diff --git a/tractor/_supervise.py b/tractor/_supervise.py
index 62b7a86..a41cfd5 100644
--- a/tractor/_supervise.py
+++ b/tractor/_supervise.py
@@ -298,8 +298,12 @@ class ActorNursery:
 @acm
 async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
     actor: Actor,
+
 ) -> typing.AsyncGenerator[ActorNursery, None]:
 
+    # TODO: yay or nay?
+    # __tracebackhide__ = True
+
     # the collection of errors retreived from spawned sub-actors
     errors: dict[tuple[str, str], BaseException] = {}
 
@@ -334,19 +338,18 @@ async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
                     # after we yield upwards
                     yield anursery
 
+                    # When we didn't error in the caller's scope,
+                    # signal all process-monitor-tasks to conduct
+                    # the "hard join phase".
                     log.runtime(
                         f"Waiting on subactors {anursery._children} "
                         "to complete"
                     )
-
-                    # Last bit before first nursery block ends in the case
-                    # where we didn't error in the caller's scope
-
-                    # signal all process monitor tasks to conduct
-                    # hard join phase.
                     anursery._join_procs.set()
 
-                except BaseException as err:
+                except BaseException as inner_err:
+                    errors[actor.uid] = inner_err
+
                     # If we error in the root but the debugger is
                     # engaged we don't want to prematurely kill (and
                     # thus clobber access to) the local tty since it
@@ -362,55 +365,45 @@ async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
                     # worry more are coming).
                     anursery._join_procs.set()
 
-                    try:
-                        # XXX: hypothetically an error could be
-                        # raised and then a cancel signal shows up
-                        # slightly after in which case the `else:`
-                        # block here might not complete?  For now,
-                        # shield both.
-                        with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
-                            etype = type(err)
-                            if etype in (
-                                trio.Cancelled,
-                                KeyboardInterrupt
-                            ) or (
-                                is_multi_cancelled(err)
-                            ):
-                                log.cancel(
-                                    f"Nursery for {current_actor().uid} "
-                                    f"was cancelled with {etype}")
-                            else:
-                                log.exception(
-                                    f"Nursery for {current_actor().uid} "
-                                    f"errored with")
+                    # XXX: hypothetically an error could be
+                    # raised and then a cancel signal shows up
+                    # slightly after in which case the `else:`
+                    # block here might not complete?  For now,
+                    # shield both.
+                    with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
+                        etype = type(inner_err)
+                        if etype in (
+                            trio.Cancelled,
+                            KeyboardInterrupt
+                        ) or (
+                            is_multi_cancelled(inner_err)
+                        ):
+                            log.cancel(
+                                f"Nursery for {current_actor().uid} "
+                                f"was cancelled with {etype}")
+                        else:
+                            log.exception(
+                                f"Nursery for {current_actor().uid} "
+                                f"errored with")
 
-                            # cancel all subactors
-                            await anursery.cancel()
+                        # cancel all subactors
+                        await anursery.cancel()
 
-                    except BaseExceptionGroup as merr:
-                        # If we receive additional errors while waiting on
-                        # remaining subactors that were cancelled,
-                        # aggregate those errors with the original error
-                        # that triggered this teardown.
-                        if err not in merr.exceptions:
-                            raise BaseExceptionGroup(
-                                'tractor.ActorNursery errored with',
-                                list(merr.exceptions) + [err],
-                            )
-                    else:
-                        raise
+            # ria_nursery scope end
 
-                # ria_nursery scope end
-
-        # XXX: do we need a `trio.Cancelled` catch here as well?
-        # this is the catch around the ``.run_in_actor()`` nursery
+        # TODO: this is the handler around the ``.run_in_actor()``
+        # nursery. Ideally we can drop this entirely in the future as
+        # the whole ``.run_in_actor()`` API should be built "on top of"
+        # this lower level spawn-request-cancel "daemon actor" API where
+        # a local in-actor task nursery is used with one-to-one task
+        # + `await Portal.run()` calls and the results/errors are
+        # handled directly (inline) and errors by the local nursery.
         except (
             Exception,
             BaseExceptionGroup,
             trio.Cancelled
 
-        ) as err:  # noqa
-            errors[actor.uid] = err
+        ) as err:
 
             # XXX: yet another guard before allowing the cancel
             # sequence in case a (single) child is in debug.
@@ -448,9 +441,8 @@ async def _open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery(
                 else:
                     raise list(errors.values())[0]
 
-        # ria_nursery scope end - nursery checkpoint
-
-    # after nursery exit
+        # da_nursery scope end - nursery checkpoint
+    # final exit
 
 
 @acm