diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
index 57fd08ae2c..21099b4934 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIcon.java
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ public final class AppIcon extends Launchable {
     protected void expectActivityStartEvents() {
         mLauncher.expectEvent(TestProtocol.SEQUENCE_MAIN, LauncherInstrumentation.EVENT_START);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String launchableType() {
+        return "app icon";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIconMenuItem.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIconMenuItem.java
index a40919b1bd..ac0db0876c 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIconMenuItem.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/AppIconMenuItem.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiObject2;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol;
 
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 /**
  * Menu item in an app icon menu.
  */
@@ -51,4 +49,9 @@ public class AppIconMenuItem extends Launchable {
     protected void expectActivityStartEvents() {
         mLauncher.expectEvent(TestProtocol.SEQUENCE_MAIN, LauncherInstrumentation.EVENT_START);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String launchableType() {
+        return "app icon menu item";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java
index c4a566b2c0..ec0a740dca 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Launchable.java
@@ -53,23 +53,29 @@ abstract class Launchable {
 
     protected abstract void expectActivityStartEvents();
 
+    protected abstract String launchableType();
+
     private Background launch(BySelector selector) {
-        LauncherInstrumentation.log("Launchable.launch before click " +
-                mObject.getVisibleCenter() + " in " + mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(mObject));
-        final String label = mObject.getText();
+        try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c = mLauncher.addContextLayer(
+                "clicking " + launchableType())) {
+            LauncherInstrumentation.log("Launchable.launch before click "
+                    + mObject.getVisibleCenter() + " in " + mLauncher.getVisibleBounds(mObject));
+            final String label = mObject.getText();
 
-        mLauncher.executeAndWaitForEvent(
-                () -> {
-                    mLauncher.clickLauncherObject(mObject);
-                    expectActivityStartEvents();
-                },
-                event -> event.getEventType() == TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED,
-                () -> "Launching an app didn't open a new window: " + label);
+            mLauncher.executeAndWaitForEvent(
+                    () -> {
+                        mLauncher.clickLauncherObject(mObject);
+                        expectActivityStartEvents();
+                    },
+                    event -> event.getEventType() == TYPE_WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED,
+                    () -> "Launching an app didn't open a new window: " + label);
 
-        mLauncher.assertTrue(
-                "App didn't start: " + label + " (" + selector + ")",
-                TestHelpers.wait(Until.hasObject(selector), LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS));
-        return new Background(mLauncher);
+            mLauncher.assertTrue(
+                    "App didn't start: " + label + " (" + selector + ")",
+                    TestHelpers.wait(Until.hasObject(selector),
+                            LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS));
+            return new Background(mLauncher);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index c05fc57582..af3617529a 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ public final class LauncherInstrumentation {
     void fail(String message) {
         checkForAnomaly();
         Assert.fail(formatSystemHealthMessage(formatErrorWithEvents(
-                "http://go/tapl test failure:\nSummary: " + getContextDescription()
+                "http://go/tapl test failure:\nContext: " + getContextDescription()
                         + " - visible state is " + getVisibleStateMessage()
                         + ";\nDetails: " + message, true)));
     }
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widget.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widget.java
index 53ef796c90..35203185ed 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widget.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Widget.java
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ public final class Widget extends Launchable {
     protected void addExpectedEventsForLongClick() {
         mLauncher.expectEvent(TestProtocol.SEQUENCE_MAIN, LONG_CLICK_EVENT);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String launchableType() {
+        return "widget";
+    }
 }