diff --git a/conductor/tracks/result_migration_app_controller_20260618/state.toml b/conductor/tracks/result_migration_app_controller_20260618/state.toml
index 9acfce92..c027a95d 100644
--- a/conductor/tracks/result_migration_app_controller_20260618/state.toml
+++ b/conductor/tracks/result_migration_app_controller_20260618/state.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ phase_5 = { status = "pending", checkpointsha = "", name = "Verify, document, en
 # Phase 1: Setup + Fix the regression
 t1_1 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Create sub-track folder (spec.md exists; plan.md, metadata.json, state.toml)" }
 t1_2 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Update conductor/tracks.md with the new sub-track row" }
-t1_3 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Fix _offload_entry_payload call site in src/app_controller.py:3709-3725 (unwrap Result from log_tool_output/log_tool_call)" }
+t1_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "", description = "Fix _offload_entry_payload call site in src/app_controller.py:3709-3725 (unwrap Result from log_tool_call; log_tool_output already returns Optional[str])" }
 t1_4 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Add 2 unwrap-path tests in tests/test_app_controller_offloading.py" }
 t1_5 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Run targeted regression test (test_tool_ask_approval + test_execution_sim_live); verify both pass" }
 t1_6 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Phase 1 checkpoint commit" }
diff --git a/src/app_controller.py b/src/app_controller.py
index 7b1ad232..2e0d4527 100644
--- a/src/app_controller.py
+++ b/src/app_controller.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import copy
 import inspect
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import re
 import signal
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ from src import shell_runner
 from src import theme_2 as theme
 from src import thinking_parser
 from src import tool_presets
+from src.result_types    import Result, ErrorInfo, ErrorKind
 
 from src.context_presets import ContextPresetManager
 from src.file_cache      import ASTParser
@@ -3718,10 +3720,12 @@ class AppController:
     payload["output"] = f"[REF:{filename}]"
   if kind == "tool_call" and "script" in payload:
    script = payload["script"]
-   ref_path = session_logger.log_tool_call(script, "LOG_ONLY", None)
-   if ref_path:
-    filename = Path(ref_path).name
+   ref_result = session_logger.log_tool_call(script, "LOG_ONLY", None)
+   if isinstance(ref_result, Result) and ref_result.ok and ref_result.data:
+    filename = Path(ref_result.data).name
     payload["script"] = f"[REF:{filename}]"
+   elif isinstance(ref_result, Result) and ref_result.errors:
+    logging.getLogger(__name__).debug("offload tool_call failed: %s", ref_result.errors[0].ui_message())
   return optimized
 
  def _on_api_event(self, event_name: str = "generic_event", **kwargs: Any) -> None: