diff --git a/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs b/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs
index 530c4138e4..ba414fa54c 100644
--- a/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs
+++ b/node-graph/graphene-cli/src/export.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn execute_to_final(executor: &DynamicExecutor, render_config: RenderConfig) ->
 		GPoll::Final(value) => Ok(value),
 		GPoll::Fallback(boxed) => {
 			let (value, error) = *boxed;
-			log::error!("Node graph evaluation reported an error alongside its fallback output: {error:?}");
+			log::warn!("Node graph evaluation reported an error alongside its fallback output: {error:?}");
 			Ok(value)
 		}
 		GPoll::Partial(_) | GPoll::Pending => Err("Node graph evaluation did not complete".into()),
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/types.rs b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/types.rs
index 646d5be1af..97644818aa 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/types.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/types.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ pub fn simplify_identifier_name(ty: &str) -> String {
 /// Converts a Rust-internal type name to its user-facing form.
 pub fn make_type_user_readable(ty: &str) -> String {
 	let ty = ty
-		.replace("Option<Arc<OwnedContextImpl>>", "Context")
+		.replace("ContextImpl", "Context")
 		.replace("Raster<CPU>", "Raster")
 		.replace("Raster<GPU>", "Raster")
 		.replace("DAffine2", "Transform")
diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/shader_runtime/per_pixel_adjust_runtime.rs b/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/shader_runtime/per_pixel_adjust_runtime.rs
index 325b5c0d69..ef62a9de46 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/shader_runtime/per_pixel_adjust_runtime.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/wgpu-executor/src/shader_runtime/per_pixel_adjust_runtime.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use core_types::shaders::buffer_struct::BufferStruct;
 use raster_types::{GPU, Raster};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::sync::{Mutex, PoisonError};
 use wgpu::util::{BufferInitDescriptor, DeviceExt};
 use wgpu::{
 	BindGroupDescriptor, BindGroupEntry, BindGroupLayoutDescriptor, BindGroupLayoutEntry, BindingResource, BindingType, Buffer, BufferBinding, BufferBindingType, BufferUsages, ColorTargetState, Face,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl PerPixelAdjustShaderRuntime {
 
 impl ShaderRuntime {
 	pub fn run_per_pixel_adjust<T: BufferStruct>(&self, shaders: &Shaders<'_>, textures: List<Raster<GPU>>, args: Option<&T>) -> List<Raster<GPU>> {
-		let mut cache = self.per_pixel_adjust.pipeline_cache.lock().unwrap();
+		let mut cache = self.per_pixel_adjust.pipeline_cache.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
 		let pipeline = cache
 			.entry(shaders.fragment_shader_name.to_owned())
 			.or_insert_with(|| PerPixelAdjustGraphicsPipeline::new(&self.context, shaders));
diff --git a/node-graph/node-macro/src/shader_nodes/per_pixel_adjust.rs b/node-graph/node-macro/src/shader_nodes/per_pixel_adjust.rs
index 30b3a7817a..1ec06a28e8 100644
--- a/node-graph/node-macro/src/shader_nodes/per_pixel_adjust.rs
+++ b/node-graph/node-macro/src/shader_nodes/per_pixel_adjust.rs
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ impl PerPixelAdjustCodegen<'_> {
 			description: "".to_string(),
 			widget_override: Default::default(),
 			ty: ParsedFieldType::Regular(RegularParsedField {
-				ty: parse_quote!(std::sync::Arc<WgpuExecutor>),
+				ty: parse_quote!(#wgpu_executor::WgpuExecutorHandle),
 				exposed: true,
-				value_source: ParsedValueSource::Scope(Box::new(parse_quote!("graphene_std::platform_application_io::WgpuExecutorArcNode"))),
+				value_source: ParsedValueSource::Scope(Box::new(parse_quote!("graphene_std::platform_application_io::WgpuExecutorNode"))),
 				number_soft_min: None,
 				number_soft_max: None,
 				number_hard_min: None,
diff --git a/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs b/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs
index a45a7461f2..bc393560f9 100644
--- a/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs
+++ b/node-graph/node-macro/src/validation.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ pub fn validate_node_fn(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn) -> syn::Result<()> {
 fn validate_async_source(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn) {
 	let snapshot_ctx = matches!(&parsed.input.ty, Type::Path(path) if path.path.segments.last().is_some_and(|segment| segment.ident == "CtxSnapshot"));
 	let future_kernel = crate::codegen::is_source_kernel(&parsed.output_type);
+	if let Some(placeholder) = &parsed.attributes.placeholder
+		&& !parsed.is_async
+		&& !future_kernel
+	{
+		emit_error!(
+			placeholder.span(),
+			"`placeholder` applies only to async and source kernels; a synchronous node never reports `Partial`, so the stand-in is unused"
+		);
+	}
 	if parsed.is_async && future_kernel {
 		emit_error!(
 			parsed.output_type.span(),