diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve.rs
index 9d63d29185470..27a1e64a78bd5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ use crate::ty::{
     self, FallibleTypeFolder, ToPredicate, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeFoldable, TypeFolder, TypeVisitable,
     TypeVisitor,
 };
+use rustc_span::def_id::DefId;
+
+use super::BuiltinImplSource;
 
 mod cache;
 pub mod inspect;
@@ -235,3 +238,63 @@ pub enum IsNormalizesToHack {
     Yes,
     No,
 }
+
+/// Possible ways the given goal can be proven.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum CandidateSource {
+    /// A user written impl.
+    ///
+    /// ## Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///     let x: Vec<u32> = Vec::new();
+    ///     // This uses the impl from the standard library to prove `Vec<T>: Clone`.
+    ///     let y = x.clone();
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    Impl(DefId),
+    /// A builtin impl generated by the compiler. When adding a new special
+    /// trait, try to use actual impls whenever possible. Builtin impls should
+    /// only be used in cases where the impl cannot be manually be written.
+    ///
+    /// Notable examples are auto traits, `Sized`, and `DiscriminantKind`.
+    /// For a list of all traits with builtin impls, check out the
+    /// `EvalCtxt::assemble_builtin_impl_candidates` method.
+    BuiltinImpl(BuiltinImplSource),
+    /// An assumption from the environment.
+    ///
+    /// More precisely we've used the `n-th` assumption in the `param_env`.
+    ///
+    /// ## Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// fn is_clone<T: Clone>(x: T) -> (T, T) {
+    ///     // This uses the assumption `T: Clone` from the `where`-bounds
+    ///     // to prove `T: Clone`.
+    ///     (x.clone(), x)
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ParamEnv(usize),
+    /// If the self type is an alias type, e.g. an opaque type or a projection,
+    /// we know the bounds on that alias to hold even without knowing its concrete
+    /// underlying type.
+    ///
+    /// More precisely this candidate is using the `n-th` bound in the `item_bounds` of
+    /// the self type.
+    ///
+    /// ## Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// trait Trait {
+    ///     type Assoc: Clone;
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// fn foo<T: Trait>(x: <T as Trait>::Assoc) {
+    ///     // We prove `<T as Trait>::Assoc` by looking at the bounds on `Assoc` in
+    ///     // in the trait definition.
+    ///     let _y = x.clone();
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    AliasBound,
+}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect.rs
index 4e2af3816ac65..d8b3a061b77d5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use super::{
-    CanonicalInput, Certainty, Goal, IsNormalizesToHack, NoSolution, QueryInput, QueryResult,
+    CandidateSource, CanonicalInput, Certainty, Goal, IsNormalizesToHack, NoSolution, QueryInput,
+    QueryResult,
 };
 use crate::ty;
 use format::ProofTreeFormatter;
@@ -7,26 +8,30 @@ use std::fmt::{Debug, Write};
 
 mod format;
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum CacheHit {
     Provisional,
     Global,
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct GoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
     pub uncanonicalized_goal: Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>,
-    pub canonicalized_goal: CanonicalInput<'tcx>,
-
-    pub kind: GoalEvaluationKind<'tcx>,
     pub is_normalizes_to_hack: IsNormalizesToHack,
+    pub evaluation: CanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx>,
     pub returned_goals: Vec<Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>>,
+}
 
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
+    pub goal: CanonicalInput<'tcx>,
+    pub kind: GoalEvaluationKind<'tcx>,
     pub result: QueryResult<'tcx>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum GoalEvaluationKind<'tcx> {
+    Overflow,
     CacheHit(CacheHit),
     Uncached { revisions: Vec<GoalEvaluationStep<'tcx>> },
 }
@@ -36,55 +41,50 @@ impl Debug for GoalEvaluation<'_> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct AddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx> {
     pub evaluations: Vec<Vec<GoalEvaluation<'tcx>>>,
     pub result: Result<Certainty, NoSolution>,
 }
-impl Debug for AddedGoalsEvaluation<'_> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        ProofTreeFormatter::new(f).format_nested_goal_evaluation(self)
-    }
-}
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct GoalEvaluationStep<'tcx> {
     pub instantiated_goal: QueryInput<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>,
 
-    pub nested_goal_evaluations: Vec<AddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>>,
-    pub candidates: Vec<GoalCandidate<'tcx>>,
-
-    pub result: QueryResult<'tcx>,
-}
-impl Debug for GoalEvaluationStep<'_> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        ProofTreeFormatter::new(f).format_evaluation_step(self)
-    }
+    /// The actual evaluation of the goal, always `ProbeKind::Root`.
+    pub evaluation: GoalCandidate<'tcx>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct GoalCandidate<'tcx> {
-    pub nested_goal_evaluations: Vec<AddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>>,
+    pub added_goals_evaluations: Vec<AddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>>,
     pub candidates: Vec<GoalCandidate<'tcx>>,
-    pub kind: CandidateKind<'tcx>,
+    pub kind: ProbeKind<'tcx>,
+}
+
+impl Debug for GoalCandidate<'_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        ProofTreeFormatter::new(f).format_candidate(self)
+    }
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Hash, HashStable)]
-pub enum CandidateKind<'tcx> {
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ProbeKind<'tcx> {
+    /// The root inference context while proving a goal.
+    Root { result: QueryResult<'tcx> },
     /// Probe entered when normalizing the self ty during candidate assembly
     NormalizedSelfTyAssembly,
-    /// A normal candidate for proving a goal
-    Candidate { name: String, result: QueryResult<'tcx> },
+    /// Some candidate to prove the current goal.
+    ///
+    /// FIXME: Remove this in favor of always using more strongly typed variants.
+    MiscCandidate { name: &'static str, result: QueryResult<'tcx> },
+    /// A candidate for proving a trait or alias-relate goal.
+    TraitCandidate { source: CandidateSource, result: QueryResult<'tcx> },
     /// Used in the probe that wraps normalizing the non-self type for the unsize
     /// trait, which is also structurally matched on.
     UnsizeAssembly,
     /// During upcasting from some source object to target object type, used to
     /// do a probe to find out what projection type(s) may be used to prove that
     /// the source type upholds all of the target type's object bounds.
-    UpcastProbe,
-}
-impl Debug for GoalCandidate<'_> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        ProofTreeFormatter::new(f).format_candidate(self)
-    }
+    UpcastProjectionCompatibility,
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect/format.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect/format.rs
index 8759fecb05a2d..d916e80a625d0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect/format.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/solve/inspect/format.rs
@@ -39,44 +39,52 @@ impl<'a, 'b> ProofTreeFormatter<'a, 'b> {
         func(&mut ProofTreeFormatter { f: &mut Indentor { f: self.f, on_newline: true } })
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn format_goal_evaluation(&mut self, goal: &GoalEvaluation<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let goal_text = match goal.is_normalizes_to_hack {
+    pub(super) fn format_goal_evaluation(&mut self, eval: &GoalEvaluation<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let goal_text = match eval.is_normalizes_to_hack {
             IsNormalizesToHack::Yes => "NORMALIZES-TO HACK GOAL",
             IsNormalizesToHack::No => "GOAL",
         };
+        writeln!(self.f, "{}: {:?}", goal_text, eval.uncanonicalized_goal)?;
+        self.nested(|this| this.format_canonical_goal_evaluation(&eval.evaluation))?;
+        if eval.returned_goals.len() > 0 {
+            writeln!(self.f, "NESTED GOALS ADDED TO CALLER: [")?;
+            self.nested(|this| {
+                for goal in eval.returned_goals.iter() {
+                    writeln!(this.f, "ADDED GOAL: {goal:?},")?;
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            })?;
+
+            writeln!(self.f, "]")
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
 
