diff --git a/impl/fuzz/command_tree.ml b/impl/fuzz/command_tree.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7307bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/impl/fuzz/command_tree.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+open! Core
+
+module CTree = Impl_core__Conspire_command_tree.CommandTree (struct
+  type t = int [@@deriving compare, show, bin_io, hash]
+end)
+
+let ctree =
+  let open Crowbar in
+  fix (fun gen ->
+      choose
+        [ const CTree.empty
+        ; map [gen; int; list1 int] (fun ctree kid vs ->
+          let nodes = Map.keys ctree.CTree.ctree in
+          let kid = kid % List.length nodes in
+          let root = List.nth_exn nodes kid in
+          let ctree', _ =
+            CTree.addv ~node:0 ctree ~parent:root (List.iter vs |> Iter.from_labelled_iter) in
+          ctree')])
+
+(* take ctree and random node and node in its history *)
+(* make an update of that and add it to the tree of just the path to that *)
+let test_ctree_update ctree u_start u_end =
+  let nodes =
+    ctree.CTree.ctree |> Map.keys
+    |> List.sort ~compare:(fun ka kb ->
+           Int.compare (CTree.get_idx ctree ka) (CTree.get_idx ctree kb) )
+  in
+  let u_end = u_end % List.length nodes in
+  let n_end = List.nth_exn nodes u_end in
+  (* path goes from root to n_end *)
+  let path = CTree.path_between ctree CTree.root_key n_end in
+  let remote_path, _ = List.split_n path (u_start % max 1 (List.length path)) in
+  let remote, _ =
+    CTree.addv CTree.empty ~node:0 ~parent:CTree.root_key
+      ( List.iter remote_path |> Iter.from_labelled_iter
+      |> Iter.map (fun (_, _, v) -> v) )
+  in
+  let update = CTree.make_update ctree n_end remote in
+  let remote = CTree.apply_update_exn remote update in
+  let local_path = CTree.path_between ctree CTree.root_key n_end in
+  let remote_path = CTree.path_between remote CTree.root_key n_end in
+  let pp ppf v =
+    Fmt.pf ppf "%a"
+      Fmt.(brackets @@ list ~sep:comma int)
+      (List.map v ~f:(fun (_idx, _key, v) -> v))
+  in
+  Crowbar.check_eq ~pp ~cmp:[%compare: CTree.node list] local_path remote_path
+
+let () =
+  let open Crowbar in
+  add_test ~name:"ctree update" [ctree; int; int] test_ctree_update
diff --git a/impl/fuzz/dune b/impl/fuzz/dune
index 9a150a3..7e5f107 100644
--- a/impl/fuzz/dune
+++ b/impl/fuzz/dune
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (tests
- (names test_msgs)
+ (names test_msgs command_tree)
  (flags
   (:standard -w -27))
  (preprocess
-  (pps ppx_jane))
+  (pps ppx_jane ppx_log ppx_accessor ppx_deriving.show))
  (libraries impl_core crowbar))
diff --git a/impl/lib/conspire_command_tree.ml b/impl/lib/conspire_command_tree.ml
index 0ef61af..b15a7e1 100644
--- a/impl/lib/conspire_command_tree.ml
+++ b/impl/lib/conspire_command_tree.ml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module CommandTree (Value : Value) = struct
        Extensions to heads
   *)
 
-  type node = int * key * Value.t [@@deriving show, bin_io]
+  type node = int * key * Value.t [@@deriving show, bin_io, compare]
 
   type parent_ref_node =
     {node: node; parent: parent_ref_node option [@opaque]; key: key}
@@ -256,10 +256,13 @@ module CommandTree (Value : Value) = struct
       match (curr, rt) with
       | None, Some _ ->
           Fmt.invalid_arg "%a not on path to %a" Key.pp rt_vc Key.pp hd_vc
+      (* Both root*)
       | None, None ->
           acc
+      (* Both non-root and equal *)
       | Some curr, Some rt when [%equal: Key.t] curr.key rt.key ->
           acc
+      (* both Non-root and non-equal *)
       | Some curr, _ ->
           aux curr.parent (curr.node :: acc)
     in
diff --git a/impl/lib/conspire_leader.ml b/impl/lib/conspire_leader.ml
index 77c032a..62d8cd0 100644
--- a/impl/lib/conspire_leader.ml
+++ b/impl/lib/conspire_leader.ml
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ struct
   let available_space_for_commands t =
     if can_apply_requests t then t.config.max_outstanding else 0
 
-  let send ?(force = false) ?(prune = false) t dst =
+  let send ?(force = false) t dst =
     let open Rep in
-    let update = get_update_to_send ~prune t.conspire.rep dst in
+    let update = get_update_to_send t.conspire.rep dst in
     if force || Option.is_some update.ctree || Option.is_some update.cons then
       Act.send dst (Ok update)
 
