diff --git a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs
index 373f7da659..83041d5d53 100644
--- a/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs
+++ b/node-graph/graph-craft/src/document/value.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use core_types::color::SRGBA8;
 use core_types::context::Context;
 use core_types::gpoll::GPoll;
 use core_types::list::List;
-use core_types::registry::EdgeHandle;
+use core_types::registry::SourceHandle;
 use core_types::transform::Footprint;
 use core_types::uuid::NodeId;
 use core_types::value::{leveled_record_value_edge, record_value_edge};
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ macro_rules! tagged_value {
 			}
 
 			/// Materializes the value as [`Self::to_dynany`] does, wrapped in a value source typed by [`Self::ty`].
-			pub fn to_edge(self) -> Result<EdgeHandle, String> {
+			pub fn to_edge(self) -> Result<SourceHandle, String> {
 				match self {
 					// ===============
 					// MANUAL VARIANTS
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ macro_rules! tagged_value {
 			}
 
 			/// Evaluates a typed source and converts the landed value into a tagged value, with the coverage of [`Self::try_from_any`].
-			pub fn from_edge<'f>(handle: EdgeHandle, ctx: &Context<'f>, frames: &core_types::record::Frames<'f>) -> Result<GPoll<Self>, String> {
+			pub fn from_edge<'f>(handle: SourceHandle, ctx: &Context<'f>, frames: &core_types::record::Frames<'f>) -> Result<GPoll<Self>, String> {
 				let ty = handle.ty().clone();
 				// =======================
 				// RECORD WIRES, WHICH LAND AS THEIR ELEMENT
diff --git a/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs b/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs
index 8d12b93108..55125e056b 100644
--- a/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs
+++ b/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::node_registry;
 use core_types::arena::Arena;
 use core_types::context::{ContextImpl, DynSlot, EvalScope, ExtractAnimationTime, ExtractPointerPosition, ExtractRealTime, VarArg, VarArgLink, VarArgSlots};
 use core_types::gpoll::GPoll;
-use core_types::registry::EdgeHandle;
+use core_types::registry::SourceHandle;
 use core_types::runtime::{DynGraphRuntime, DynSpawner, GraphRuntime, NoopSpawner};
 use graph_craft::Type;
 use graph_craft::document::NodeId;
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl DynamicExecutor {
 		let edge = self
 			.tree
 			.get_by_path(node_path)
-			.and_then(EdgeHandle::record_edge)
+			.and_then(SourceHandle::record_edge)
 			.ok_or_else(|| IntrospectError::PathNotFound(node_path.to_vec()))?;
 		let arena = self.arena.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
 		let persistent = self.persistent.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for IntrospectError {
 ///
 /// # Fields
 ///
-/// * `nodes`: A [`HashMap`] of [`NodeId`]s to tuples of [`EdgeHandle`] and [`Path`].
+/// * `nodes`: A [`HashMap`] of [`NodeId`]s to tuples of [`SourceHandle`] and [`Path`].
 ///   This stores the actual node instances and their associated paths.
 ///
 /// * `source_map`: A [`HashMap`] from [`Path`] to tuples of [`NodeId`] and [`NodeTypes`].
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for IntrospectError {
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct BorrowTree {
 	/// A hashmap of node IDs and dynamically typed nodes.
-	nodes: HashMap<NodeId, (EdgeHandle, Path)>,
+	nodes: HashMap<NodeId, (SourceHandle, Path)>,
 	/// A hashmap from the document path to the proto node ID.
 	source_map: HashMap<Path, (NodeId, NodeTypes)>,
 	/// The record-stack reserve, folded from the graph at construction.
@@ -410,11 +410,11 @@ impl BorrowTree {
 		Ok((new_nodes, old_nodes))
 	}
 
-	fn node_deps(&self, nodes: &[NodeId]) -> Vec<EdgeHandle> {
+	fn node_deps(&self, nodes: &[NodeId]) -> Vec<SourceHandle> {
 		nodes.iter().map(|node| self.nodes.get(node).unwrap().0.duplicate()).collect()
 	}
 
-	fn store_node(&mut self, node: EdgeHandle, id: NodeId, path: Path) {
+	fn store_node(&mut self, node: SourceHandle, id: NodeId, path: Path) {
 		self.nodes.insert(id, (node, path));
 	}
 