-        writeln!(self.f, "{}: {:?}", goal_text, goal.uncanonicalized_goal)?;
-        writeln!(self.f, "CANONICALIZED: {:?}", goal.canonicalized_goal)?;
+    pub(super) fn format_canonical_goal_evaluation(
+        &mut self,
+        eval: &CanonicalGoalEvaluation<'_>,
+    ) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        writeln!(self.f, "GOAL: {:?}", eval.goal)?;
 
-        match &goal.kind {
+        match &eval.kind {
+            GoalEvaluationKind::Overflow => {
+                writeln!(self.f, "OVERFLOW: {:?}", eval.result)
+            }
             GoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(CacheHit::Global) => {
-                writeln!(self.f, "GLOBAL CACHE HIT: {:?}", goal.result)
+                writeln!(self.f, "GLOBAL CACHE HIT: {:?}", eval.result)
             }
             GoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(CacheHit::Provisional) => {
-                writeln!(self.f, "PROVISIONAL CACHE HIT: {:?}", goal.result)
+                writeln!(self.f, "PROVISIONAL CACHE HIT: {:?}", eval.result)
             }
             GoalEvaluationKind::Uncached { revisions } => {
                 for (n, step) in revisions.iter().enumerate() {
-                    writeln!(self.f, "REVISION {n}: {:?}", step.result)?;
+                    writeln!(self.f, "REVISION {n}")?;
                     self.nested(|this| this.format_evaluation_step(step))?;
                 }
-                writeln!(self.f, "RESULT: {:?}", goal.result)
+                writeln!(self.f, "RESULT: {:?}", eval.result)
             }
-        }?;
-
-        if goal.returned_goals.len() > 0 {
-            writeln!(self.f, "NESTED GOALS ADDED TO CALLER: [")?;
-            self.nested(|this| {
-                for goal in goal.returned_goals.iter() {
-                    writeln!(this.f, "ADDED GOAL: {goal:?},")?;
-                }
-                Ok(())
-            })?;
-
-            writeln!(self.f, "]")?;
         }
-
-        Ok(())
     }
 
     pub(super) fn format_evaluation_step(
@@ -84,54 +92,52 @@ impl<'a, 'b> ProofTreeFormatter<'a, 'b> {
         evaluation_step: &GoalEvaluationStep<'_>,
     ) -> std::fmt::Result {
         writeln!(self.f, "INSTANTIATED: {:?}", evaluation_step.instantiated_goal)?;
-
-        for candidate in &evaluation_step.candidates {
-            self.nested(|this| this.format_candidate(candidate))?;
-        }
-        for nested in &evaluation_step.nested_goal_evaluations {
-            self.nested(|this| this.format_nested_goal_evaluation(nested))?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
+        self.format_candidate(&evaluation_step.evaluation)
     }
 
     pub(super) fn format_candidate(&mut self, candidate: &GoalCandidate<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match &candidate.kind {
-            CandidateKind::NormalizedSelfTyAssembly => {
+            ProbeKind::Root { result } => {
+                writeln!(self.f, "ROOT RESULT: {result:?}")
+            }
+            ProbeKind::NormalizedSelfTyAssembly => {
                 writeln!(self.f, "NORMALIZING SELF TY FOR ASSEMBLY:")
             }
-            CandidateKind::UnsizeAssembly => {
+            ProbeKind::UnsizeAssembly => {
                 writeln!(self.f, "ASSEMBLING CANDIDATES FOR UNSIZING:")
             }
-            CandidateKind::UpcastProbe => {
+            ProbeKind::UpcastProjectionCompatibility => {
                 writeln!(self.f, "PROBING FOR PROJECTION COMPATIBILITY FOR UPCASTING:")
             }
-            CandidateKind::Candidate { name, result } => {
+            ProbeKind::MiscCandidate { name, result } => {
                 writeln!(self.f, "CANDIDATE {name}: {result:?}")
             }
+            ProbeKind::TraitCandidate { source, result } => {
+                writeln!(self.f, "CANDIDATE {source:?}: {result:?}")
+            }
         }?;
 
         self.nested(|this| {
             for candidate in &candidate.candidates {
                 this.format_candidate(candidate)?;
             }
-            for nested in &candidate.nested_goal_evaluations {
-                this.format_nested_goal_evaluation(nested)?;
+            for nested in &candidate.added_goals_evaluations {
+                this.format_added_goals_evaluation(nested)?;
             }
             Ok(())
         })
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn format_nested_goal_evaluation(
+    pub(super) fn format_added_goals_evaluation(
         &mut self,
-        nested_goal_evaluation: &AddedGoalsEvaluation<'_>,
+        added_goals_evaluation: &AddedGoalsEvaluation<'_>,
     ) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        writeln!(self.f, "TRY_EVALUATE_ADDED_GOALS: {:?}", nested_goal_evaluation.result)?;
+        writeln!(self.f, "TRY_EVALUATE_ADDED_GOALS: {:?}", added_goals_evaluation.result)?;
 