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ struct
     Act.send dst (Error {commit= t.conspire.rep.state.commit_index})
 
   let broadcast ?(force = false) t =
-    List.iter t.config.other_replica_ids ~f:(fun nid ->
-        send ~force t nid ~prune:(not @@ is_leader t) )
+    List.iter t.config.other_replica_ids ~f:(fun nid -> send ~force t nid)
 
   let nack_counter, run_nc =
     Ocons_core.Utils.InternalReporter.rate_reporter "nacks"
@@ -166,8 +165,9 @@ struct
         let update_result = Conspire.handle_update_message t.conspire src m in
         match update_result with
         | Error `MustAck ->
-            Act.traceln "Acking %d" src;
-            ack_counter () ; send t src
+            Act.traceln "Acking %d" src ;
+            ack_counter () ;
+            send t src
         | Error (`MustNack reason) ->
             Act.traceln "Nack for %d: %s" src
               ( match reason with
@@ -198,13 +198,29 @@ struct
               Result.is_ok conflict_recovery_attempt
               || committed || recovery_started
             in
-            if should_broadcast then broadcast t
-            else send ~prune:(not @@ is_leader t) t src )
+            if should_broadcast then broadcast t else send t src )
 
   let advance t e =
-    Act.run_side_effects
-      (fun () -> Exn.handle_uncaught_and_exit (fun () -> handle_event t e))
-      t
+    let is_leader_pre = is_leader t in
+    let prev_term = t.conspire.rep.state.term in
+    let prev_vterm = t.conspire.rep.state.vterm in
+    let res =
+      Act.run_side_effects
+        (fun () -> Exn.handle_uncaught_and_exit (fun () -> handle_event t e))
+        t
+    in
+    ( match (is_leader_pre, is_leader t) with
+    | true, false ->
+        Act.traceln "No longer leader for %d" t.conspire.rep.state.term
+    | false, true ->
+        Act.traceln "Now leader for %d" t.conspire.rep.state.term
+    | _ ->
+        () ) ;
+    if prev_term < t.conspire.rep.state.term then
+      Act.traceln "Conflict, term=%d" t.conspire.rep.state.term ;
+    if prev_vterm < t.conspire.rep.state.vterm then
+      Act.traceln "Recovery to %d" t.conspire.rep.state.vterm ;
+    res
 
   let create (config : config) =
     let conspire = Conspire.create config.conspire in
diff --git a/impl/lib/conspire_leader_dc.ml b/impl/lib/conspire_leader_dc.ml
index 419fa41..4d8d385 100644
--- a/impl/lib/conspire_leader_dc.ml
+++ b/impl/lib/conspire_leader_dc.ml
@@ -112,13 +112,11 @@ struct
     List.for_all t.config.lower_replica_ids ~f:(fun nid ->
         not @@ FailureDetector.is_live t.failure_detector nid )
 
-  let can_apply_requests _t = true
-
   let available_space_for_commands t = t.config.max_outstanding
 
-  let send ?(force = false) ?(prune = false) t dst =
+  let send ?(force = false) t dst =
     let open Rep in
-    let update = get_update_to_send ~prune t.conspire.rep dst in
+    let update = get_update_to_send t.conspire.rep dst in
     if force || Option.is_some update.ctree || Option.is_some update.cons then
       Act.send dst (Conspire (Ok update))
 
@@ -126,8 +124,7 @@ struct
     Act.send dst (Conspire (Error {commit= t.conspire.rep.state.commit_index}))
 
   let broadcast ?(force = false) t =
-    List.iter t.config.other_replica_ids ~f:(fun nid ->
-        send ~force t nid ~prune:(not @@ is_leader t) )
+    List.iter t.config.other_replica_ids ~f:(fun nid -> send ~force t nid)
 
   let gather_batch_from_buffer t =
     let time = Eio.Time.now t.clock |> Utils.float_to_time in
@@ -173,15 +170,17 @@ struct
         let update_result = Conspire.handle_update_message t.conspire src m in
         match update_result with
         | Error `MustAck ->
+            Act.traceln "Acking %d" src ;
             send t src
         | Error (`MustNack reason) ->
-            ( match reason with
-            | `Root_of_update_not_found _ ->
-                Utils.traceln "Nack: Update root not in tree"
-            | `Commit_index_not_in_tree ->
-                Utils.traceln "Nack: Commit index not in tree"
-            | `VVal_not_in_tree ->
-                Utils.traceln "Nack: VVal not in tree" ) ;
+            Act.traceln "Nack for %d: %s" src
+              ( match reason with
+              | `Root_of_update_not_found _ ->
+                  "Update is not rooted"
+              | `Commit_index_not_in_tree ->
+                  "Commit index not in tree"
+              | `VVal_not_in_tree ->
+                  "VVal not int tree" ) ;
             nack t src
         | Ok () ->
             process_acceptor_state t.conspire src ;
@@ -203,8 +202,7 @@ struct
               Result.is_ok conflict_recovery_attempt
               || committed || recovery_started
             in
-            if should_broadcast then broadcast t
-            else send ~prune:(not @@ is_leader t) t src )
+            if should_broadcast then broadcast t else send t src )
 
   let advance t e =
     let init_leader = is_leader t in