diff --git a/tractor/_exceptions.py b/tractor/_exceptions.py
index a6d10de..bdd8d41 100644
--- a/tractor/_exceptions.py
+++ b/tractor/_exceptions.py
@@ -237,8 +237,10 @@ def pack_error(
 def unpack_error(
 
     msg: dict[str, Any],
+
     chan=None,
     err_type=RemoteActorError,
+
     hide_tb: bool = True,
 
 ) -> None|Exception:
@@ -314,37 +316,61 @@ def _raise_from_no_key_in_msg(
     msg: dict,
     src_err: KeyError,
     log: StackLevelAdapter,  # caller specific `log` obj
+
     expect_key: str = 'yield',
     stream: MsgStream | None = None,
 
+    # allow "deeper" tbs when debugging B^o
+    hide_tb: bool = True,
+
 ) -> bool:
     '''
-    Raise an appopriate local error when a `MsgStream` msg arrives
-    which does not contain the expected (under normal operation)
-    `'yield'` field.
+    Raise an appopriate local error when a
+    `MsgStream` msg arrives which does not
+    contain the expected (at least under normal
+    operation) `'yield'` field.
+
+    `Context` and any embedded `MsgStream` termination,
+    as well as remote task errors are handled in order
+    of priority as:
+
+    - any 'error' msg is re-boxed and raised locally as
+      -> `RemoteActorError`|`ContextCancelled`
+
+    - a `MsgStream` 'stop' msg is constructed, assigned
+      and raised locally as -> `trio.EndOfChannel`
+
+    - All other mis-keyed msgss (like say a "final result"
+      'return' msg, normally delivered from `Context.result()`)
+      are re-boxed inside a `MessagingError` with an explicit
+      exc content describing the missing IPC-msg-key.
 
     '''
-    __tracebackhide__: bool = True
+    __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
 
-    # internal error should never get here
+    # an internal error should never get here
     try:
         cid: str = msg['cid']
     except KeyError as src_err:
         raise MessagingError(
             f'IPC `Context` rx-ed msg without a ctx-id (cid)!?\n'
-            f'cid: {cid}\n'
-            'received msg:\n'
+            f'cid: {cid}\n\n'
+
             f'{pformat(msg)}\n'
         ) from src_err
 
     # TODO: test that shows stream raising an expected error!!!
+
+    # raise the error message in a boxed exception type!
     if msg.get('error'):
-        # raise the error message
         raise unpack_error(
             msg,
             ctx.chan,
+            hide_tb=hide_tb,
+
         ) from None
 
+    # `MsgStream` termination msg.
     elif (
         msg.get('stop')
         or (
@@ -357,29 +383,26 @@ def _raise_from_no_key_in_msg(
             f'cid: {cid}\n'
         )
 
-        # XXX: important to set so that a new ``.receive()``
-        # call (likely by another task using a broadcast receiver)
-        # doesn't accidentally pull the ``return`` message
-        # value out of the underlying feed mem chan!
-        stream._eoc: bool = True
-
         # TODO: if the a local task is already blocking on
         # a `Context.result()` and thus a `.receive()` on the
         # rx-chan, we close the chan and set state ensuring that
         # an eoc is raised!
 
-        # # when the send is closed we assume the stream has
-        # # terminated and signal this local iterator to stop
-        # await stream.aclose()
-
         # XXX: this causes ``ReceiveChannel.__anext__()`` to
         # raise a ``StopAsyncIteration`` **and** in our catch
         # block below it will trigger ``.aclose()``.
-        raise trio.EndOfChannel(
+        eoc = trio.EndOfChannel(
             f'Context stream ended due to msg:\n\n'
             f'{pformat(msg)}\n'
-        ) from src_err
+        )
+        # XXX: important to set so that a new `.receive()`
+        # call (likely by another task using a broadcast receiver)
+        # doesn't accidentally pull the `return` message
+        # value out of the underlying feed mem chan which is
+        # destined for the `Context.result()` call during ctx-exit!
+        stream._eoc: Exception = eoc
 
+        raise eoc from src_err
 
     if (
         stream