Dead unengaged Mercenary

I was in a Dark Forest map and saw an Infamous Warpriest. I looked at his inventory, then decided to do a nearby petrified ore node and a nearby Ultimatum while I decided what to do with the mercenary.

After I completed those two activities, the Warpriest's nameplate was not interactable anymore, and he could be seen dead on the ground. I could no longer open the window to choose an interaction with him, locking me out of his loot or his services as a mercenary.

two bug report IDs by mistake, first reference # was 840654773, one I took later after returning to the area was as follows:
Bug Report ID: #126010300

I also have a screenshot if that's helpful.