@@ -425,12 +425,12 @@ impl BorrowTree {
 		node.serialize().ok_or(IntrospectError::NoData)
 	}
 
-	pub fn get(&self, id: NodeId) -> Option<EdgeHandle> {
+	pub fn get(&self, id: NodeId) -> Option<SourceHandle> {
 		self.nodes.get(&id).map(|(node, _)| node.duplicate())
 	}
 
 	/// The edge handle for the node at a document path.
-	pub fn get_by_path(&self, node_path: &[NodeId]) -> Option<EdgeHandle> {
+	pub fn get_by_path(&self, node_path: &[NodeId]) -> Option<SourceHandle> {
 		let (id, _) = self.source_map.get(node_path)?;
 		self.get(*id)
 	}
diff --git a/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/node_registry.rs b/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/node_registry.rs
index 940514e018..e46c1a170f 100644
--- a/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/node_registry.rs
+++ b/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/node_registry.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use graphene_std::raster::GPU;
 #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
 use graphene_std::SourceId;
 use graphene_std::raster::{CPU, Raster};
-use graphene_std::registry::{ConstructionError, EdgeHandle, NodeIOTypes, RegistryEntry};
+use graphene_std::registry::{ConstructionError, SourceHandle, NodeIOTypes, RegistryEntry};
 #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
 use graphene_std::runtime::RuntimeHandle;
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ mod node_registry_macros {
 						let handle = inputs.next().unwrap();
 						let layout = handle.layout().clone();
 						let node = graphene_std::ops::IntoNode::<$to, _, $from>::new(handle.downcast_record::<$from>()?, &layout);
-						Ok(EdgeHandle::new_record::<$to>(std::sync::Arc::new(node) as std::sync::Arc<core_types::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
+						Ok(SourceHandle::new_record::<$to>(std::sync::Arc::new(node) as std::sync::Arc<core_types::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
 					},
 				},
 			)
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ mod node_registry_macros {
 							&runtime_layout,
 							&source_layout,
 						);
-						Ok(EdgeHandle::new_record::<$to>(std::sync::Arc::new(node) as std::sync::Arc<core_types::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
+						Ok(SourceHandle::new_record::<$to>(std::sync::Arc::new(node) as std::sync::Arc<core_types::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
 					},
 				},
 			)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ mod node_registry_macros {
 							&value_layout,
 							&converter_layout,
 						);
-						Ok(EdgeHandle::new_record::<$to>(std::sync::Arc::new(node) as std::sync::Arc<core_types::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
+						Ok(SourceHandle::new_record::<$to>(std::sync::Arc::new(node) as std::sync::Arc<core_types::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
 					},
 				},
 			)
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/registry.rs b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/registry.rs
index c71f5a12a8..5538986e37 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/registry.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/registry.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ where
 	}
 }
 
-pub struct EdgeHandle {
+pub struct SourceHandle {
 	node: Box<DynEdge>,
 	share: fn(&DynEdge) -> Box<DynEdge>,
 	serialize: fn(&DynEdge) -> Option<std::sync::Arc<dyn std::any::Any + Send + Sync>>,
@@ -194,20 +194,20 @@ pub struct EdgeHandle {
 	ty: Type,
 }
 
-impl std::fmt::Debug for EdgeHandle {
+impl std::fmt::Debug for SourceHandle {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-		f.debug_struct("EdgeHandle").field("ty", &self.ty).finish_non_exhaustive()
+		f.debug_struct("SourceHandle").field("ty", &self.ty).finish_non_exhaustive()
 	}
 }
 
 // SAFETY: wasm is single threaded, so the marker-free payload never actually crosses a thread.
 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
-unsafe impl Send for EdgeHandle {}
+unsafe impl Send for SourceHandle {}
 // SAFETY: as in Send.
 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
-unsafe impl Sync for EdgeHandle {}
+unsafe impl Sync for SourceHandle {}
 
-impl EdgeHandle {
+impl SourceHandle {
 	pub fn new_record<T: 'static>(node: std::sync::Arc<ErasedRecordNode>) -> Self {
 		Self::new_erased(node, record_edge_type::<T>())
 	}
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ impl EdgeHandle {
 	}
 }
 