-        for (n, revision) in nested_goal_evaluation.evaluations.iter().enumerate() {
-            writeln!(self.f, "REVISION {n}")?;
+        for (n, iterations) in added_goals_evaluation.evaluations.iter().enumerate() {
+            writeln!(self.f, "ITERATION {n}")?;
             self.nested(|this| {
-                for goal_evaluation in revision {
+                for goal_evaluation in iterations {
                     this.format_goal_evaluation(goal_evaluation)?;
                 }
                 Ok(())
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/alias_relate.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/alias_relate.rs
index 6b839d64b87ca..f7031c5f4933e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/alias_relate.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/alias_relate.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         direction: ty::AliasRelationDirection,
         invert: Invert,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
-        self.probe_candidate("normalizes-to").enter(|ecx| {
+        self.probe_misc_candidate("normalizes-to").enter(|ecx| {
             ecx.normalizes_to_inner(param_env, alias, other, direction, invert)?;
             ecx.evaluate_added_goals_and_make_canonical_response(Certainty::Yes)
         })
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         alias_rhs: ty::AliasTy<'tcx>,
         direction: ty::AliasRelationDirection,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
-        self.probe_candidate("args relate").enter(|ecx| {
+        self.probe_misc_candidate("args relate").enter(|ecx| {
             match direction {
                 ty::AliasRelationDirection::Equate => {
                     ecx.eq(param_env, alias_lhs, alias_rhs)?;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         rhs: ty::Term<'tcx>,
         direction: ty::AliasRelationDirection,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
-        self.probe_candidate("bidir normalizes-to").enter(|ecx| {
+        self.probe_misc_candidate("bidir normalizes-to").enter(|ecx| {
             ecx.normalizes_to_inner(
                 param_env,
                 lhs.to_alias_ty(ecx.tcx()).unwrap(),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs
index 36194f973b572..128b9ad7e472b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ use crate::traits::coherence;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_infer::traits::query::NoSolution;
 use rustc_infer::traits::Reveal;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::CandidateKind;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{CanonicalResponse, Certainty, Goal, QueryResult};
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::ProbeKind;
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{
+    CandidateSource, CanonicalResponse, Certainty, Goal, QueryResult,
+};
 use rustc_middle::traits::BuiltinImplSource;
 use rustc_middle::ty::fast_reject::{SimplifiedType, TreatParams};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt};
@@ -27,66 +29,6 @@ pub(super) struct Candidate<'tcx> {
     pub(super) result: CanonicalResponse<'tcx>,
 }
 
-/// Possible ways the given goal can be proven.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub(super) enum CandidateSource {
-    /// A user written impl.
-    ///
-    /// ## Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```rust
-    /// fn main() {
-    ///     let x: Vec<u32> = Vec::new();
-    ///     // This uses the impl from the standard library to prove `Vec<T>: Clone`.
-    ///     let y = x.clone();
-    /// }
-    /// ```
-    Impl(DefId),
-    /// A builtin impl generated by the compiler. When adding a new special
-    /// trait, try to use actual impls whenever possible. Builtin impls should
-    /// only be used in cases where the impl cannot be manually be written.
-    ///
-    /// Notable examples are auto traits, `Sized`, and `DiscriminantKind`.
-    /// For a list of all traits with builtin impls, check out the
-    /// [`EvalCtxt::assemble_builtin_impl_candidates`] method. Not
-    BuiltinImpl(BuiltinImplSource),
-    /// An assumption from the environment.
-    ///
-    /// More precisely we've used the `n-th` assumption in the `param_env`.
-    ///
-    /// ## Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```rust
-    /// fn is_clone<T: Clone>(x: T) -> (T, T) {
-    ///     // This uses the assumption `T: Clone` from the `where`-bounds
-    ///     // to prove `T: Clone`.
-    ///     (x.clone(), x)
-    /// }
-    /// ```
-    ParamEnv(usize),
-    /// If the self type is an alias type, e.g. an opaque type or a projection,
-    /// we know the bounds on that alias to hold even without knowing its concrete
-    /// underlying type.
-    ///
-    /// More precisely this candidate is using the `n-th` bound in the `item_bounds` of
-    /// the self type.
-    ///
-    /// ## Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```rust
-    /// trait Trait {
-    ///     type Assoc: Clone;
-    /// }
-    ///
-    /// fn foo<T: Trait>(x: <T as Trait>::Assoc) {
-    ///     // We prove `<T as Trait>::Assoc` by looking at the bounds on `Assoc` in
-    ///     // in the trait definition.
-    ///     let _y = x.clone();
-    /// }
-    /// ```
-    AliasBound,
-}
-
 /// Methods used to assemble candidates for either trait or projection goals.
 pub(super) trait GoalKind<'tcx>:
     TypeFoldable<TyCtxt<'tcx>> + Copy + Eq + std::fmt::Display
@@ -399,7 +341,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         let tcx = self.tcx();
         let &ty::Alias(_, projection_ty) = goal.predicate.self_ty().kind() else { return };
 
-        candidates.extend(self.probe(|_| CandidateKind::NormalizedSelfTyAssembly).enter(|ecx| {
+        candidates.extend(self.probe(|_| ProbeKind::NormalizedSelfTyAssembly).enter(|ecx| {
             if num_steps < ecx.local_overflow_limit() {
                 let normalized_ty = ecx.next_ty_infer();
                 let normalizes_to_goal = goal.with(
@@ -910,7 +852,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
             SolverMode::Coherence => {}
         };
 
-        let result = self.probe_candidate("coherence unknowable").enter(|ecx| {
+        let result = self.probe_misc_candidate("coherence unknowable").enter(|ecx| {
             let trait_ref = goal.predicate.trait_ref(tcx);
 
