Radio loss on a single drone
Auto-RTL takes over within 800ms. The Ground Station marks the tile black; show continues with the choreographed gap-fill formation.
Partial fleet not airborne
If >5% of the fleet fails self-test, the show director can elect to fly the degraded plan (Studio re-balances formations) or to scrub.
Lighting anomaly
Most lighting anomalies trace back to a firmware band mismatch. Hot-patch is supported; restart the affected tile and re-run the lighting test pulse.