diff --git a/examples/advanced_faults/ipc_failure_during_stream.py b/examples/advanced_faults/ipc_failure_during_stream.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6728b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/advanced_faults/ipc_failure_during_stream.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+'''
+Complex edge case where during real-time streaming the IPC tranport
+channels are wiped out (purposely in this example though it could have
+been an outage) and we want to ensure that despite being in debug mode
+(or not) the user can sent SIGINT once they notice the hang and the
+actor tree will eventually be cancelled without leaving any zombies.
+
+'''
+import trio
+from tractor import (
+    open_nursery,
+    context,
+    Context,
+    MsgStream,
+)
+
+
+async def break_channel_silently_then_error(
+    stream: MsgStream,
+):
+    async for msg in stream:
+        await stream.send(msg)
+
+        # XXX: close the channel right after an error is raised
+        # purposely breaking the IPC transport to make sure the parent
+        # doesn't get stuck in debug or hang on the connection join.
+        # this more or less simulates an infinite msg-receive hang on
+        # the other end.
+        await stream._ctx.chan.send(None)
+        assert 0
+
+
+async def close_stream_and_error(
+    stream: MsgStream,
+):
+    async for msg in stream:
+        await stream.send(msg)
+
+        # wipe out channel right before raising
+        await stream._ctx.chan.send(None)
+        await stream.aclose()
+        assert 0
+
+
+@context
+async def recv_and_spawn_net_killers(
+
+    ctx: Context,
+    break_ipc_after: bool | int = False,
+
+) -> None:
+    '''
+    Receive stream msgs and spawn some IPC killers mid-stream.
+
+    '''
+    await ctx.started()
+    async with (
+        ctx.open_stream() as stream,
+        trio.open_nursery() as n,
+    ):
+        async for i in stream:
+            print(f'child echoing {i}')
+            await stream.send(i)
+            if (
+                break_ipc_after
+                and i > break_ipc_after
+            ):
+                '#################################\n'
+                'Simulating child-side IPC BREAK!\n'
+                '#################################'
+                n.start_soon(break_channel_silently_then_error, stream)
+                n.start_soon(close_stream_and_error, stream)
+
+
+async def main(
+    debug_mode: bool = False,
+    start_method: str = 'trio',
+
+    # by default we break the parent IPC first (if configured to break
+    # at all), but this can be changed so the child does first (even if
+    # both are set to break).
+    break_parent_ipc_after: int | bool = False,
+    break_child_ipc_after: int | bool = False,
+
+) -> None:
+
+    async with (
+        open_nursery(
+            start_method=start_method,
+
+            # NOTE: even debugger is used we shouldn't get
+            # a hang since it never engages due to broken IPC
+            debug_mode=debug_mode,
+            loglevel='warning',
+
+        ) as an,
+    ):
+        portal = await an.start_actor(
+            'chitty_hijo',
+            enable_modules=[__name__],
+        )
+
+        async with portal.open_context(
+            recv_and_spawn_net_killers,
+            break_ipc_after=break_child_ipc_after,
+
+        ) as (ctx, sent):
+            async with ctx.open_stream() as stream:
+                for i in range(1000):
+
+                    if (
+                        break_parent_ipc_after
+                        and i > break_parent_ipc_after
+                    ):
+                        print(
+                            '#################################\n'
+                            'Simulating parent-side IPC BREAK!\n'
+                            '#################################'
+                        )
+                        await stream._ctx.chan.send(None)
+
+                    # it actually breaks right here in the
+                    # mp_spawn/forkserver backends and thus the zombie
+                    # reaper never even kicks in?
+                    print(f'parent sending {i}')
+                    await stream.send(i)
+
+                    with trio.move_on_after(2) as cs:
+
+                        # NOTE: in the parent side IPC failure case this
+                        # will raise an ``EndOfChannel`` after the child
+                        # is killed and sends a stop msg back to it's
+                        # caller/this-parent.
+                        rx = await stream.receive()
+
+                        print(f"I'm a happy user and echoed to me is {rx}")
+
+                    if cs.cancelled_caught:
+                        # pretend to be a user seeing no streaming action
+                        # thinking it's a hang, and then hitting ctl-c..
+                        print("YOO i'm a user anddd thingz hangin..")
+
+                print(
+                    "YOO i'm mad send side dun but thingz hangin..\n"
+                    'MASHING CTlR-C Ctl-c..'
+                )
+                raise KeyboardInterrupt
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    trio.run(main)
diff --git a/nooz/346.bugfix.rst b/nooz/346.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ffe636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nooz/346.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Fixes to ensure IPC (channel) breakage doesn't result in hung actor
+trees; the zombie reaping and general supervision machinery will always
+clean up and terminate.
+
+This includes not only the (mostly minor) fixes to solve these cases but
+also a new extensive test suite in `test_advanced_faults.py` with an
+accompanying highly configurable example module-script in
+`examples/advanced_faults/ipc_failure_during_stream.py`. Tests ensure we
+never get hang or zombies despite operating in debug mode and attempt to
+simulate all possible IPC transport failure cases for a local-host actor
+tree.
+
+Further we simplify `Context.open_stream.__aexit__()` to just call
+`MsgStream.aclose()` directly more or less avoiding a pure duplicate
+code path.
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index af42b85..3363cf5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import random
 import signal
 import platform
+import pathlib
 import time
 import inspect
 from functools import partial, wraps
@@ -113,14 +114,21 @@ no_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
 )
 