             #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs
index 63ae83c8ef4a2..307c0516f703a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
         search_graph: &'a mut search_graph::SearchGraph<'tcx>,
         canonical_input: CanonicalInput<'tcx>,
-        goal_evaluation: &mut ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>,
+        canonical_goal_evaluation: &mut ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>,
         f: impl FnOnce(&mut EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx>, Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>) -> R,
     ) -> R {
         let intercrate = match search_graph.solver_mode() {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             search_graph,
             nested_goals: NestedGoals::new(),
             tainted: Ok(()),
-            inspect: goal_evaluation.new_goal_evaluation_step(input),
+            inspect: canonical_goal_evaluation.new_goal_evaluation_step(input),
         };
 
         for &(key, ty) in &input.predefined_opaques_in_body.opaque_types {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
 
         let result = f(&mut ecx, input.goal);
 
-        goal_evaluation.goal_evaluation_step(ecx.inspect);
+        canonical_goal_evaluation.goal_evaluation_step(ecx.inspect);
 
         // When creating a query response we clone the opaque type constraints
         // instead of taking them. This would cause an ICE here, since we have
@@ -302,24 +302,25 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
         search_graph: &'a mut search_graph::SearchGraph<'tcx>,
         canonical_input: CanonicalInput<'tcx>,
-        mut goal_evaluation: &mut ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>,
+        goal_evaluation: &mut ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
-        goal_evaluation.canonicalized_goal(canonical_input);
+        let mut canonical_goal_evaluation =
+            goal_evaluation.new_canonical_goal_evaluation(canonical_input);
 
         // Deal with overflow, caching, and coinduction.
         //
         // The actual solver logic happens in `ecx.compute_goal`.
-        ensure_sufficient_stack(|| {
+        let result = ensure_sufficient_stack(|| {
             search_graph.with_new_goal(
                 tcx,
                 canonical_input,
-                goal_evaluation,
-                |search_graph, goal_evaluation| {
+                &mut canonical_goal_evaluation,
+                |search_graph, canonical_goal_evaluation| {
                     EvalCtxt::enter_canonical(
                         tcx,
                         search_graph,
                         canonical_input,
-                        goal_evaluation,
+                        canonical_goal_evaluation,
                         |ecx, goal| {
                             let result = ecx.compute_goal(goal);
                             ecx.inspect.query_result(result);
@@ -328,7 +329,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     )
                 },
             )
-        })
+        });
+
+        canonical_goal_evaluation.query_result(result);
+        goal_evaluation.canonical_goal_evaluation(canonical_goal_evaluation);
+        result
     }
 
     /// Recursively evaluates `goal`, returning whether any inference vars have
@@ -347,7 +352,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             canonical_goal,
             &mut goal_evaluation,
         );
-        goal_evaluation.query_result(canonical_response);
         let canonical_response = match canonical_response {
             Err(e) => {
                 self.inspect.goal_evaluation(goal_evaluation);
@@ -916,7 +920,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
             if candidate_key.def_id != key.def_id {
                 continue;
             }
-            values.extend(self.probe_candidate("opaque type storage").enter(|ecx| {
+            values.extend(self.probe_misc_candidate("opaque type storage").enter(|ecx| {
                 for (a, b) in std::iter::zip(candidate_key.args, key.args) {
                     ecx.eq(param_env, a, b)?;
                 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/probe.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/probe.rs
index 317c43baf8f51..f88cfbac3f3eb 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/probe.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/probe.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::EvalCtxt;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{inspect, QueryResult};
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{inspect, CandidateSource, QueryResult};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 pub(in crate::solve) struct ProbeCtxt<'me, 'a, 'tcx, F, T> {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub(in crate::solve) struct ProbeCtxt<'me, 'a, 'tcx, F, T> {
 
 impl<'tcx, F, T> ProbeCtxt<'_, '_, 'tcx, F, T>
 where
-    F: FnOnce(&T) -> inspect::CandidateKind<'tcx>,
+    F: FnOnce(&T) -> inspect::ProbeKind<'tcx>,
 {
     pub(in crate::solve) fn enter(self, f: impl FnOnce(&mut EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx>) -> T) -> T {
         let ProbeCtxt { ecx: outer_ecx, probe_kind, _result } = self;
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ where
         };
         let r = nested_ecx.infcx.probe(|_| f(&mut nested_ecx));
         if !outer_ecx.inspect.is_noop() {
-            let cand_kind = probe_kind(&r);
-            nested_ecx.inspect.candidate_kind(cand_kind);
+            let probe_kind = probe_kind(&r);
+            nested_ecx.inspect.probe_kind(probe_kind);
             outer_ecx.inspect.goal_candidate(nested_ecx.inspect);
         }
         r
@@ -41,25 +41,45 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
     /// as expensive as necessary to output the desired information.
     pub(in crate::solve) fn probe<F, T>(&mut self, probe_kind: F) -> ProbeCtxt<'_, 'a, 'tcx, F, T>
     where
-        F: FnOnce(&T) -> inspect::CandidateKind<'tcx>,
+        F: FnOnce(&T) -> inspect::ProbeKind<'tcx>,
     {
         ProbeCtxt { ecx: self, probe_kind, _result: PhantomData }
     }
 