-pub type NodeConstructor = fn(Vec<EdgeHandle>) -> Result<EdgeHandle, ConstructionError>;
+pub type NodeConstructor = fn(Vec<SourceHandle>) -> Result<SourceHandle, ConstructionError>;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RegistryEntry {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ pub struct RegistryEntry {
 	pub layout_meta: Option<crate::record::LayoutMeta>,
 }
 
-pub fn construct(entry: &RegistryEntry, inputs: Vec<EdgeHandle>) -> Result<EdgeHandle, ConstructionError> {
+pub fn construct(entry: &RegistryEntry, inputs: Vec<SourceHandle>) -> Result<SourceHandle, ConstructionError> {
 	if inputs.len() != entry.io.inputs.len() {
 		return Err(ConstructionError::Arity {
 			expected: entry.io.inputs.len(),
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 		let node = LendNode::new("held");
 		let layout = Node::<ContextImpl>::layout(&node).clone();
-		let handle = EdgeHandle::new_erased(Arc::new(node) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>, concrete!(String));
+		let handle = SourceHandle::new_erased(Arc::new(node) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>, concrete!(String));
 		assert_eq!(*handle.ty(), concrete!(String));
 
 		let wired = handle.downcast_erased::<ErasedRecordNode>(concrete!(String)).unwrap();
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 	#[test]
 	fn construct_checks_arity_and_types() {
-		fn construct_strlen(args: Vec<EdgeHandle>) -> Result<EdgeHandle, ConstructionError> {
+		fn construct_strlen(args: Vec<SourceHandle>) -> Result<SourceHandle, ConstructionError> {
 			let mut args = args.into_iter();
 			let value = args.next().ok_or(ConstructionError::Arity { expected: 1, got: 0 })?.downcast_record::<String>()?;
 			drop(value);
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 		let counting = counting();
 		let layout = Node::<ContextImpl>::layout(&counting).clone();
-		let handle = EdgeHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(counting) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
+		let handle = SourceHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(counting) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
 		let duplicate = handle.duplicate();
 		assert_eq!(*duplicate.ty(), record_edge_type::<u32>());
 		let frames = crate::record::test_frames(1 << 12);
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/value.rs b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/value.rs
index e32eda8f7b..047f089c1c 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/value.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/value.rs
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ where
 }
 
 /// The native record edge of a constant.
-pub fn record_value_edge<T: Clone + Send + Sync + dyn_any::StaticTypeSized + 'static>(value: T) -> crate::registry::EdgeHandle
+pub fn record_value_edge<T: Clone + Send + Sync + dyn_any::StaticTypeSized + 'static>(value: T) -> crate::registry::SourceHandle
 where
 	T::Static: Clone + Send + Sync,
 {
-	crate::registry::EdgeHandle::new_record::<T>(std::sync::Arc::new(ValueSource::new(value)) as std::sync::Arc<crate::registry::ErasedRecordNode>)
+	crate::registry::SourceHandle::new_record::<T>(std::sync::Arc::new(ValueSource::new(value)) as std::sync::Arc<crate::registry::ErasedRecordNode>)
 }
 
 /// The node behind a leveled value source: a constant list served as one level,
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ where
 }
 
