diff --git a/core/src/function_tree/symbols/number.cpp b/core/src/function_tree/symbols/number.cpp
index 2f00a2f0d..29404f5da 100644
--- a/core/src/function_tree/symbols/number.cpp
+++ b/core/src/function_tree/symbols/number.cpp
@@ -61,11 +61,15 @@ void Integer::print(std::ostream & target) const
 void Complex::print(std::ostream & target) const
 {
 	// real-valued floats print bare; the complex pair form is reserved for
-	// genuinely complex values
+	// genuinely complex values.  str(0) prints EVERY digit the stored value
+	// carries: streaming the number directly would use the ostream's default
+	// precision (6 significant digits), silently truncating every printed
+	// system -- a coefficient must round-trip exactly through classic input.
 	if (highest_precision_value_.imag() == 0)
-		target << highest_precision_value_.real();
+		target << highest_precision_value_.real().str(0);
 	else
-		target << highest_precision_value_;
+		target << "(" << highest_precision_value_.real().str(0) << ","
+		       << highest_precision_value_.imag().str(0) << ")";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/python/bertini/parse/__init__.py b/python/bertini/parse/__init__.py
index 9b6c6b89e..1c4ac5576 100644
--- a/python/bertini/parse/__init__.py
+++ b/python/bertini/parse/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,52 @@
 Parsing functions, taking strings and producing various other things
 """
 
+import re as _re
 
 from bertini._pybertini import parse as _pybparse
 from bertini._pybertini.parse import *
 
+# The native SystemParser wants JUST the input body (variable groups + functions); it
+# rejects a leading CONFIG...END; block and does not want the INPUT/END; separators that
+# `System.to_classic_input()` itself emits -- so `parse.system(a_system.to_classic_input())`
+# fails and callers were forced to hand-split the text.  Wrap it to tolerate both, so the
+# round-trip just works and no caller has to know the parser's quirks.
+
+_native_system = _pybparse.system
+
+# to_classic_input() writes complex coefficients as ``(re,im)``, but the FunctionParser
+# only accepts ``(re+im*I)`` -- so a complex-coefficient system's own text does not parse
+# back.  Rewrite ``(re,im)`` -> ``(re+im*I)`` (two numeric tokens in parens) so it does.
+_NUM = r'[-+]?(?:\d+\.?\d*|\.\d+)(?:[eE][-+]?\d+)?'
+_COMPLEX_LITERAL = _re.compile(r'\((' + _NUM + r'),(' + _NUM + r')\)')
+
+
+def _fix_complex_literals(text):
+    return _COMPLEX_LITERAL.sub(r'(\1+\2*I)', text)
+
+
+def _input_body(text):
+    """The parseable body of a classic Bertini input: drop a leading CONFIG...END; block
+    and, if the remainder is wrapped in INPUT...END;, return just the inside.  A raw body
+    (no CONFIG, no INPUT wrapper) is returned unchanged, so this never breaks input the
+    native parser already accepted."""
+    s = text
+    m = _re.search(r'\bCONFIG\b.*?\bEND\s*;', s, flags=_re.IGNORECASE | _re.DOTALL)
+    if m:
+        s = s[:m.start()] + s[m.end():]
+    m = _re.search(r'\bINPUT\b(.*?)\bEND\s*;', s, flags=_re.IGNORECASE | _re.DOTALL)
+    if m:
+        return m.group(1).strip()
+    return s.strip()
+
+
+def system(text):
+    """Parse a classic Bertini system from ``text``, tolerating a leading CONFIG section,
+    INPUT/END; separators, and ``(re,im)`` complex-coefficient literals -- so
+    ``parse.system(sys.to_classic_input())`` round-trips for any system, real or complex.
+    """
+    return _native_system(_fix_complex_literals(_input_body(text)))
+
+
 __all__ = dir(_pybparse)
 