 
-def repodir():
-    """Return the abspath to the repo directory.
-    """
-    dirname = os.path.dirname
-    dirpath = os.path.abspath(
-        dirname(dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
-        )
-    return dirpath
+def repodir() -> pathlib.Path:
+    '''
+    Return the abspath to the repo directory.
+
+    '''
+    # 2 parents up to step up through tests/<repo_dir>
+    return pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.absolute()
+
+
+def examples_dir() -> pathlib.Path:
+    '''
+    Return the abspath to the examples directory as `pathlib.Path`.
+
+    '''
+    return repodir() / 'examples'
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ def loglevel(request):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
-def spawn_backend(request):
+def spawn_backend(request) -> str:
     return request.config.option.spawn_backend
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_advanced_faults.py b/tests/test_advanced_faults.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48866e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_advanced_faults.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+'''
+Sketchy network blackoutz, ugly byzantine gens, puedes eschuchar la
+cancelacion?..
+
+'''
+from functools import partial
+
+import pytest
+from _pytest.pathlib import import_path
+import trio
+import tractor
+
+from conftest import (
+    examples_dir,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'debug_mode',
+    [False, True],
+    ids=['no_debug_mode', 'debug_mode'],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'ipc_break',
+    [
+        # no breaks
+        {
+            'break_parent_ipc_after': False,
+            'break_child_ipc_after': False,
+        },
+
+        # only parent breaks
+        {
+            'break_parent_ipc_after': 500,
+            'break_child_ipc_after': False,
+        },
+
+        # only child breaks
+        {
+            'break_parent_ipc_after': False,
+            'break_child_ipc_after': 500,
+        },
+
+        # both: break parent first
+        {
+            'break_parent_ipc_after': 500,
+            'break_child_ipc_after': 800,
+        },
+        # both: break child first
+        {
+            'break_parent_ipc_after': 800,
+            'break_child_ipc_after': 500,
+        },
+
+    ],
+    ids=[
+        'no_break',
+        'break_parent',
+        'break_child',
+        'break_both_parent_first',
+        'break_both_child_first',
+    ],
+)
+def test_ipc_channel_break_during_stream(
+    debug_mode: bool,
+    spawn_backend: str,
+    ipc_break: dict | None,
+):
+    '''
+    Ensure we can have an IPC channel break its connection during
+    streaming and it's still possible for the (simulated) user to kill
+    the actor tree using SIGINT.
+
+    We also verify the type of connection error expected in the parent
+    depending on which side if the IPC breaks first.
+
+    '''
+    if spawn_backend != 'trio':
+        if debug_mode:
+            pytest.skip('`debug_mode` only supported on `trio` spawner')
+
+        # non-`trio` spawners should never hit the hang condition that
+        # requires the user to do ctl-c to cancel the actor tree.
+        expect_final_exc = trio.ClosedResourceError
+
+    mod = import_path(
+        examples_dir() / 'advanced_faults' / 'ipc_failure_during_stream.py',
+        root=examples_dir(),
+    )
+
+    expect_final_exc = KeyboardInterrupt
+
+    # when ONLY the child breaks we expect the parent to get a closed
