diff --git a/internal/core/healing/anchors.go b/internal/core/healing/anchors.go
index 9292aaab1..51c358b8c 100644
--- a/internal/core/healing/anchors.go
+++ b/internal/core/healing/anchors.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/accumulatenetwork/accumulate/protocol"
 )
 
+var ErrRetry = fmt.Errorf("retry")
+
 type HealAnchorArgs struct {
 	Client  message.AddressedClient
 	Querier api.Querier
@@ -35,6 +37,17 @@ type HealAnchorArgs struct {
 }
 
 func HealAnchor(ctx context.Context, args HealAnchorArgs, si SequencedInfo) error {
+	if args.NetInfo.Status.ExecutorVersion.V2VandenbergEnabled() {
+		return healAnchorV2(ctx, args, si)
+	}
+	return healAnchorV1(ctx, args, si)
+}
+
+func healAnchorV2(ctx context.Context, args HealAnchorArgs, si SequencedInfo) error {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
+
+func healAnchorV1(ctx context.Context, args HealAnchorArgs, si SequencedInfo) error {
 	srcUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(si.Source)
 	dstUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(si.Destination)
 
@@ -268,5 +281,3 @@ func HealAnchor(ctx context.Context, args HealAnchorArgs, si SequencedInfo) erro
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-var ErrRetry = fmt.Errorf("retry")
diff --git a/internal/core/healing/synthetic.go b/internal/core/healing/synthetic.go
index 45ac3139d..418e49ed3 100644
--- a/internal/core/healing/synthetic.go
+++ b/internal/core/healing/synthetic.go
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ func (h *Healer) HealSynthetic(ctx context.Context, args HealSyntheticArgs, si S
 
 	slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Resubmitting", "source", si.Source, "destination", si.Destination, "number", si.Number, "id", r.Message.ID())
 
-	// Build the receipt
-	receipt, err := h.buildSynthReceipt(ctx, args, si)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	receipt := r.SourceReceipt
+	// // Build the receipt
+	// receipt, err := h.buildSynthReceipt(ctx, args, si)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
 
 	// Submit the synthetic transaction directly to the destination partition
 	msg := &messaging.SyntheticMessage{
@@ -130,43 +131,59 @@ func (h *Healer) HealSynthetic(ctx context.Context, args HealSyntheticArgs, si S
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Submit directly to an appropriate node
-	if c, ok := args.Submitter.(message.AddressedClient); ok && c.Address == nil {
-		for peer, info := range args.NetInfo.Peers[strings.ToLower(si.Destination)] {
-			if len(info.Addresses) > 0 {
-				args.Submitter = c.ForAddress(info.Addresses[0]).ForPeer(peer)
-			} else {
-				args.Submitter = c.ForPeer(peer)
-			}
-			break
+	submit := func(s api.Submitter) (error, bool) {
+		sub, err := s.Submit(ctx, env, api.SubmitOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Submission failed", "error", err, "id", env.Messages[0].ID())
+			return nil, false
 		}
-	}
+		for _, sub := range sub {
+			if !sub.Success {
+				slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Submission failed", "message", sub, "status", sub.Status, "id", sub.Status.TxID)
+				continue
+			}
 
-	sub, err := args.Submitter.Submit(ctx, env, api.SubmitOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Submission failed", "error", err, "id", env.Messages[0].ID())
-	}
-	for _, sub := range sub {
-		if !sub.Success {
-			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Submission failed", "message", sub, "status", sub.Status, "id", sub.Status.TxID)
-			continue
-		}
+			slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Submission succeeded", "id", sub.Status.TxID)
+			if !args.Wait || dontWait[sub.Status.TxID.Hash()] {
+				continue
+			}
 
-		slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Submission succeeded", "id", sub.Status.TxID)
-		if !args.Wait || dontWait[sub.Status.TxID.Hash()] {
-			continue
+			err := waitFor(ctx, Q, sub.Status.TxID)
+			if err != nil && strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), " is not a known directory anchor") {
+				return ErrRetry, false
+			}
 		}
 
