diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs
index 8617bca082589..0bb98fdf2a23e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs
@@ -452,11 +452,8 @@ fn check_opaque_meets_bounds<'tcx>(
         hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::FnReturn(..) | hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::AsyncFn(..) => {}
         // Can have different predicates to their defining use
         hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias => {
-            let outlives_environment = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
-            let _ = infcx.err_ctxt().check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(
-                defining_use_anchor,
-                &outlives_environment,
-            );
+            let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
+            let _ = ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(defining_use_anchor, &outlives_env);
         }
     }
     // Clean up after ourselves
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs
index f6c2004c4a672..5d119a7737a4c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs
@@ -332,10 +332,6 @@ fn compare_method_predicate_entailment<'tcx>(
         param_env,
         infcx.implied_bounds_tys(param_env, impl_m_def_id, wf_tys.clone()),
     );
-    infcx.process_registered_region_obligations(
-        outlives_env.region_bound_pairs(),
-        outlives_env.param_env,
-    );
     let errors = infcx.resolve_regions(&outlives_env);
     if !errors.is_empty() {
         // FIXME(compiler-errors): This can be simplified when IMPLIED_BOUNDS_ENTAILMENT
@@ -722,18 +718,18 @@ pub(super) fn collect_return_position_impl_trait_in_trait_tys<'tcx>(
         return Err(reported);
     }
 
+    let collected_types = collector.types;
+
     // Finally, resolve all regions. This catches wily misuses of
     // lifetime parameters.
-    let outlives_environment = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(
+    let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(
         param_env,
         infcx.implied_bounds_tys(param_env, impl_m_def_id, wf_tys),
     );
-    infcx
-        .err_ctxt()
-        .check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(impl_m_def_id, &outlives_environment)?;
+    ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl_m_def_id, &outlives_env)?;
 
     let mut collected_tys = FxHashMap::default();
-    for (def_id, (ty, substs)) in collector.types {
+    for (def_id, (ty, substs)) in collected_types {
         match infcx.fully_resolve(ty) {
             Ok(ty) => {
                 // `ty` contains free regions that we created earlier while liberating the
@@ -1742,11 +1738,8 @@ pub(super) fn compare_impl_const_raw(
         return Err(infcx.err_ctxt().report_fulfillment_errors(&errors));
     }
 
-    let outlives_environment = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
-    infcx
-        .err_ctxt()
-        .check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(impl_const_item_def, &outlives_environment)?;
-    Ok(())
+    let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
+    ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl_const_item_def, &outlives_env)
 }
 
 pub(super) fn compare_impl_ty<'tcx>(
@@ -1845,13 +1838,8 @@ fn compare_type_predicate_entailment<'tcx>(
 
     // Finally, resolve all regions. This catches wily misuses of
     // lifetime parameters.
-    let outlives_environment = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
-    infcx.err_ctxt().check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(
-        impl_ty.def_id.expect_local(),
-        &outlives_environment,
-    )?;
-
-    Ok(())
+    let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
+    ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl_ty_def_id, &outlives_env)
 }
 
 /// Validate that `ProjectionCandidate`s created for this associated type will
@@ -2063,14 +2051,8 @@ pub(super) fn check_type_bounds<'tcx>(
     // Finally, resolve all regions. This catches wily misuses of
     // lifetime parameters.
     let implied_bounds = infcx.implied_bounds_tys(param_env, impl_ty_def_id, assumed_wf_types);
-    let outlives_environment = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(param_env, implied_bounds);
-
-    infcx.err_ctxt().check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(
-        impl_ty.def_id.expect_local(),
-        &outlives_environment,
-    )?;
-
-    Ok(())
+    let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(param_env, implied_bounds);
+    ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl_ty_def_id, &outlives_env)
 }
 
 fn assoc_item_kind_str(impl_item: &ty::AssocItem) -> &'static str {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/wfcheck.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/wfcheck.rs
index c03621fcfb224..53197bc849106 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/wfcheck.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/wfcheck.rs
@@ -114,11 +114,9 @@ pub(super) fn enter_wf_checking_ctxt<'tcx, F>(
         return;
     }
 
-    let outlives_environment = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(param_env, implied_bounds);
+    let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(param_env, implied_bounds);
 
