diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 29d459b..c5a95a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "codex-connector"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/GameCult/CodexConnector.git?rev=548ee73b01c0c99d4e613677cf6d5ce63c63a240#548ee73b01c0c99d4e613677cf6d5ce63c63a240"
+source = "git+https://github.com/GameCult/CodexConnector.git?rev=1e1598a8510251a3b432ab161053470cc396a124#1e1598a8510251a3b432ab161053470cc396a124"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "base64 0.23.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a6e125..d64060c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async-stream = "0.3"
 axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["macros"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 base64 = "0.22"
-codex-connector = { git = "https://github.com/GameCult/CodexConnector.git", rev = "548ee73b01c0c99d4e613677cf6d5ce63c63a240" }
+codex-connector = { git = "https://github.com/GameCult/CodexConnector.git", rev = "1e1598a8510251a3b432ab161053470cc396a124" }
 cultcache-legacy = { package = "cultcache-rs", git = "https://github.com/GameCult/cultcache-rs.git", rev = "0ba87453115e3d44e8fcb7419866cd7dd70fb096" }
 cultcache-rs = { path = "vendor/cultcache-rs" }
 cultnet-rs = { path = "vendor/cultnet-rs" }
diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs
index ad1c943..fe50152 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::model::{ModelPort, ModelStageOutput, ModelStageRequest, run_validated_stage};
 use crate::session_zero::{AggregatedBoundary, CampaignContract};
-use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use ghostlight_persona_projection::{
     InterpreterPrompt, MEMBRANE_SCHEMA, PersonaPrompt, ProjectorPrompt, build_interpreter_prompt,
@@ -1041,8 +1041,9 @@ impl CellProjectionEngine {
         };
         let mut projector_receipts = Vec::new();
         let (projected_narrative, active_subject_ids, projector_receipt) = loop {
-            let mut projected =
-                run_validated_stage(self.model.as_ref(), &projection_request).await?;
+            let mut projected = run_validated_stage(self.model.as_ref(), &projection_request)
+                .await
+                .context("cell projector model stage failed")?;
             let proposal = projected
                 .structured
                 .clone()
@@ -1100,7 +1101,8 @@ impl CellProjectionEngine {
                 max_output_tokens: Some(512),
             },
         )
-        .await?;
+        .await
+        .context("cell Persona model stage failed")?;
         self.permit
             .require(&slice.cell_id, &slice.snapshot_binding, "cell_interpreter")
             .await?;
@@ -1146,7 +1148,9 @@ impl CellProjectionEngine {
         let mut stage_receipts = projector_receipts;
         stage_receipts.push(persona.receipt);
         for attempt in 0..2 {
-            let mut interpreted = run_validated_stage(self.model.as_ref(), &request).await?;
+            let mut interpreted = run_validated_stage(self.model.as_ref(), &request)
+                .await
+                .context("cell interpreter model stage failed")?;
             let proposal = interpreted
                 .structured
                 .clone()