diff --git a/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/cell.rs b/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/cell.rs
index 3281a894..01a2d5b9 100644
--- a/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/cell.rs
+++ b/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/cell.rs
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ impl Cmd for PasteCell {
 fn paste_into(ctx: &CmdContext, key: &CellKey, value: CellValue) -> Box<dyn Effect> {
     match synthetic_record_info(key) {
         Some((row, col)) => paste_into_record(ctx, row, col, value),
-        None if aggregates(ctx, key) => effect::set_status(AGGREGATE_REFUSAL),
+        None if aggregates(ctx, key) => effect::refuse(AGGREGATE_REFUSAL),
         None => Box::new(effect::SetCell(key.clone(), value)),
     }
 }
@@ -638,9 +638,9 @@ fn paste_into_record(
     value: CellValue,
 ) -> Box<dyn Effect> {
     match (ctx.layout.record_cell_key(row, col), ctx.has_drill_state) {
-        (Some(_), true) => effect::set_status(INSIDE_A_DRILL_REFUSAL),
+        (Some(_), true) => effect::refuse(INSIDE_A_DRILL_REFUSAL),
         (Some(real), false) => Box::new(effect::SetCell(real, value)),
-        (None, _) => effect::set_status(NO_VALUE_REFUSAL),
+        (None, _) => effect::refuse(NO_VALUE_REFUSAL),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/mode.rs b/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/mode.rs
index f3f264cd..a177c1e8 100644
--- a/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/mode.rs
+++ b/crates/improvise-command/src/command/cmd/mode.rs
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ impl Cmd for EditOrDrill {
     fn execute(&self, ctx: &CmdContext) -> Vec<Box<dyn Effect>> {
         // Neither edit nor drill: no record carries a group's name (core.md §14).
         if ctx.layout.folds_a_group(ctx.selected.0, ctx.selected.1) {
-            return vec![effect::set_status(
+            return vec![effect::refuse(
                 "Collapsed group — press z to expand it, then edit an item",
             )];
         }
diff --git a/crates/improvise-command/src/ui/app.rs b/crates/improvise-command/src/ui/app.rs
index dd72b5a7..eda6ee1b 100644
--- a/crates/improvise-command/src/ui/app.rs
+++ b/crates/improvise-command/src/ui/app.rs
@@ -3245,6 +3245,36 @@ mod tests {
         app
     }
 
+    /// Months grouped into quarters with Q2 collapsed: row 2 is the fold.
+    fn folded_quarter() -> App {
+        let mut wb = Workbook::new("T");
+        wb.add_category("Month").unwrap();
+        wb.add_category("Type").unwrap();
+        for (month, quarter) in [("Jan", "Q1"), ("Feb", "Q1"), ("Apr", "Q2"), ("May", "Q2")] {
+            wb.add_item_in_group("Month", month, quarter).unwrap();
+        }
+        wb.add_item("Type", "Food").unwrap();
+        wb.active_view_mut().toggle_group_collapse("Month", "Q2");
+        let mut app = App::new(wb, None);
+        app.rebuild_layout();
+        app
+    }
+
+    fn yanked(mut app: App) -> App {
+        app.view_state.yanked = Some(CellValue::Number(5.5));
+        app
+    }
+
+    /// A drill frozen over the records the grid already shows.
+    fn in_a_drill(mut app: App) -> App {
+        let records = app.layout.records.clone().expect("records mode");
+        app.drill_state = Some(DrillState {
+            records,
+            pending_edits: HashMap::new(),
+        });
+        app
+    }
+
     fn with_a_second_view(mut app: App) -> App {
         app.model_state.workbook.create_view("Second");
         app
@@ -3446,6 +3476,45 @@ mod tests {
                 two_col_model,
                 |app| commit_in(app, AppMode::command_mode(), "command", "add-category Z"),
             ),
+            // improvise-i3o5: these four wrote their decline with `set_status`.
+            (
+                "edit-or-drill on a collapsed group's row",
+                folded_quarter,
+                |app| {
+                    app.cursor_mut().selected = (2, 0);
+                    run_line(app, "edit-or-drill editing")
+                },
+                "Collapsed group",
+                folded_quarter,
+                |app| {
+                    app.cursor_mut().selected = (1, 0);
+                    run_line(app, "edit-or-drill editing")
+                },
+            ),
+            (
+                "a spelled paste onto an aggregate",
+                || yanked(aggregated_grid(true)),
+                |app| run_line(app, "paste Row/A Col/A"),
+                crate::command::cmd::core::AGGREGATE_REFUSAL,
+                || yanked(aggregated_grid(true)),
+                |app| run_line(app, "paste Row/A Col/A Hidden/A"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "a spelled paste onto a records coordinate column",
+                || yanked(records_model_with_two_rows()),
+                |app| run_line(app, "paste _Index/1 _Dim/0"),
+                crate::command::cmd::core::NO_VALUE_REFUSAL,
+                || yanked(records_model_with_two_rows()),
+                |app| run_line(app, "paste _Index/1 _Dim/2"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "a spelled paste inside a drill",
+                || yanked(in_a_drill(records_model_with_two_rows())),
+                |app| run_line(app, "paste _Index/1 _Dim/2"),
+                crate::command::cmd::core::INSIDE_A_DRILL_REFUSAL,
+                || yanked(records_model_with_two_rows()),
+                |app| run_line(app, "paste _Index/1 _Dim/2"),
+            ),
         ];
         for (what, fail_setup, fails, says, ok_setup, succeeds) in cases {
             let mut app = fail_setup();