+    # resource error on the next `MsgStream.receive()` and then fail out
+    # and cancel the child from there.
+    if (
+
+        # only child breaks
+        (
+            ipc_break['break_child_ipc_after']
+            and ipc_break['break_parent_ipc_after'] is False
+        )
+
+        # both break but, parent breaks first
+        or (
+            ipc_break['break_child_ipc_after'] is not False
+            and (
+                ipc_break['break_parent_ipc_after']
+                > ipc_break['break_child_ipc_after']
+            )
+        )
+
+    ):
+        expect_final_exc = trio.ClosedResourceError
+
+    # when the parent IPC side dies (even if the child's does as well
+    # but the child fails BEFORE the parent) we expect the channel to be
+    # sent a stop msg from the child at some point which will signal the
+    # parent that the stream has been terminated.
+    # NOTE: when the parent breaks "after" the child you get this same
+    # case as well, the child breaks the IPC channel with a stop msg
+    # before any closure takes place.
+    elif (
+        # only parent breaks
+        (
+            ipc_break['break_parent_ipc_after']
+            and ipc_break['break_child_ipc_after'] is False
+        )
+
+        # both break but, child breaks first
+        or (
+            ipc_break['break_parent_ipc_after'] is not False
+            and (
+                ipc_break['break_child_ipc_after']
+                > ipc_break['break_parent_ipc_after']
+            )
+        )
+    ):
+        expect_final_exc = trio.EndOfChannel
+
+    with pytest.raises(expect_final_exc):
+        trio.run(
+            partial(
+                mod.main,
+                debug_mode=debug_mode,
+                start_method=spawn_backend,
+                **ipc_break,
+            )
+        )
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def break_ipc_after_started(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+) -> None:
+    await ctx.started()
+    async with ctx.open_stream() as stream:
+        await stream.aclose()
+        await trio.sleep(0.2)
+        await ctx.chan.send(None)
+        print('child broke IPC and terminating')
+
+
+def test_stream_closed_right_after_ipc_break_and_zombie_lord_engages():
+    '''
+    Verify that is a subactor's IPC goes down just after bringing up a stream
+    the parent can trigger a SIGINT and the child will be reaped out-of-IPC by
+    the localhost process supervision machinery: aka "zombie lord".
+
+    '''
+    async def main():
+        async with tractor.open_nursery() as n:
+            portal = await n.start_actor(
+                'ipc_breaker',
+                enable_modules=[__name__],
+            )
+
+            with trio.move_on_after(1):
+                async with (
+                    portal.open_context(
+                        break_ipc_after_started
+                    ) as (ctx, sent),
+                ):
+                    async with ctx.open_stream():
+                        await trio.sleep(0.5)
+
+                    print('parent waiting on context')
+
+            print('parent exited context')
+            raise KeyboardInterrupt
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt):
+        trio.run(main)
diff --git a/tests/test_debugger.py b/tests/test_debugger.py
index 0793df5..7885034 100644
--- a/tests/test_debugger.py
+++ b/tests/test_debugger.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import itertools
 from os import path
 from typing import Optional
 import platform
+import pathlib
 import sys
 import time
 