-    let _ = infcx
-        .err_ctxt()
-        .check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(body_def_id, &outlives_environment);
+    let _ = wfcx.ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(body_def_id, &outlives_env);
 }
 
 fn check_well_formed(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: hir::OwnerId) {
@@ -680,12 +678,7 @@ fn resolve_regions_with_wf_tys<'tcx>(
 
     add_constraints(&infcx, region_bound_pairs);
 
-    infcx.process_registered_region_obligations(
-        outlives_environment.region_bound_pairs(),
-        param_env,
-    );
     let errors = infcx.resolve_regions(&outlives_environment);
-
     debug!(?errors, "errors");
 
     // If we were able to prove that the type outlives the region without
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs
index ac7c68d9c4b30..0f40cca9427b4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/coherence/builtin.rs
@@ -354,9 +354,7 @@ fn visit_implementation_of_dispatch_from_dyn(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, impl_did: LocalDef
 
                 // Finally, resolve all regions.
                 let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
-                let _ = infcx
-                    .err_ctxt()
-                    .check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(impl_did, &outlives_env);
+                let _ = ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl_did, &outlives_env);
             }
         }
         _ => {
@@ -592,7 +590,7 @@ pub fn coerce_unsized_info<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, impl_did: LocalDefId) -> Coe
 
     // Finally, resolve all regions.
     let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::new(param_env);
-    let _ = infcx.err_ctxt().check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(impl_did, &outlives_env);
+    let _ = ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl_did, &outlives_env);
 
     CoerceUnsizedInfo { custom_kind: kind }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/impl_wf_check/min_specialization.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/impl_wf_check/min_specialization.rs
index 35785e81ff497..eb2fc395223ed 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/impl_wf_check/min_specialization.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/impl_wf_check/min_specialization.rs
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ fn get_impl_substs(
 
     let implied_bounds = infcx.implied_bounds_tys(param_env, impl1_def_id, assumed_wf_types);
     let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::with_bounds(param_env, implied_bounds);
-    let _ =
-        infcx.err_ctxt().check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(impl1_def_id, &outlives_env);
+    let _ = ocx.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(impl1_def_id, &outlives_env);
     let Ok(impl2_substs) = infcx.fully_resolve(impl2_substs) else {
         let span = tcx.def_span(impl1_def_id);
         tcx.sess.emit_err(SubstsOnOverriddenImpl { span });
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs
index 7901bc9402122..f6bed12ee2d43 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/error_reporting/mod.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::{
     self, error::TypeError, List, Region, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeFoldable, TypeSuperVisitable,
     TypeVisitable, TypeVisitableExt,
 };
+use rustc_span::DUMMY_SP;
 use rustc_span::{sym, symbol::kw, BytePos, DesugaringKind, Pos, Span};
 use rustc_target::spec::abi;
 use std::ops::{ControlFlow, Deref};
@@ -113,7 +114,11 @@ fn escape_literal(s: &str) -> String {
 
 /// A helper for building type related errors. The `typeck_results`
 /// field is only populated during an in-progress typeck.
-/// Get an instance by calling `InferCtxt::err` or `FnCtxt::infer_err`.
+/// Get an instance by calling `InferCtxt::err_ctxt` or `FnCtxt::err_ctxt`.
+///
+/// You must only create this if you intend to actually emit an error.
+/// This provides a lot of utility methods which should not be used
+/// during the happy path.
 pub struct TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
     pub infcx: &'a InferCtxt<'tcx>,
     pub typeck_results: Option<std::cell::Ref<'a, ty::TypeckResults<'tcx>>>,
@@ -125,6 +130,19 @@ pub struct TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         Box<dyn Fn(Ty<'tcx>) -> Vec<(Ty<'tcx>, Vec<PredicateObligation<'tcx>>)> + 'a>,
 }
 
