diff --git a/bin/solid.pill b/bin/solid.pill
index 7f2f45e77..3bb4ecc0c 100644
--- a/bin/solid.pill
+++ b/bin/solid.pill
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7281dac601ba3126e36da8766b7ad0424f283f6472c40b322e6e784e19aba33c
-size 9651177
+oid sha256:df629686e06b0c56db132076439b03d095bb235fc1a77668022d110559d9b840
+size 9650987
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon
index a6098239c..e5af1fb62 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ford.hoon
@@ -838,7 +838,9 @@
   |*  [tracker=(request-tracker) request=*]
   ^-  (list duct)
   ::
-  ~(tap in waiting:(~(got by tracker) request))
+  ?~  val=(~(get by tracker) request)
+    ~
+  ~(tap in waiting.u.val)
 ::  +put-request: associates a +duct with a request
 ::
 ++  put-request
@@ -6263,22 +6265,29 @@
     ++  take-rebuilds
       ^-  [(list move) ford-state]
       ::
+      ~|  [%ford-take-rebuilds wire=wire duct=duct]
       ?>  ?=([@tas %wris *] sign)
       =*  case-sign  p.sign
       =*  care-paths-sign  q.sign
       =+  [ship desk date]=(raid:wired t.wire ~[%p %tas %da])
       =/  disc  [ship desk]
+      ::  ignore spurious clay updates
+      ::
+      ::    Due to asynchronicity of Clay notifications, we might get a
+      ::    subscription update on an already-canceled duct.  This is
+      ::    normal; no-op.
+      ::
+      ?~  duct-status=(~(get by ducts.state.ax) duct)
+        [~ state.ax]
       ::
       =/  =subscription
-        ~|  [%ford-take-bad-clay-sub wire=wire duct=duct]
-        =/  =duct-status  (~(got by ducts.state.ax) duct)
-        ?>  ?=(%live -.live.duct-status)
-        ?>  ?=(^ last-sent.live.duct-status)
-        ?>  ?=(^ subscription.u.last-sent.live.duct-status)
-        u.subscription.u.last-sent.live.duct-status
+        ?>  ?=(%live -.live.u.duct-status)
+        (need subscription:(need last-sent.live.u.duct-status))
       ::
       =/  ducts=(list ^duct)
-        ~|  [%ford-take-missing-subscription subscription]
+        ::  sanity check; there must be at least one duct per subscription
+        ::
+        =-  ?<(=(~ -) -)
         (get-request-ducts pending-subscriptions.state.ax subscription)
       ::
       =|  moves=(list move)
@@ -6296,13 +6305,12 @@
     ++  take-unblocks
       ^-  [(list move) ford-state]
       ::
+      ~|  [%ford-take-unblocks wire=wire duct=duct]
       ?>  ?=([@tas %writ *] sign)
       =*  riot-sign  p.sign
       ::  scry-request: the +scry-request we had previously blocked on
       ::
-      =/  =scry-request
-        ~|  [%ford-take-bad-scry-request wire=wire duct=duct]
-        (need (path-to-scry-request t.wire))
+      =/  =scry-request  (need (path-to-scry-request t.wire))
       ::  scry-result: parse a (unit cage) from :sign
       ::
       ::    If the result is `~`, the requested resource was not available.
@@ -6311,9 +6319,9 @@
         ?~  riot-sign
           ~
         `r.u.riot-sign
+      ::  if spurious Clay response, :ducts will be empty, causing no-op
       ::
       =/  ducts=(list ^duct)
-        ~|  [%ford-take-missing-scry-request scry-request]
         (get-request-ducts pending-scrys.state.ax scry-request)
       ::
       =|  moves=(list move)