++ b/scenes/ai/hauling_provider.gd
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ func find_best_for(pawn) -> Job:
 		# Skip items another pawn has already claimed (target_node = item node).
 		if Job.is_target_taken_by_other(item, pawn):
 			continue
+		# Reachability gate — don't hand out a haul this pawn can't path to.
+		# Without this, JobRunner cancels the job on the walk toil and Decision
+		# reassigns it next tick, busy-spinning at 20 Hz with no progress.
+		# Pre-check is O(pathfinder.find_path) ~10 μs; cheap at MVP scale.
+		if pawn.tile != item.tile and World.pathfinder.find_path(pawn.tile, item.tile).is_empty():
+			continue
 
 		# Find the best destination for this item type + priority.
 		var dest = _find_best_destination_for(item)
@@ -111,6 +117,9 @@ func find_best_for(pawn) -> Job:
 		# Skip corpses another pawn has already claimed.
 		if Job.is_target_taken_by_other(corpse, pawn):
 			continue
+		# Reachability gate — same rationale as the item loop above.
+		if pawn.tile != corpse.tile and World.pathfinder.find_path(pawn.tile, corpse.tile).is_empty():
+			continue
 
 		var dest = _find_best_destination_for(corpse)
 		if dest == null:
diff --git a/scenes/ai/job_runner.gd b/scenes/ai/job_runner.gd
index de80ce3..6bae384 100644
--- a/scenes/ai/job_runner.gd
+++ b/scenes/ai/job_runner.gd
@@ -179,11 +179,16 @@ func _tick_walk(t) -> void:
 			return
 		var path: Array[Vector2i] = pathfinder.find_path(pawn.tile, dest)
 		if path.is_empty():
+			# Unreachable — abort the entire job so Decision can pick something
+			# else next tick. Previously this marked the walk toil done and the
+			# subsequent toils (pickup, deposit, etc.) ran at the wrong tile,
+			# making haul/pickup silently fail with "no item at <pawn.tile>".
 			Audit.log(
 				"job_runner",
-				"%s unreachable: %s → %s" % [pawn.pawn_name, pawn.tile, dest]
+				"%s unreachable: %s → %s (canceling job '%s')" %
+				[pawn.pawn_name, pawn.tile, dest, job.label]
 			)
-			t.done = true
+			cancel_job()
 			return
 		pawn.walk_along_path(path)
 		t.data["started"] = true