diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/bin/ghostlight-gestalt-dynamics-smoke.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/bin/ghostlight-gestalt-dynamics-smoke.rs
index 0c6dbea..d45489a 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/bin/ghostlight-gestalt-dynamics-smoke.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/bin/ghostlight-gestalt-dynamics-smoke.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         calls: model_calls.clone(),
     });
     let started = Instant::now();
-    let output = propose_resolution_wave(
+    let output = match propose_resolution_wave(
         model.clone(),
         Arc::new(SnapshotPermit::new_resolution(
             store.clone(),
@@ -137,7 +137,14 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         )),
         &campaign,
     )
-    .await?;
+    .await
+    {
+        Ok(output) => output,
+        Err(error) => {
+            write_wave_failure(&root, 0, 1, &error, &model_calls, 0)?;
+            return Err(error);
+        }
+    };
     let preflight = serde_json::json!({
         "schema":"ghostlight.gestalt_dynamics_preflight.v1",
         "scenario_id":scenario_id,
diff --git a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs
index 93b6035..6ebef2a 100644
--- a/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs
+++ b/crates/ghostlight-dungeon/src/persona.rs
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ impl CellProjectionEngine {
         constrain_cell_proposal_schema(&mut schema, &slice)?;
         let interpreter_context = serde_json::to_string(&cell_interpreter_context(&slice))?;
         let permission_guidance = format!(
-            "Emit at most {} exact constituent- or named-member-attributed attempts. Priority is an urgency score from 0 to 100 where higher numbers resolve first; never use ordinal list rank where 1 means first. Copy each subject's allowed_effect_type: institution -> institution, gestalt -> either gestalt pressure transition or gestalt_activity, actor -> actor_move, named member -> member_migration. Use gestalt_activity for a concrete preparation, coordination, investigation, recruitment, obstruction, trade, or communication attempt that does not itself change pressure; target_subject_ids must come from that gestalt's activity_target_ids and location_ids from its exact location_ids. An activity records only the attempt, never success or a target's response. Institution posture must be a specific new commitment or withholding, never the current posture or a generic label. Gestalt pressure_resolutions must copy exact current_pressures that the attempted action resolves; pressure_additions are only new unresolved constraints, threats, obligations, or conditions, never completed actions. A pressure transition requires one to four total changes. Use only that subject's permitted_state_references and allowed_public_channels; facet labels are not public channels. A named member uses one supplied migration destination; a population or arena cannot migrate a person. The runtime binds cell identity, revisions, membership, and effective state. The cell id is not an actor id. Use an empty actions array plus a concrete inaction_reason when nobody acts.",
+            "Emit at most {} exact constituent- or named-member-attributed attempts. Priority is an urgency score from 0 to 100 where higher numbers resolve first; never use ordinal list rank where 1 means first. Copy each subject's allowed_effect_type: institution -> institution, gestalt -> either gestalt pressure transition or gestalt_activity, actor -> actor_move, named member -> member_migration. Use gestalt_activity for a concrete preparation, coordination, investigation, recruitment, obstruction, trade, or communication attempt that does not itself change pressure; target_subject_ids must come from that gestalt's activity_target_ids and location_ids from its exact location_ids. Internal work by the subject alone is prepare with an empty target_subject_ids list. Coordinate, communicate, trade, recruit, investigate, or obstruct a target only when the Persona explicitly attempts to engage that exact target; adjacency is permission, not evidence that contact occurred. An activity records only the attempt, never success or a target's response. Institution posture must be a specific new commitment or withholding, never the current posture or a generic label. Gestalt pressure_resolutions must copy exact current_pressures that the attempted action resolves; pressure_additions are only new unresolved constraints, threats, obligations, or conditions, never completed actions. A pressure transition requires one to four total changes. Use only that subject's permitted_state_references and allowed_public_channels; facet labels are not public channels. A named member uses one supplied migration destination; a population or arena cannot migrate a person. The runtime binds cell identity, revisions, membership, and effective state. The cell id is not an actor id. Use an empty actions array plus a concrete inaction_reason when nobody acts.",
             slice.max_actions
         );
         let mut request = ModelStageRequest {