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ from pexpect.exceptions import (
     EOF,
 )
 
-from conftest import repodir, _ci_env
+from conftest import (
+    examples_dir,
+    _ci_env,
+)
 
 # TODO: The next great debugger audit could be done by you!
 # - recurrent entry to breakpoint() from single actor *after* and an
@@ -43,19 +47,13 @@ if platform.system() == 'Windows':
     )
 
 
-def examples_dir():
-    """Return the abspath to the examples directory.
-    """
-    return path.join(repodir(), 'examples', 'debugging/')
-
-
 def mk_cmd(ex_name: str) -> str:
-    """Generate a command suitable to pass to ``pexpect.spawn()``.
-    """
-    return ' '.join(
-        ['python',
-         path.join(examples_dir(), f'{ex_name}.py')]
-    )
+    '''
+    Generate a command suitable to pass to ``pexpect.spawn()``.
+
+    '''
+    script_path: pathlib.Path = examples_dir() / 'debugging' / f'{ex_name}.py'
+    return ' '.join(['python', str(script_path)])
 
 
 # TODO: was trying to this xfail style but some weird bug i see in CI
diff --git a/tests/test_docs_examples.py b/tests/test_docs_examples.py
index 4139836..f134c71 100644
--- a/tests/test_docs_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_docs_examples.py
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ import shutil
 
 import pytest
 
-from conftest import repodir
-
-
-def examples_dir():
-    """Return the abspath to the examples directory.
-    """
-    return os.path.join(repodir(), 'examples')
+from conftest import (
+    examples_dir,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def run_example_in_subproc(loglevel, testdir, arb_addr):
+def run_example_in_subproc(
+    loglevel: str,
+    testdir,
+    arb_addr: tuple[str, int],
+):
 
     @contextmanager
     def run(script_code):
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def run_example_in_subproc(loglevel, testdir, arb_addr):
             # on windows we need to create a special __main__.py which will
             # be executed with ``python -m <modulename>`` on windows..
             shutil.copyfile(
-                os.path.join(examples_dir(), '__main__.py'),
-                os.path.join(str(testdir), '__main__.py')
+                examples_dir() / '__main__.py',
+                str(testdir / '__main__.py'),
             )
 
             # drop the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` guard onwards from
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def run_example_in_subproc(loglevel, testdir, arb_addr):
         and f[0] != '_'
         and 'debugging' not in p[0]
         and 'integration' not in p[0]
+        and 'advanced_faults' not in p[0]
     ],
 
     ids=lambda t: t[1],
diff --git a/tests/test_streaming.py b/tests/test_legacy_one_way_streaming.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/test_streaming.py
rename to tests/test_legacy_one_way_streaming.py
index 4e54e02..17e94ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/tests/test_legacy_one_way_streaming.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def test_a_quadruple_example(time_quad_ex, ci_env, spawn_backend):
 
     results, diff = time_quad_ex
     assert results
-    this_fast = 6 if platform.system() in ('Windows', 'Darwin') else 2.666
+    this_fast = 6 if platform.system() in ('Windows', 'Darwin') else 3
     assert diff < this_fast
 
 
diff --git a/tractor/_portal.py b/tractor/_portal.py
index 5546949..05504bd 100644
--- a/tractor/_portal.py
+++ b/tractor/_portal.py
@@ -497,6 +497,10 @@ class Portal:
                     f'actor: {uid}'
                 )
                 result = await ctx.result()
+                log.runtime(
+                    f'Context {fn_name} returned '
+                    f'value from callee `{result}`'
+                )
 
             # though it should be impossible for any tasks
             # operating *in* this scope to have survived
@@ -518,12 +522,6 @@ class Portal:
                         f'task:{cid}\n'
                         f'actor:{uid}'
                     )
-            else:
-                log.runtime(
-                    f'Context {fn_name} returned '
-                    f'value from callee `{result}`'
-                )
-
             # XXX: (MEGA IMPORTANT) if this is a root opened process we
             # wait for any immediate child in debug before popping the
             # context from the runtime msg loop otherwise inside
diff --git a/tractor/_runtime.py b/tractor/_runtime.py
index e826258..707b9dd 100644
--- a/tractor/_runtime.py
+++ b/tractor/_runtime.py
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ async def _invoke(
 