-    pub(in crate::solve) fn probe_candidate(
+    pub(in crate::solve) fn probe_misc_candidate(
         &mut self,
         name: &'static str,
     ) -> ProbeCtxt<
         '_,
         'a,
         'tcx,
-        impl FnOnce(&QueryResult<'tcx>) -> inspect::CandidateKind<'tcx>,
+        impl FnOnce(&QueryResult<'tcx>) -> inspect::ProbeKind<'tcx>,
         QueryResult<'tcx>,
     > {
         ProbeCtxt {
             ecx: self,
-            probe_kind: move |result: &QueryResult<'tcx>| inspect::CandidateKind::Candidate {
-                name: name.to_string(),
+            probe_kind: move |result: &QueryResult<'tcx>| inspect::ProbeKind::MiscCandidate {
+                name,
+                result: *result,
+            },
+            _result: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(in crate::solve) fn probe_trait_candidate(
+        &mut self,
+        source: CandidateSource,
+    ) -> ProbeCtxt<
+        '_,
+        'a,
+        'tcx,
+        impl FnOnce(&QueryResult<'tcx>) -> inspect::ProbeKind<'tcx>,
+        QueryResult<'tcx>,
+    > {
+        ProbeCtxt {
+            ecx: self,
+            probe_kind: move |result: &QueryResult<'tcx>| inspect::ProbeKind::TraitCandidate {
+                source,
                 result: *result,
             },
             _result: PhantomData,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/select.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/select.rs
index 42d7a587cac4a..315df06be417c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/select.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/select.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ use rustc_infer::infer::{DefineOpaqueTypes, InferCtxt};
 use rustc_infer::traits::{
     Obligation, PolyTraitObligation, PredicateObligation, Selection, SelectionResult, TraitEngine,
 };
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{CanonicalInput, Certainty, Goal};
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{CandidateSource, CanonicalInput, Certainty, Goal};
 use rustc_middle::traits::{
     BuiltinImplSource, ImplSource, ImplSourceUserDefinedData, ObligationCause, SelectionError,
 };
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt};
 use rustc_span::DUMMY_SP;
 
-use crate::solve::assembly::{Candidate, CandidateSource};
+use crate::solve::assembly::Candidate;
 use crate::solve::eval_ctxt::{EvalCtxt, GenerateProofTree};
 use crate::solve::inspect::ProofTreeBuilder;
 use crate::traits::StructurallyNormalizeExt;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/inspect.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/inspect.rs
index cda68396321ce..46025da768326 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/inspect.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/inspect.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_middle::traits::query::NoSolution;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::{self, CacheHit, CandidateKind};
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::{self, CacheHit, ProbeKind};
 use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{
     CanonicalInput, Certainty, Goal, IsNormalizesToHack, QueryInput, QueryResult,
 };
@@ -9,43 +9,60 @@ use rustc_session::config::DumpSolverProofTree;
 use super::eval_ctxt::UseGlobalCache;
 use super::GenerateProofTree;
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct WipGoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
     pub uncanonicalized_goal: Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>,
-    pub canonicalized_goal: Option<CanonicalInput<'tcx>>,
-
-    pub evaluation_steps: Vec<WipGoalEvaluationStep<'tcx>>,
-
-    pub cache_hit: Option<CacheHit>,
+    pub evaluation: Option<WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx>>,
     pub is_normalizes_to_hack: IsNormalizesToHack,
     pub returned_goals: Vec<Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>>,
-
-    pub result: Option<QueryResult<'tcx>>,
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> WipGoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
     pub fn finalize(self) -> inspect::GoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
         inspect::GoalEvaluation {
             uncanonicalized_goal: self.uncanonicalized_goal,
-            canonicalized_goal: self.canonicalized_goal.unwrap(),
-            kind: match self.cache_hit {
-                Some(hit) => inspect::GoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(hit),
-                None => inspect::GoalEvaluationKind::Uncached {
-                    revisions: self
-                        .evaluation_steps
-                        .into_iter()
-                        .map(WipGoalEvaluationStep::finalize)
-                        .collect(),
-                },
-            },
+            evaluation: self.evaluation.unwrap().finalize(),
             is_normalizes_to_hack: self.is_normalizes_to_hack,
             returned_goals: self.returned_goals,
-            result: self.result.unwrap(),
         }
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub enum WipGoalEvaluationKind {
+    Overflow,
+    CacheHit(CacheHit),
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub struct WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
+    pub goal: CanonicalInput<'tcx>,
+    pub kind: Option<WipGoalEvaluationKind>,
+    pub revisions: Vec<WipGoalEvaluationStep<'tcx>>,
+    pub result: Option<QueryResult<'tcx>>,
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
+    pub fn finalize(self) -> inspect::CanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx> {
+        let kind = match self.kind {
+            Some(WipGoalEvaluationKind::Overflow) => inspect::GoalEvaluationKind::Overflow,
+            Some(WipGoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(hit)) => {
+                inspect::GoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(hit)
+            }
+            None => inspect::GoalEvaluationKind::Uncached {
+                revisions: self
+                    .revisions
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(WipGoalEvaluationStep::finalize)
+                    .collect(),
+            },
+        };
+
+        inspect::CanonicalGoalEvaluation { goal: self.goal, kind, result: self.result.unwrap() }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx> {
     pub evaluations: Vec<Vec<WipGoalEvaluation<'tcx>>>,
     pub result: Option<Result<Certainty, NoSolution>>,
@@ -66,43 +83,36 @@ impl<'tcx> WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct WipGoalEvaluationStep<'tcx> {
     pub instantiated_goal: QueryInput<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>,
 
