From bb846cccf7cda4004acfaa4ce7951705a4d83b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:52:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve strategic failure cause chains

---
 crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/main.rs      |  6 +++++-
 crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/scheduler.rs | 11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/main.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/main.rs
index c849967..9c64611 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/main.rs
@@ -5777,7 +5777,11 @@ struct ErrorBody {
 }
 
 fn player_safe_strategic_failure(error: &anyhow::Error) -> ErrorBody {
-    tracing::warn!(%error, "private strategic simulation failed without mutation");
+    let private_error_chain: String = format!("{error:#}").chars().take(4_000).collect();
+    tracing::warn!(
+        error = %private_error_chain,
+        "private strategic simulation failed without mutation"
+    );
     ErrorBody {
         error: "The strategic world simulation could not produce a valid atomic wave. No world state changed; retry when ready."
             .into(),
diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/scheduler.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/scheduler.rs
index 678abd7..299ef95 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -97,14 +97,17 @@ pub async fn propose_resolution_wave_with_policy(
         let slice = cell_slice(campaign, &cell)?;
         jobs.spawn(async move {
             let cell_id = cell.id;
+            let subject_ids = cell.subject_ids;
             let _permit = semaphore
                 .acquire_owned()
                 .await
                 .map_err(|_| anyhow!("provider concurrency gate closed"))?;
-            let terminal = engine
-                .execute(slice)
-                .await
-                .with_context(|| format!("simulation cell {cell_id} pipeline failed"))?;
+            let terminal = engine.execute(slice).await.with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "simulation cell {cell_id} subjects {} pipeline failed",
+                    serde_json::to_string(&subject_ids).unwrap_or_else(|_| "[unavailable]".into())
+                )
+            })?;
             Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>((cell_id, terminal))
         });
     }