-		err := waitFor(ctx, Q, sub.Status.TxID)
-		if err != nil && strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), " is not a known directory anchor") {
-			return ErrRetry
+		if args.Wait {
+			return waitFor(ctx, Q, si.ID), true
 		}
+		return nil, true
 	}
 
-	if args.Wait {
-		return waitFor(ctx, Q, si.ID)
+	// Submit directly to an appropriate node
+	switch submitter := args.Submitter.(type) {
+	// case message.AddressedClient:
+
+	case *message.Client:
+		for peer, info := range args.NetInfo.Peers[strings.ToLower(si.Destination)] {
+			var s api.Submitter
+			if len(info.Addresses) > 0 {
+				s = submitter.ForAddress(info.Addresses[0]).ForPeer(peer)
+			} else {
+				s = submitter.ForPeer(peer)
+			}
+			slog.Info("Submitting to", "peer", peer)
+			err, ok := submit(s)
+			if ok || err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		return errors.UnknownError.With("failed to submit")
+
+	default:
+		err, _ := submit(args.Submitter)
+		return err
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 func waitFor(ctx context.Context, Q api.Querier, id *url.TxID) error {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v3/message/transport.go b/pkg/api/v3/message/transport.go
index 2d95b7adf..3df660b66 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v3/message/transport.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v3/message/transport.go
@@ -322,8 +322,12 @@ func (c *RoutedTransport) dial(ctx context.Context, addr multiaddr.Multiaddr, st
 			// Return the error if it's a client error (e.g. misdial)
 			return nil, errors.UnknownError.Wrap(err)
 
-		case errors.EncodingError.ErrorAs(err, &err2),
-			errors.StreamAborted.ErrorAs(err, &err2):
+		case errors.StreamAborted.ErrorAs(err, &err2):
+			// The other side hung up, try again. Historically this has been
+			// caused by encoding errors, which indicates a mismatch between the
+			// client and server, so it's possible retrying is a bad idea.
+
+		case errors.EncodingError.ErrorAs(err, &err2):
 			// If the error is an encoding issue, log it and return "internal error"
 			if isMulti {
 				multi.BadDial(ctx, addr, s, err)
diff --git a/pkg/api/v3/p2p/dial/dialer.go b/pkg/api/v3/p2p/dial/dialer.go
index aaa4b51fb..32c1ca027 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v3/p2p/dial/dialer.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v3/p2p/dial/dialer.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (d *dialer) BadDial(ctx context.Context, addr multiaddr.Multiaddr, s messag
 
 	slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Bad dial", "peer", ss.peer, "address", addr, "error", err)
 
-	if errors.Is(err, errors.EncodingError) || errors.Is(err, errors.StreamAborted) {
+	if errors.Is(err, errors.EncodingError) /*|| errors.Is(err, errors.StreamAborted) */ {
 		// Don't mark a peer bad if there's an encoding failure. Is this a good
 		// idea?
 		return false
diff --git a/tools/cmd/debug/heal_common.go b/tools/cmd/debug/heal_common.go
index 82910ba1f..fce946224 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/debug/heal_common.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/debug/heal_common.go
@@ -312,26 +312,30 @@ func (h *healer) submitLoop(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 
 // getAccount fetches the given account.
 func getAccount[T protocol.Account](ctx context.Context, q api.Querier, u *url.URL) T {
-	r, err := api.Querier2{Querier: q}.QueryAccount(ctx, u, nil)
-	checkf(err, "get %v", u)
+	for try := 0; try < 3; try++ {
+		r, err := api.Querier2{Querier: q}.QueryAccount(ctx, u, nil)
+		checkf(err, "get %v", u)
 