-    pub nested_goal_evaluations: Vec<WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>>,
-    pub candidates: Vec<WipGoalCandidate<'tcx>>,
-
-    pub result: Option<QueryResult<'tcx>>,
+    pub evaluation: WipGoalCandidate<'tcx>,
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> WipGoalEvaluationStep<'tcx> {
     pub fn finalize(self) -> inspect::GoalEvaluationStep<'tcx> {
-        inspect::GoalEvaluationStep {
-            instantiated_goal: self.instantiated_goal,
-            nested_goal_evaluations: self
-                .nested_goal_evaluations
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(WipAddedGoalsEvaluation::finalize)
-                .collect(),
-            candidates: self.candidates.into_iter().map(WipGoalCandidate::finalize).collect(),
-            result: self.result.unwrap(),
+        let evaluation = self.evaluation.finalize();
+        match evaluation.kind {
+            ProbeKind::Root { .. } => (),
+            _ => unreachable!("unexpected root evaluation: {evaluation:?}"),
         }
+        inspect::GoalEvaluationStep { instantiated_goal: self.instantiated_goal, evaluation }
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Hash, HashStable)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct WipGoalCandidate<'tcx> {
-    pub nested_goal_evaluations: Vec<WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>>,
+    pub added_goals_evaluations: Vec<WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>>,
     pub candidates: Vec<WipGoalCandidate<'tcx>>,
-    pub kind: Option<CandidateKind<'tcx>>,
+    pub kind: Option<ProbeKind<'tcx>>,
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> WipGoalCandidate<'tcx> {
     pub fn finalize(self) -> inspect::GoalCandidate<'tcx> {
         inspect::GoalCandidate {
-            nested_goal_evaluations: self
-                .nested_goal_evaluations
+            added_goals_evaluations: self
+                .added_goals_evaluations
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(WipAddedGoalsEvaluation::finalize)
                 .collect(),
@@ -116,6 +126,7 @@ impl<'tcx> WipGoalCandidate<'tcx> {
 pub enum DebugSolver<'tcx> {
     Root,
     GoalEvaluation(WipGoalEvaluation<'tcx>),
+    CanonicalGoalEvaluation(WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx>),
     AddedGoalsEvaluation(WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>),
     GoalEvaluationStep(WipGoalEvaluationStep<'tcx>),
     GoalCandidate(WipGoalCandidate<'tcx>),
@@ -127,6 +138,12 @@ impl<'tcx> From<WipGoalEvaluation<'tcx>> for DebugSolver<'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'tcx> From<WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx>> for DebugSolver<'tcx> {
+    fn from(g: WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation<'tcx>) -> DebugSolver<'tcx> {
+        DebugSolver::CanonicalGoalEvaluation(g)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'tcx> From<WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>> for DebugSolver<'tcx> {
     fn from(g: WipAddedGoalsEvaluation<'tcx>) -> DebugSolver<'tcx> {
         DebugSolver::AddedGoalsEvaluation(g)
@@ -164,11 +181,11 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn nested(&self, state: impl Into<DebugSolver<'tcx>>) -> Self {
+    fn nested<T: Into<DebugSolver<'tcx>>>(&self, state: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> Self {
         match &self.state {
             Some(prev_state) => Self {
                 state: Some(Box::new(BuilderData {
-                    tree: state.into(),
+                    tree: state().into(),
                     use_global_cache: prev_state.use_global_cache,
                 })),
             },
@@ -237,37 +254,43 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
         goal: Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>,
         is_normalizes_to_hack: IsNormalizesToHack,
     ) -> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
-        if self.state.is_none() {
-            return ProofTreeBuilder { state: None };
-        }
-
-        self.nested(WipGoalEvaluation {
+        self.nested(|| WipGoalEvaluation {
             uncanonicalized_goal: goal,
-            canonicalized_goal: None,
-            evaluation_steps: vec![],
+            evaluation: None,
             is_normalizes_to_hack,
-            cache_hit: None,
             returned_goals: vec![],
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_canonical_goal_evaluation(
+        &mut self,
+        goal: CanonicalInput<'tcx>,
+    ) -> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
+        self.nested(|| WipCanonicalGoalEvaluation {
+            goal,
+            kind: None,
+            revisions: vec![],
             result: None,
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn canonicalized_goal(&mut self, canonical_goal: CanonicalInput<'tcx>) {
+    pub fn canonical_goal_evaluation(&mut self, canonical_goal_evaluation: ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>) {
         if let Some(this) = self.as_mut() {
-            match this {
-                DebugSolver::GoalEvaluation(goal_evaluation) => {
-                    assert_eq!(goal_evaluation.canonicalized_goal.replace(canonical_goal), None);
-                }
+            match (this, canonical_goal_evaluation.state.unwrap().tree) {
+                (
+                    DebugSolver::GoalEvaluation(goal_evaluation),
+                    DebugSolver::CanonicalGoalEvaluation(canonical_goal_evaluation),
+                ) => goal_evaluation.evaluation = Some(canonical_goal_evaluation),
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             }
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn cache_hit(&mut self, cache_hit: CacheHit) {
+    pub fn goal_evaluation_kind(&mut self, kind: WipGoalEvaluationKind) {
         if let Some(this) = self.as_mut() {
             match this {
-                DebugSolver::GoalEvaluation(goal_evaluation) => {
-                    assert_eq!(goal_evaluation.cache_hit.replace(cache_hit), None);
+                DebugSolver::CanonicalGoalEvaluation(canonical_goal_evaluation) => {
+                    assert_eq!(canonical_goal_evaluation.kind.replace(kind), None);
                 }
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             };
@@ -304,22 +327,23 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
         &mut self,
         instantiated_goal: QueryInput<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>,
     ) -> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
-        if self.state.is_none() {
-            return ProofTreeBuilder { state: None };
-        }
-
-        self.nested(WipGoalEvaluationStep {
+        self.nested(|| WipGoalEvaluationStep {
             instantiated_goal,
-            nested_goal_evaluations: vec![],
-            candidates: vec![],
-            result: None,
+            evaluation: WipGoalCandidate {
+                added_goals_evaluations: vec![],
+                candidates: vec![],
+                kind: None,
+            },
         })
     }
-    pub fn goal_evaluation_step(&mut self, goal_eval_step: ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>) {
+    pub fn goal_evaluation_step(&mut self, goal_evaluation_step: ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>) {
         if let Some(this) = self.as_mut() {
-            match (this, goal_eval_step.state.unwrap().tree) {
-                (DebugSolver::GoalEvaluation(goal_eval), DebugSolver::GoalEvaluationStep(step)) => {
-                    goal_eval.evaluation_steps.push(step);
+            match (this, goal_evaluation_step.state.unwrap().tree) {
+                (
+                    DebugSolver::CanonicalGoalEvaluation(canonical_goal_evaluations),
+                    DebugSolver::GoalEvaluationStep(goal_evaluation_step),
+                ) => {
+                    canonical_goal_evaluations.revisions.push(goal_evaluation_step);
                 }
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             }
@@ -327,22 +351,18 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
     }
 