diff --git a/python/test/classes/classic_writer_test.py b/python/test/classes/classic_writer_test.py
index a251a9c6e..0b5aa30f2 100644
--- a/python/test/classes/classic_writer_test.py
+++ b/python/test/classes/classic_writer_test.py
@@ -37,3 +37,32 @@ def test_mptype_and_predictor_are_selectable():
     assert 'mptype: 0;' in _circle_line().to_classic_input(mptype=0)     # double
     assert 'odepredictor: 0;' in _circle_line().to_classic_input(odepredictor=0)
     assert 'odepredictor: 5;' in _circle_line().to_classic_input()       # RKF45 default
+
+
+def test_float_coefficients_print_full_precision():
+    """A coefficient must round-trip EXACTLY through classic input: streaming at the
+    ostream default (6 significant digits) silently truncated every printed system
+    (found via a cellcap bundle whose crit-curve system was a 1e-6 impostor)."""
+    import bertini
+    bertini.default_precision(30)
+    third = bertini.multiprec.real_mp(1) / bertini.multiprec.real_mp(3)
+    x, = bertini.variables(['x'])
+    s = bertini.System()
+    s.add_variable_group([x])
+    s.add_function(x - bertini.coefficient(third))
+    txt = s.to_classic_input()
+    assert '0.333333333333333333333333333' in txt, txt   # full digits, not 0.333333
+    import numpy as np
+    s2 = bertini.parse.system(txt)
+    # the reparsed coefficient is the IDENTICAL binary value
+    val = s2.eval(np.array([bertini.multiprec.complex_mp(third)]))
+    assert float(abs(complex(np.asarray(val).ravel()[0]))) == 0.0
+
+    # complex coefficients: both components at full precision through the pair form
+    c = bertini.multiprec.complex_mp(third, -third)
+    s3 = bertini.System()
+    s3.add_variable_group([x])
+    s3.add_function(x - bertini.coefficient(c))
+    s4 = bertini.parse.system(s3.to_classic_input())
+    val = s4.eval(np.array([c]))
+    assert float(abs(complex(np.asarray(val).ravel()[0]))) == 0.0
diff --git a/python/test/classes/parser_test.py b/python/test/classes/parser_test.py
index f50b22f89..ab95ff440 100644
--- a/python/test/classes/parser_test.py
+++ b/python/test/classes/parser_test.py
@@ -78,6 +78,53 @@ def test_parse_emoji_variable():
     assert abs(sys.eval(vals)[0] - (-0.5)) < 1e-12
 
 
+def test_parse_tolerates_config_and_input_wrapper():
+    # Regression: the native SystemParser wanted just the body; a leading CONFIG...END;
+    # block or the INPUT/END; separators (which System.to_classic_input EMITS) made it
+    # fail, so parse.system(sys.to_classic_input()) did not round-trip and callers had to
+    # hand-split.  parse.system now tolerates both forms; a raw body still parses.
+    body = 'variable_group x, y, z; function f; f = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - 1;'
+    wrapped = 'INPUT\n' + body + '\nEND;'
+    with_config = 'CONFIG\ntracktype: 0;\nmptype: 2;\nEND;\n\nINPUT\n' + body + '\nEND;'
+    for text in (body, wrapped, with_config):
+        sys = pp.system(text)
+        assert sys.num_variables() == 3
+        assert len(list(sys.functions())) == 1
+
+
+def test_parse_complex_coefficient_literals():
+    # Regression: to_classic_input writes complex coefficients as (re,im), which the
+    # FunctionParser could not read (it wants (re+im*I)) -- so a complex-coefficient
+    # system's own text did not round-trip.  parse.system now rewrites (re,im) -> (re+im*I).
+    s = System()
+    x, y, z = variables(list('xyz'))
+    s.add_variable_group([x, y, z])
+    c1 = coefficient(complex_mp('0.3', '-0.5'))
+    c2 = coefficient(complex_mp('1.2', '0.7'))
+    s.add_function(c1 * x + y**2 - z * c2)
+    back = pp.system(s.to_classic_input())
+    v = np.array((complex(0.5, 0.1), complex(0.5, -0.2), complex(0.3, 0.4)))
+    a = np.array([complex(w) for w in s.eval(v)])
+    b = np.array([complex(w) for w in back.eval(v)])
+    assert np.allclose(a, b)
+    # scientific-notation complex coefficients too
+    s2 = pp.system('variable_group x; function f; f = (1.5e-3,-2.0e2)*x + 1;')
+    assert abs(complex(s2.eval(np.array((complex(1, 0),)))[0]) - (1.0015 - 200j)) < 1e-9
+
+
+def test_to_classic_input_round_trips_through_parse():
+    # The full round-trip: a System's own classic-input text parses straight back.
+    sys = System()
+    x, y, z = variables(list('xyz'))
+    sys.add_variable_group([x, y, z])
+    sys.add_function(x**2 + y**2 + z**2 - 1)
+    back = pp.system(sys.to_classic_input())
+    assert back.num_variables() == 3
+    assert len(list(back.functions())) == 1
+    v = np.array((complex(0.5, 0.0), complex(0.25, 0.0), complex(0.0, 0.0)))
+    assert abs(back.eval(v)[0] - (0.25 + 0.0625 - 1)) < 1e-12
+
+
 def _f_eval(expr, vals):
     """Parse 'f = <expr>' over x,y,z and evaluate at vals."""
     return pp.system(f'function f; variable_group x,y,z; f = {expr};').eval(vals)[0]
diff --git a/python_bindings/src/tracker_config_export.cpp b/python_bindings/src/tracker_config_export.cpp
index 48b74fb89..acf19a399 100644
--- a/python_bindings/src/tracker_config_export.cpp
+++ b/python_bindings/src/tracker_config_export.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace bertini{
 				;
 
 			enum_<SuccessCode>("SuccessCode")
+				.value("NeverStarted", SuccessCode::NeverStarted)
 				.value("Success", SuccessCode::Success)
 				.value("HigherPrecisionNecessary", SuccessCode::HigherPrecisionNecessary)
 				.value("ReduceStepSize", SuccessCode::ReduceStepSize)