+impl Drop for TypeErrCtxt<'_, '_> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(_) = self.infcx.tcx.sess.has_errors_or_delayed_span_bugs() {
+            // ok, emitted an error.
+        } else {
+            self.infcx
+                .tcx
+                .sess
+                .delay_span_bug(DUMMY_SP, "used a `TypeErrCtxt` without failing compilation");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl TypeErrCtxt<'_, '_> {
     /// This is just to avoid a potential footgun of accidentally
     /// dropping `typeck_results` by calling `InferCtxt::err_ctxt`
@@ -419,7 +437,11 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         &self,
         generic_param_scope: LocalDefId,
         errors: &[RegionResolutionError<'tcx>],
-    ) {
+    ) -> ErrorGuaranteed {
+        if let Some(guaranteed) = self.infcx.tainted_by_errors() {
+            return guaranteed;
+        }
+
         debug!("report_region_errors(): {} errors to start", errors.len());
 
         // try to pre-process the errors, which will group some of them
@@ -499,6 +521,10 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        self.tcx
+            .sess
+            .delay_span_bug(self.tcx.def_span(generic_param_scope), "expected region errors")
     }
 
     // This method goes through all the errors and try to group certain types
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs
index b4f2ad0bb3433..66f51328bbe7c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/mod.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ use self::combine::CombineFields;
 use self::error_reporting::TypeErrCtxt;
 use self::free_regions::RegionRelations;
 use self::lexical_region_resolve::LexicalRegionResolutions;
-use self::outlives::env::OutlivesEnvironment;
-use self::region_constraints::{GenericKind, RegionConstraintData, VarInfos, VerifyBound};
+use self::region_constraints::{GenericKind, VarInfos, VerifyBound};
 use self::region_constraints::{
     RegionConstraintCollector, RegionConstraintStorage, RegionSnapshot,
 };
@@ -1213,95 +1212,6 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
         self.tainted_by_errors.set(Some(e));
     }
 