     pub fn new_goal_candidate(&mut self) -> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
-        if self.state.is_none() {
-            return ProofTreeBuilder { state: None };
-        }
-
-        self.nested(WipGoalCandidate {
-            nested_goal_evaluations: vec![],
+        self.nested(|| WipGoalCandidate {
+            added_goals_evaluations: vec![],
             candidates: vec![],
             kind: None,
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn candidate_kind(&mut self, candidate_kind: CandidateKind<'tcx>) {
+    pub fn probe_kind(&mut self, probe_kind: ProbeKind<'tcx>) {
         if let Some(this) = self.as_mut() {
             match this {
                 DebugSolver::GoalCandidate(this) => {
-                    assert_eq!(this.kind.replace(candidate_kind), None)
+                    assert_eq!(this.kind.replace(probe_kind), None)
                 }
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             }
@@ -354,7 +374,10 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
             match (this, candidate.state.unwrap().tree) {
                 (
                     DebugSolver::GoalCandidate(WipGoalCandidate { candidates, .. })
-                    | DebugSolver::GoalEvaluationStep(WipGoalEvaluationStep { candidates, .. }),
+                    | DebugSolver::GoalEvaluationStep(WipGoalEvaluationStep {
+                        evaluation: WipGoalCandidate { candidates, .. },
+                        ..
+                    }),
                     DebugSolver::GoalCandidate(candidate),
                 ) => candidates.push(candidate),
                 _ => unreachable!(),
@@ -363,11 +386,7 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
     }
 
     pub fn new_evaluate_added_goals(&mut self) -> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
-        if self.state.is_none() {
-            return ProofTreeBuilder { state: None };
-        }
-
-        self.nested(WipAddedGoalsEvaluation { evaluations: vec![], result: None })
+        self.nested(|| WipAddedGoalsEvaluation { evaluations: vec![], result: None })
     }
 
     pub fn evaluate_added_goals_loop_start(&mut self) {
@@ -392,19 +411,19 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn added_goals_evaluation(&mut self, goals_evaluation: ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>) {
+    pub fn added_goals_evaluation(&mut self, added_goals_evaluation: ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx>) {
         if let Some(this) = self.as_mut() {
-            match (this, goals_evaluation.state.unwrap().tree) {
+            match (this, added_goals_evaluation.state.unwrap().tree) {
                 (
                     DebugSolver::GoalEvaluationStep(WipGoalEvaluationStep {
-                        nested_goal_evaluations,
+                        evaluation: WipGoalCandidate { added_goals_evaluations, .. },
                         ..
                     })
                     | DebugSolver::GoalCandidate(WipGoalCandidate {
-                        nested_goal_evaluations, ..
+                        added_goals_evaluations, ..
                     }),
                     DebugSolver::AddedGoalsEvaluation(added_goals_evaluation),
-                ) => nested_goal_evaluations.push(added_goals_evaluation),
+                ) => added_goals_evaluations.push(added_goals_evaluation),
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             }
         }
@@ -413,15 +432,16 @@ impl<'tcx> ProofTreeBuilder<'tcx> {
     pub fn query_result(&mut self, result: QueryResult<'tcx>) {
         if let Some(this) = self.as_mut() {
             match this {
-                DebugSolver::GoalEvaluation(goal_evaluation) => {
-                    assert_eq!(goal_evaluation.result.replace(result), None);
+                DebugSolver::CanonicalGoalEvaluation(canonical_goal_evaluation) => {
+                    assert_eq!(canonical_goal_evaluation.result.replace(result), None);
                 }
                 DebugSolver::GoalEvaluationStep(evaluation_step) => {
-                    assert_eq!(evaluation_step.result.replace(result), None);
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        evaluation_step.evaluation.kind.replace(ProbeKind::Root { result }),
+                        None
+                    );
                 }
-                DebugSolver::Root
-                | DebugSolver::AddedGoalsEvaluation(_)
-                | DebugSolver::GoalCandidate(_) => unreachable!(),
+                _ => unreachable!(),
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs
index 75a99f799a24c..c492408bc7630 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
 
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, goals))]
     fn add_goals(&mut self, goals: impl IntoIterator<Item = Goal<'tcx, ty::Predicate<'tcx>>>) {
-        let current_len = self.nested_goals.goals.len();
-        self.nested_goals.goals.extend(goals);
-        debug!("added_goals={:?}", &self.nested_goals.goals[current_len..]);
+        for goal in goals {
+            self.add_goal(goal);
+        }
     }
 
     /// Try to merge multiple possible ways to prove a goal, if that is not possible returns `None`.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/project_goals.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/project_goals.rs
index df094af4f1f1a..3fe914e50be11 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/project_goals.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/project_goals.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ use rustc_hir::LangItem;
 use rustc_infer::traits::query::NoSolution;
 use rustc_infer::traits::specialization_graph::LeafDef;
 use rustc_infer::traits::Reveal;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::CandidateKind;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{CanonicalResponse, Certainty, Goal, QueryResult};
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{
+    CandidateSource, CanonicalResponse, Certainty, Goal, QueryResult,
+};
 use rustc_middle::traits::BuiltinImplSource;
 use rustc_middle::ty::fast_reject::{DeepRejectCtxt, TreatParams};
 use rustc_middle::ty::ProjectionPredicate;
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for ProjectionPredicate<'tcx> {
         if let Some(projection_pred) = assumption.as_projection_clause() {
             if projection_pred.projection_def_id() == goal.predicate.def_id() {
                 let tcx = ecx.tcx();
-                ecx.probe_candidate("assumption").enter(|ecx| {
+                ecx.probe_misc_candidate("assumption").enter(|ecx| {
                     let assumption_projection_pred =
                         ecx.instantiate_binder_with_infer(projection_pred);
                     ecx.eq(
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for ProjectionPredicate<'tcx> {
             return Err(NoSolution);
         }
 
-        ecx.probe(|r| CandidateKind::Candidate { name: "impl".into(), result: *r }).enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe_trait_candidate(CandidateSource::Impl(impl_def_id)).enter(|ecx| {
             let impl_args = ecx.fresh_args_for_item(impl_def_id);
             let impl_trait_ref = impl_trait_ref.instantiate(tcx, impl_args);
 
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for ProjectionPredicate<'tcx> {
         goal: Goal<'tcx, Self>,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
         let tcx = ecx.tcx();
-        ecx.probe_candidate("builtin pointee").enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe_misc_candidate("builtin pointee").enter(|ecx| {
             let metadata_ty = match goal.predicate.self_ty().kind() {
                 ty::Bool
                 | ty::Char
@@ -578,7 +579,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for ProjectionPredicate<'tcx> {
             ),
         };
 