                 fname = func.__name__
                 if ctx._cancel_called:
-                    msg = f'{fname} cancelled itself'
+                    msg = f'`{fname}()` cancelled itself'
 
                 elif cs.cancel_called:
                     msg = (
-                        f'{fname} was remotely cancelled by its caller '
+                        f'`{fname}()` was remotely cancelled by its caller '
                         f'{ctx.chan.uid}'
                     )
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ async def _invoke(
             BrokenPipeError,
         ):
             # if we can't propagate the error that's a big boo boo
-            log.error(
+            log.exception(
                 f"Failed to ship error to caller @ {chan.uid} !?"
             )
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class Actor:
         self._mods: dict[str, ModuleType] = {}
         self.loglevel = loglevel
 
-        self._arb_addr = (
+        self._arb_addr: tuple[str, int] | None = (
             str(arbiter_addr[0]),
             int(arbiter_addr[1])
         ) if arbiter_addr else None
@@ -488,7 +488,10 @@ class Actor:
         self._parent_chan: Optional[Channel] = None
         self._forkserver_info: Optional[
             tuple[Any, Any, Any, Any, Any]] = None
-        self._actoruid2nursery: dict[Optional[tuple[str, str]], 'ActorNursery'] = {}  # type: ignore  # noqa
+        self._actoruid2nursery: dict[
+            tuple[str, str],
+            ActorNursery | None,
+        ] = {}  # type: ignore  # noqa
 
     async def wait_for_peer(
         self, uid: tuple[str, str]
@@ -826,7 +829,12 @@ class Actor:
 
             if ctx._backpressure:
                 log.warning(text)
-                await send_chan.send(msg)
+                try:
+                    await send_chan.send(msg)
+                except trio.BrokenResourceError:
+                    # XXX: local consumer has closed their side
+                    # so cancel the far end streaming task
+                    log.warning(f"{chan} is already closed")
             else:
                 try:
                     raise StreamOverrun(text) from None
@@ -1371,10 +1379,12 @@ async def async_main(
         actor.lifetime_stack.close()
 
         # Unregister actor from the arbiter
-        if registered_with_arbiter and (
-                actor._arb_addr is not None
+        if (
+            registered_with_arbiter
+            and not actor.is_arbiter
         ):
             failed = False
+            assert isinstance(actor._arb_addr, tuple)
             with trio.move_on_after(0.5) as cs:
                 cs.shield = True
                 try:
diff --git a/tractor/_spawn.py b/tractor/_spawn.py
index 6c0ce5b..900aea2 100644
--- a/tractor/_spawn.py
+++ b/tractor/_spawn.py
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ async def soft_wait(
 
             if proc.poll() is None:  # type: ignore
                 log.warning(
-                    f'Process still alive after cancel request:\n{uid}')
+                    'Actor still alive after cancel request:\n'
+                    f'{uid}'
+                )
 
                 n.cancel_scope.cancel()
         raise
diff --git a/tractor/_streaming.py b/tractor/_streaming.py
index bb99dc5..699a906 100644
--- a/tractor/_streaming.py
+++ b/tractor/_streaming.py
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
         if self._eoc:
             raise trio.EndOfChannel
 
+        if self._closed:
+            raise trio.ClosedResourceError('This stream was closed')
+
         try:
             msg = await self._rx_chan.receive()
             return msg['yield']
@@ -110,6 +113,9 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
             # - 'error'
             # possibly just handle msg['stop'] here!
 
