Issue: Showcase Contract and Test Freshness 2026-08-20

issue026 [ ] Showcase loses automatic inline policy and runners can false-green

Status: Runtime/test fix verified by task041; user-visible confirmation remains pending.
Summary: The showcase's automatic inline-code face was commented out, so clean source runs fail the GUI policy contract. Local stale ignored tests/*.elc files can mask the regression, and random/isolated selectors omit nine GUI verifier tests.
Expected vs Actual: Clean, source-fresh normal/random/isolated runners should execute the complete ERT inventory and retain the automatic inline example. Current source has 3 failing showcase tests; stale local bytecode reports a false green.
Related: tests/ekp-showcase.el, tests/run-tests.sh, tests/run-tests-random-order.el, tests/run-tests-isolated.sh, task041.
Fix: The automatic inline face is restored; one source loader uses load-file for every production/test source and all runners select the complete ERT registry.
Verification: Source-first showcase 3/3, normal/random/isolated 294-test inventories, and GUI contract checks pass.
Resolved At: Pending user-visible confirmation.
Resolved By: Developer implementation and verification.
Commit: Pending hardening commit.