-	if r.LastBlockTime == nil {
-		fatalf("response for %v does not include a last block time", u)
-	}
+		if r.LastBlockTime == nil {
+			cmdutil.Warnf("response for %v does not include a last block time", u)
+		}
 
-	age := time.Since(*r.LastBlockTime)
-	if flagMaxResponseAge > 0 && age > flagMaxResponseAge {
-		fatalf("response for %v is too old (%v)", u, age)
-	}
+		age := time.Since(*r.LastBlockTime)
+		if flagMaxResponseAge > 0 && age > flagMaxResponseAge {
+			cmdutil.Warnf("response for %v is too old (%v)", u, age)
+		}
 
-	slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Got account", "url", u, "lastBlockAge", age.Round(time.Second))
+		slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Got account", "url", u, "lastBlockAge", age.Round(time.Second))
 
-	a := r.Account
-	b, ok := a.(T)
-	if !ok {
-		fatalf("%v is a %T not a %v", u, a, reflect.TypeOf(new(T)).Elem())
+		a := r.Account
+		b, ok := a.(T)
+		if !ok {
+			cmdutil.Warnf("%v is a %T not a %v", u, a, reflect.TypeOf(new(T)).Elem())
+		}
+		return b
 	}
-	return b
+	fatalf("unable to fetch %v", u)
+	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
 func (h *healer) tryEach() api.Querier2 {
diff --git a/tools/cmd/debug/heal_synth.go b/tools/cmd/debug/heal_synth.go
index 2132f7460..d58cbc45c 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/debug/heal_synth.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/debug/heal_synth.go
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ func healSynth(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	h := &healer{
 		healSingle: func(h *healer, src, dst *protocol.PartitionInfo, num uint64, txid *url.TxID) {
-			srcUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(src.ID)
-			dstUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(dst.ID)
+			// srcUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(src.ID)
+			// dstUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(dst.ID)
 
-			// Pull chains
-			pullSynthDirChains(h)
-			pullSynthSrcChains(h, srcUrl)
-			pullSynthDstChains(h, dstUrl)
+			// // Pull chains
+			// pullSynthDirChains(h)
+			// pullSynthSrcChains(h, srcUrl)
+			// pullSynthDstChains(h, dstUrl)
 
-			// Pull accounts
-			pullSynthLedger(h, srcUrl)
-			pullSynthLedger(h, dstUrl)
+			// // Pull accounts
+			// pullSynthLedger(h, srcUrl)
+			// pullSynthLedger(h, dstUrl)
 
 			// Heal
 			healSingleSynth(h, src.ID, dst.ID, num, txid)
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ func healSynth(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			srcUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(src.ID)
 			dstUrl := protocol.PartitionUrl(dst.ID)
 
-			// Pull chains
-			pullSynthDirChains(h)
-			pullSynthSrcChains(h, srcUrl)
-			pullSynthDstChains(h, dstUrl)
+			// // Pull chains
+			// pullSynthDirChains(h)
+			// pullSynthSrcChains(h, srcUrl)
+			// pullSynthDstChains(h, dstUrl)
 
 			// Pull accounts
 		pullAgain:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func pullSynthDstChains(h *healer, part *url.URL) {
 }
 
 func pullSynthLedger(h *healer, part *url.URL) *protocol.SyntheticLedger {
-	check(h.light.PullAccountWithChains(h.ctx, part.JoinPath(protocol.Synthetic), skipSigChain))
+	check(h.light.PullAccountWithChains(h.ctx, part.JoinPath(protocol.Synthetic), skipAllChains))
 
 	batch := h.light.OpenDB(false)
 	defer batch.Discard()
@@ -182,3 +182,7 @@ func pullSynthLedger(h *healer, part *url.URL) *protocol.SyntheticLedger {
 func skipSigChain(c *api.ChainRecord) bool {
 	return c.Name != "signature"
 }
+
+func skipAllChains(*api.ChainRecord) bool {
+	return false
+}