 /// The native record edge of a constant level: the edge type is the element's.
-pub fn leveled_record_value_edge<T: Clone + Send + Sync + crate::CacheHash + PartialEq + dyn_any::StaticTypeSized + 'static>(values: Vec<T>) -> crate::registry::EdgeHandle
+pub fn leveled_record_value_edge<T: Clone + Send + Sync + crate::CacheHash + PartialEq + dyn_any::StaticTypeSized + 'static>(values: Vec<T>) -> crate::registry::SourceHandle
 where
 	T::Static: Clone + Send + Sync,
 {
-	crate::registry::EdgeHandle::new_record::<T>(std::sync::Arc::new(LeveledValueSource::new(values)) as std::sync::Arc<crate::registry::ErasedRecordNode>)
+	crate::registry::SourceHandle::new_record::<T>(std::sync::Arc::new(LeveledValueSource::new(values)) as std::sync::Arc<crate::registry::ErasedRecordNode>)
 }
diff --git a/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs b/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs
index f3c52d3f51..53a6657d33 100644
--- a/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs
+++ b/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fn flip_entries_tokens(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_field
 					let mut inputs = inputs.into_iter();
 					#(#downcasts)*
 					let __node = #struct_name #turbofish::new(#(#names,)* #(#layout_args)*);
-					Ok(gcore::registry::EdgeHandle::new_record::<#row_output>(::std::sync::Arc::new(__node) as ::std::sync::Arc<gcore::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
+					Ok(gcore::registry::SourceHandle::new_record::<#row_output>(::std::sync::Arc::new(__node) as ::std::sync::Arc<gcore::registry::ErasedRecordNode>))
 				},
 			}
 		})
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ fn single_row_entries(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_fields
 			let (io_output, wrap) = match &output_element {
 				Some(element) => (
 					quote!(gcore::registry::record_type::<#element>()),
-					quote!(Ok(gcore::registry::EdgeHandle::new_record::<#element>(::std::sync::Arc::new(__node)))),
+					quote!(Ok(gcore::registry::SourceHandle::new_record::<#element>(::std::sync::Arc::new(__node)))),
 				),
 				None => {
 					let name = match &node.output.shape.element {
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ fn single_row_entries(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_fields
 					let base_ty = format_ident!("__ty_{}", base_indices[0]);
 					(
 						quote!(gcore::Type::Record(Box::new(gcore::Type::Generic(::std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(#name))))),
-						quote!(Ok(gcore::registry::EdgeHandle::new_erased(::std::sync::Arc::new(__node) as ::std::sync::Arc<gcore::registry::ErasedRecordNode>, #base_ty))),
+						quote!(Ok(gcore::registry::SourceHandle::new_erased(::std::sync::Arc::new(__node) as ::std::sync::Arc<gcore::registry::ErasedRecordNode>, #base_ty))),
 					)
 				}
 			};
diff --git a/node-graph/nodes/gcore/src/memo.rs b/node-graph/nodes/gcore/src/memo.rs
index ee3744e8ae..35c4b77123 100644
--- a/node-graph/nodes/gcore/src/memo.rs
+++ b/node-graph/nodes/gcore/src/memo.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ mod tests {
 	use core_types::context::{ContextImpl, EvalScope};
 	use core_types::node::Node;
 	use core_types::record::LiftedSource;
-	use core_types::registry::{EdgeHandle, ErasedRecordNode};
+	use core_types::registry::{SourceHandle, ErasedRecordNode};
 	use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 
 	fn lifted<T: Clone + Send + Sync + core_types::StaticTypeSized>(value: T) -> LiftedSource<T, impl for<'c> Fn(&ContextImpl<'c>) -> GPoll<T>>
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 		let layout = element_layout::<u32>();
 		let monitor = MonitorNode::new(lifted::<u32>(11u32), &layout);
-		let handle = EdgeHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(monitor) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
+		let handle = SourceHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(monitor) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
 		assert!(handle.serialize().is_none(), "no snapshot before the first eval");
 
 		let edge = handle.duplicate().downcast_record::<u32>().unwrap();
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let source = core_types::value::LeveledValueSource::new(vec![10u32, 20, 30]);
 		let layout = Node::<ContextImpl>::layout(&source).clone();
 		let monitor = MonitorNode::new(source, &layout);
-		let handle = EdgeHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(monitor) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
+		let handle = SourceHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(monitor) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
 
 		let edge = handle.duplicate().downcast_record::<u32>().unwrap();
 		let GPoll::Final(_) = core_types::record::serve_input(&edge, &ctx, &frames) else {
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ mod tests {
 		let ctx = ContextImpl::root(&scope);
 
 		let layout = element_layout::<u32>();
-		let edge = EdgeHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(counting()) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
-		let memoized = EdgeHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(MemoizeNode::new(edge.downcast_record::<u32>().unwrap(), &layout)) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
+		let edge = SourceHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(counting()) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
+		let memoized = SourceHandle::new_record::<u32>(Arc::new(MemoizeNode::new(edge.downcast_record::<u32>().unwrap(), &layout)) as Arc<ErasedRecordNode>);
 		let stacked = MemoizeNode::new(memoized.downcast_record::<u32>().unwrap(), &layout);
 		let stacked = core_types::record::RecordExtract::<u32, _>::new(stacked, &layout);