+            if self._closed:
+                raise trio.ClosedResourceError('This stream was closed')
+
             if msg.get('stop') or self._eoc:
                 log.debug(f"{self} was stopped at remote end")
 
@@ -189,7 +195,6 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
             return
 
         self._eoc = True
-        self._closed = True
 
         # NOTE: this is super subtle IPC messaging stuff:
         # Relay stop iteration to far end **iff** we're
@@ -206,29 +211,32 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
 
         # In the bidirectional case, `Context.open_stream()` will create
         # the `Actor._cids2qs` entry from a call to
-        # `Actor.get_context()` and will send the stop message in
-        # ``__aexit__()`` on teardown so it **does not** need to be
-        # called here.
-        if not self._ctx._portal:
-            # Only for 2 way streams can we can send stop from the
-            # caller side.
-            try:
-                # NOTE: if this call is cancelled we expect this end to
-                # handle as though the stop was never sent (though if it
-                # was it shouldn't matter since it's unlikely a user
-                # will try to re-use a stream after attemping to close
-                # it).
-                with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
-                    await self._ctx.send_stop()
+        # `Actor.get_context()` and will call us here to send the stop
+        # msg in ``__aexit__()`` on teardown.
+        try:
+            # NOTE: if this call is cancelled we expect this end to
+            # handle as though the stop was never sent (though if it
+            # was it shouldn't matter since it's unlikely a user
+            # will try to re-use a stream after attemping to close
+            # it).
+            with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
+                await self._ctx.send_stop()
 
-            except (
-                trio.BrokenResourceError,
-                trio.ClosedResourceError
-            ):
-                # the underlying channel may already have been pulled
-                # in which case our stop message is meaningless since
-                # it can't traverse the transport.
-                log.debug(f'Channel for {self} was already closed')
+        except (
+            trio.BrokenResourceError,
+            trio.ClosedResourceError
+        ):
+            # the underlying channel may already have been pulled
+            # in which case our stop message is meaningless since
+            # it can't traverse the transport.
+            ctx = self._ctx
+            log.warning(
+                f'Stream was already destroyed?\n'
+                f'actor: {ctx.chan.uid}\n'
+                f'ctx id: {ctx.cid}'
+            )
+
+        self._closed = True
 
         # Do we close the local mem chan ``self._rx_chan`` ??!?
 
@@ -271,7 +279,8 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
         self,
 
     ) -> AsyncIterator[BroadcastReceiver]:
-        '''Allocate and return a ``BroadcastReceiver`` which delegates
+        '''
+        Allocate and return a ``BroadcastReceiver`` which delegates
         to this message stream.
 
         This allows multiple local tasks to receive each their own copy
@@ -593,23 +602,23 @@ class Context:
         async with MsgStream(
             ctx=self,
             rx_chan=ctx._recv_chan,
-        ) as rchan:
+        ) as stream:
 
             if self._portal:
-                self._portal._streams.add(rchan)
+                self._portal._streams.add(stream)
 
             try:
                 self._stream_opened = True
 
-                # ensure we aren't cancelled before delivering
-                # the stream
+                # XXX: do we need this?
+                # ensure we aren't cancelled before yielding the stream
                 # await trio.lowlevel.checkpoint()
-                yield rchan
+                yield stream
 
-                # XXX: Make the stream "one-shot use".  On exit, signal
+                # NOTE: Make the stream "one-shot use".  On exit, signal
                 # ``trio.EndOfChannel``/``StopAsyncIteration`` to the
                 # far end.
-                await self.send_stop()
+                await stream.aclose()
 
             finally:
                 if self._portal:
diff --git a/tractor/trionics/_mngrs.py b/tractor/trionics/_mngrs.py
index 9a7cf7f..5621f79 100644
--- a/tractor/trionics/_mngrs.py
+++ b/tractor/trionics/_mngrs.py
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ async def gather_contexts(
         # deliver control once all managers have started up
         await all_entered.wait()
 
-        # NOTE: order *should* be preserved in the output values
-        # since ``dict``s are now implicitly ordered.
-        yield tuple(unwrapped.values())
-
-        # we don't need a try/finally since cancellation will be triggered
-        # by the surrounding nursery on error.
-        parent_exit.set()
+        try:
+            yield tuple(unwrapped.values())
+        finally:
+            # NOTE: this is ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED to avoid
+            # the following wacky bug:
+            # <tractorbugurlhere>
+            parent_exit.set()
 
 
 # Per actor task caching helpers.