diff --git a/backend/protos/xyz/block/ftl/v1/ftl.proto b/backend/protos/xyz/block/ftl/v1/ftl.proto
index b9923c9778..5a6441c94a 100644
--- a/backend/protos/xyz/block/ftl/v1/ftl.proto
+++ b/backend/protos/xyz/block/ftl/v1/ftl.proto
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ message StreamDeploymentLogsRequest {
 }
 message StreamDeploymentLogsResponse {}
 
-message StatusRequest {
-}
+message StatusRequest {}
 message StatusResponse {
   message Controller {
     string key = 1;
diff --git a/backend/schema/validate.go b/backend/schema/validate.go
index 45af0cecae..ff27ddfeec 100644
--- a/backend/schema/validate.go
+++ b/backend/schema/validate.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func ValidateModule(module *Module) error {
 				merr = append(merr, errorf(n, "Verb name %q is a reserved word", n.Name))
 			}
 
-			merr = append(merr, validateVerbMetadata(scopes, n)...)
+			merr = append(merr, validateVerbMetadata(scopes, module, n)...)
 
 		case *Data:
 			if !ValidateName(n.Name) {
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func errorf(pos interface{ Position() Position }, format string, args ...interfa
 	return Errorf(pos.Position(), pos.Position().Column, format, args...)
 }
 
-func validateVerbMetadata(scopes Scopes, n *Verb) (merr []error) {
+func validateVerbMetadata(scopes Scopes, module *Module, n *Verb) (merr []error) {
 	// Validate metadata
 	metadataTypes := map[reflect.Type]bool{}
 	for _, md := range n.Metadata {
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ func validateVerbMetadata(scopes Scopes, n *Verb) (merr []error) {
 
 		switch md := md.(type) {
 		case *MetadataIngress:
-			reqBodyType, reqBody, errs := validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes, n, "request", n.Request)
+			reqBodyType, reqBody, errs := validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes, module, n, "request", n.Request)
 			merr = append(merr, errs...)
-			_, _, errs = validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes, n, "response", n.Response)
+			_, _, errs = validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes, module, n, "response", n.Response)
 			merr = append(merr, errs...)
 
 			// Validate path
@@ -492,11 +492,11 @@ func validateVerbMetadata(scopes Scopes, n *Verb) (merr []error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes Scopes, n *Verb, reqOrResp string, r Type) (fieldType Type, body Symbol, merr []error) {
+func validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes Scopes, module *Module, n *Verb, reqOrResp string, r Type) (fieldType Type, body Symbol, merr []error) {
 	rref, _ := r.(*Ref)
 	resp, sym := ResolveTypeAs[*Data](scopes, r)
-	module, _ := sym.Module.Get()
-	if sym == nil || module == nil || module.Name != "builtin" || resp.Name != "Http"+strings.Title(reqOrResp) {
+	m, _ := sym.Module.Get()
+	if sym == nil || m == nil || m.Name != "builtin" || resp.Name != "Http"+strings.Title(reqOrResp) {
 		merr = append(merr, errorf(r, "ingress verb %s: %s type %s must be builtin.HttpRequest", n.Name, reqOrResp, r))
 		return
 	}
@@ -512,9 +512,16 @@ func validateIngressRequestOrResponse(scopes Scopes, n *Verb, reqOrResp string,
 	if opt, ok := fieldType.(*Optional); ok {
 		fieldType = opt.Type
 	}
+
+	if ref, err := ParseRef(fieldType.String()); err == nil {
+		if ref.Module != "" && ref.Module != module.Name {
+			return // ignores references to other modules.
+		}
+	}
+
 	bodySym := scopes.ResolveType(fieldType)
 	if bodySym == nil {
-		merr = append(merr, errorf(resp, "ingress verb %s: couldn't resolve %s body type %s", n.Name, reqOrResp, fieldType))
+		merr = append(merr, errorf(r, "ingress verb %s: couldn't resolve %s body type %s", n.Name, reqOrResp, fieldType))
 		return
 	}
 	body = bodySym.Symbol
diff --git a/backend/schema/validate_test.go b/backend/schema/validate_test.go
index a159bf5209..a1c8bc27c8 100644
--- a/backend/schema/validate_test.go
+++ b/backend/schema/validate_test.go
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				"6:10-10: verb can not have multiple instances of ingress",
 			},
 		},
-
 		{name: "CronOnNonEmptyVerb",
 			schema: `
 				module one {
@@ -186,6 +185,16 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				"6:7-7: verb verbWithWrongOutput: cron job can not have a response type",
 			},
 		},
+		{name: "IngressBodyExternalType",
+			schema: `
+				module two {
+					data Data {}
+				}
+				module one {
+					verb a(HttpRequest<two.Data>) HttpResponse<two.Data, Empty>
+						+ingress http GET /a
+				}
+			`},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/buildengine/engine.go b/buildengine/engine.go
index e71a9e0b5d..2c541d9938 100644
--- a/buildengine/engine.go
+++ b/buildengine/engine.go
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ func (e *Engine) buildWithCallback(ctx context.Context, callback buildCallback,
 	}
 
 	topology := TopologicalSort(graph)
-
 	errCh := make(chan error, 1024)
 	for _, group := range topology {
 		// Collect schemas to be inserted into "built" map for subsequent groups.
@@ -464,6 +463,8 @@ func (e *Engine) buildWithCallback(ctx context.Context, callback buildCallback,
 			key := ProjectKey(keyStr)
 
 			wg.Go(func() error {
+				logger := log.FromContext(ctx).Scope(string(key))
+				ctx = log.ContextWithLogger(ctx, logger)
 				err := e.tryBuild(ctx, mustBuild, key, builtModules, schemas, callback)
 				if err != nil {
 					errCh <- err
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ func (e *Engine) buildWithCallback(ctx context.Context, callback buildCallback,
 
 func (e *Engine) tryBuild(ctx context.Context, mustBuild map[ProjectKey]bool, key ProjectKey, builtModules map[string]*schema.Module, schemas chan *schema.Module, callback buildCallback) error {
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
+
 	if !mustBuild[key] {
 		return e.mustSchema(ctx, key, builtModules, schemas)
 	}
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ func (e *Engine) tryBuild(ctx context.Context, mustBuild map[ProjectKey]bool, ke
 
 	for _, dep := range meta.project.Config().Dependencies {
 		if _, ok := builtModules[dep]; !ok {
-			logger.Warnf("%q build skipped because its dependency %q failed to build", key, dep)
+			logger.Warnf("build skipped because dependency %q failed to build", dep)
 			return nil
 		}
 	}