-        ecx.probe_candidate("builtin discriminant kind").enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe_misc_candidate("builtin discriminant kind").enter(|ecx| {
             ecx.eq(goal.param_env, goal.predicate.term, discriminant_ty.into())
                 .expect("expected goal term to be fully unconstrained");
             ecx.evaluate_added_goals_and_make_canonical_response(Certainty::Yes)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs
index 52a11abd545d1..c816b51f67acd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod cache;
 
 use self::cache::ProvisionalEntry;
+use super::inspect;
 use super::inspect::ProofTreeBuilder;
 use super::SolverMode;
 use cache::ProvisionalCache;
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ impl<'tcx> SearchGraph<'tcx> {
             if let Some(last) = self.stack.raw.last_mut() {
                 last.encountered_overflow = true;
             }
+
+            inspect.goal_evaluation_kind(inspect::WipGoalEvaluationKind::Overflow);
             return Self::response_no_constraints(tcx, input, Certainty::OVERFLOW);
         };
 
@@ -200,6 +203,9 @@ impl<'tcx> SearchGraph<'tcx> {
                     available_depth,
                 )
             {
+                inspect.goal_evaluation_kind(inspect::WipGoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(
+                    CacheHit::Global,
+                ));
                 self.on_cache_hit(reached_depth, encountered_overflow);
                 return result;
             }
@@ -234,7 +240,9 @@ impl<'tcx> SearchGraph<'tcx> {
             // Finally we can return either the provisional response for that goal if we have a
             // coinductive cycle or an ambiguous result if the cycle is inductive.
             Entry::Occupied(entry_index) => {
-                inspect.cache_hit(CacheHit::Provisional);
+                inspect.goal_evaluation_kind(inspect::WipGoalEvaluationKind::CacheHit(
+                    CacheHit::Provisional,
+                ));
 
                 let entry_index = *entry_index.get();
                 let stack_depth = cache.depth(entry_index);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/trait_goals.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/trait_goals.rs
index 8685f3100a822..f18eed94a6844 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/trait_goals.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/trait_goals.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use super::{EvalCtxt, SolverMode};
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_hir::{LangItem, Movability};
 use rustc_infer::traits::query::NoSolution;
-use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::CandidateKind;
+use rustc_middle::traits::solve::inspect::ProbeKind;
 use rustc_middle::traits::solve::{CanonicalResponse, Certainty, Goal, QueryResult};
 use rustc_middle::traits::{BuiltinImplSource, Reveal};
 use rustc_middle::ty::fast_reject::{DeepRejectCtxt, TreatParams, TreatProjections};
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for TraitPredicate<'tcx> {
             },
         };
 
-        ecx.probe_candidate("impl").enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe_misc_candidate("impl").enter(|ecx| {
             let impl_args = ecx.fresh_args_for_item(impl_def_id);
             let impl_trait_ref = impl_trait_ref.instantiate(tcx, impl_args);
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for TraitPredicate<'tcx> {
                 && trait_clause.polarity() == goal.predicate.polarity
             {
                 // FIXME: Constness
-                ecx.probe_candidate("assumption").enter(|ecx| {
+                ecx.probe_misc_candidate("assumption").enter(|ecx| {
                     let assumption_trait_pred = ecx.instantiate_binder_with_infer(trait_clause);
                     ecx.eq(
                         goal.param_env,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for TraitPredicate<'tcx> {
 
         let tcx = ecx.tcx();
 
-        ecx.probe_candidate("trait alias").enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe_misc_candidate("trait alias").enter(|ecx| {
             let nested_obligations = tcx
                 .predicates_of(goal.predicate.def_id())
                 .instantiate(tcx, goal.predicate.trait_ref.args);
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for TraitPredicate<'tcx> {
         ecx: &mut EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx>,
         goal: Goal<'tcx, Self>,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
-        ecx.probe(|_| CandidateKind::UnsizeAssembly).enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe(|_| ProbeKind::UnsizeAssembly).enter(|ecx| {
             let a_ty = goal.predicate.self_ty();
             // We need to normalize the b_ty since it's destructured as a `dyn Trait`.
             let Some(b_ty) =
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ impl<'tcx> assembly::GoalKind<'tcx> for TraitPredicate<'tcx> {
             Err(NoSolution) => vec![],
         };
 
-        ecx.probe(|_| CandidateKind::UnsizeAssembly).enter(|ecx| {
+        ecx.probe(|_| ProbeKind::UnsizeAssembly).enter(|ecx| {
             let a_ty = goal.predicate.self_ty();
             // We need to normalize the b_ty since it's matched structurally
             // in the other functions below.
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
             self.walk_vtable(
                 a_principal.with_self_ty(tcx, a_ty),
                 |ecx, new_a_principal, _, vtable_vptr_slot| {
-                    if let Ok(resp) = ecx.probe_candidate("dyn upcast").enter(|ecx| {
+                    if let Ok(resp) = ecx.probe_misc_candidate("dyn upcast").enter(|ecx| {
                         ecx.consider_builtin_upcast_to_principal(
                             goal,
                             a_data,
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
              target_projection: ty::PolyExistentialProjection<'tcx>| {
                 source_projection.item_def_id() == target_projection.item_def_id()
                     && ecx
-                        .probe(|_| CandidateKind::UpcastProbe)
+                        .probe(|_| ProbeKind::UpcastProjectionCompatibility)
                         .enter(|ecx| -> Result<(), NoSolution> {
                             ecx.eq(param_env, source_projection, target_projection)?;
                             let _ = ecx.try_evaluate_added_goals()?;
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         goal: Goal<'tcx, TraitPredicate<'tcx>>,
         constituent_tys: impl Fn(&EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx>, Ty<'tcx>) -> Result<Vec<Ty<'tcx>>, NoSolution>,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
-        self.probe_candidate("constituent tys").enter(|ecx| {
+        self.probe_misc_candidate("constituent tys").enter(|ecx| {
             ecx.add_goals(
                 constituent_tys(ecx, goal.predicate.self_ty())?
                     .into_iter()