-    pub fn skip_region_resolution(&self) {
-        let (var_infos, _) = {
-            let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
-            let inner = &mut *inner;
-            // Note: `inner.region_obligations` may not be empty, because we
-            // didn't necessarily call `process_registered_region_obligations`.
-            // This is okay, because that doesn't introduce new vars.
-            inner
-                .region_constraint_storage
-                .take()
-                .expect("regions already resolved")
-                .with_log(&mut inner.undo_log)
-                .into_infos_and_data()
-        };
-
-        let lexical_region_resolutions = LexicalRegionResolutions {
-            values: rustc_index::vec::IndexVec::from_elem_n(
-                crate::infer::lexical_region_resolve::VarValue::Value(self.tcx.lifetimes.re_erased),
-                var_infos.len(),
-            ),
-        };
-
-        let old_value = self.lexical_region_resolutions.replace(Some(lexical_region_resolutions));
-        assert!(old_value.is_none());
-    }
-
-    /// Process the region constraints and return any errors that
-    /// result. After this, no more unification operations should be
-    /// done -- or the compiler will panic -- but it is legal to use
-    /// `resolve_vars_if_possible` as well as `fully_resolve`.
-    pub fn resolve_regions(
-        &self,
-        outlives_env: &OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx>,
-    ) -> Vec<RegionResolutionError<'tcx>> {
-        let (var_infos, data) = {
-            let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
-            let inner = &mut *inner;
-            assert!(
-                self.tainted_by_errors().is_some() || inner.region_obligations.is_empty(),
-                "region_obligations not empty: {:#?}",
-                inner.region_obligations
-            );
-            inner
-                .region_constraint_storage
-                .take()
-                .expect("regions already resolved")
-                .with_log(&mut inner.undo_log)
-                .into_infos_and_data()
-        };
-
-        let region_rels = &RegionRelations::new(self.tcx, outlives_env.free_region_map());
-
-        let (lexical_region_resolutions, errors) =
-            lexical_region_resolve::resolve(outlives_env.param_env, region_rels, var_infos, data);
-
-        let old_value = self.lexical_region_resolutions.replace(Some(lexical_region_resolutions));
-        assert!(old_value.is_none());
-
-        errors
-    }
-    /// Obtains (and clears) the current set of region
-    /// constraints. The inference context is still usable: further
-    /// unifications will simply add new constraints.
-    ///
-    /// This method is not meant to be used with normal lexical region
-    /// resolution. Rather, it is used in the NLL mode as a kind of
-    /// interim hack: basically we run normal type-check and generate
-    /// region constraints as normal, but then we take them and
-    /// translate them into the form that the NLL solver
-    /// understands. See the NLL module for mode details.
-    pub fn take_and_reset_region_constraints(&self) -> RegionConstraintData<'tcx> {
-        assert!(
-            self.inner.borrow().region_obligations.is_empty(),
-            "region_obligations not empty: {:#?}",
-            self.inner.borrow().region_obligations
-        );
-
-        self.inner.borrow_mut().unwrap_region_constraints().take_and_reset_data()
-    }
-
-    /// Gives temporary access to the region constraint data.
-    pub fn with_region_constraints<R>(
-        &self,
-        op: impl FnOnce(&RegionConstraintData<'tcx>) -> R,
-    ) -> R {
-        let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
-        op(inner.unwrap_region_constraints().data())
-    }
-
     pub fn region_var_origin(&self, vid: ty::RegionVid) -> RegionVariableOrigin {
         let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
         let inner = &mut *inner;
@@ -1754,56 +1664,6 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> Drop for CanonicalizationCtxtGuard<'cx, 'tcx> {
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
-    /// Processes registered region obliations and resolves regions, reporting
-    /// any errors if any were raised. Prefer using this function over manually
-    /// calling `resolve_regions_and_report_errors`.
-    pub fn check_region_obligations_and_report_errors(
-        &self,
-        generic_param_scope: LocalDefId,
-        outlives_env: &OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx>,
-    ) -> Result<(), ErrorGuaranteed> {
-        self.process_registered_region_obligations(
-            outlives_env.region_bound_pairs(),
-            outlives_env.param_env,
-        );
-
-        self.resolve_regions_and_report_errors(generic_param_scope, outlives_env)
-    }
-
-    /// Process the region constraints and report any errors that
-    /// result. After this, no more unification operations should be
-    /// done -- or the compiler will panic -- but it is legal to use
-    /// `resolve_vars_if_possible` as well as `fully_resolve`.
-    ///
-    /// Make sure to call [`InferCtxt::process_registered_region_obligations`]
-    /// first, or preferably use [`TypeErrCtxt::check_region_obligations_and_report_errors`]
-    /// to do both of these operations together.
-    pub fn resolve_regions_and_report_errors(
-        &self,
-        generic_param_scope: LocalDefId,
-        outlives_env: &OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx>,
-    ) -> Result<(), ErrorGuaranteed> {
-        let errors = self.resolve_regions(outlives_env);
-
-        if let None = self.tainted_by_errors() {
-            // As a heuristic, just skip reporting region errors
-            // altogether if other errors have been reported while
-            // this infcx was in use. This is totally hokey but
-            // otherwise we have a hard time separating legit region
-            // errors from silly ones.
-            self.report_region_errors(generic_param_scope, &errors);
-        }
-
-        if errors.is_empty() {
-            Ok(())
-        } else {
-            Err(self
-                .tcx
-                .sess
-                .delay_span_bug(rustc_span::DUMMY_SP, "error should have been emitted"))
-        }
-    }
-
     // [Note-Type-error-reporting]
     // An invariant is that anytime the expected or actual type is Error (the special
     // error type, meaning that an error occurred when typechecking this expression),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/mod.rs
index 048dad3a48bc2..9a9a1696b0063 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 //! Various code related to computing outlives relations.
+use self::env::OutlivesEnvironment;
+use super::region_constraints::RegionConstraintData;
+use super::{InferCtxt, RegionResolutionError};
+use crate::infer::free_regions::RegionRelations;
+use crate::infer::lexical_region_resolve::{self, LexicalRegionResolutions};
+use rustc_middle::traits::query::OutlivesBound;
+use rustc_middle::ty;
 
 pub mod components;
 pub mod env;
@@ -6,9 +13,6 @@ pub mod obligations;
 pub mod test_type_match;
 pub mod verify;
 
-use rustc_middle::traits::query::OutlivesBound;
-use rustc_middle::ty;
-
 #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(param_env), ret)]
 pub fn explicit_outlives_bounds<'tcx>(
     param_env: ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>,
@@ -39,3 +43,98 @@ pub fn explicit_outlives_bounds<'tcx>(
             ))) => Some(OutlivesBound::RegionSubRegion(r_b, r_a)),
         })
 }
+
+impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
+    pub fn skip_region_resolution(&self) {
+        let (var_infos, _) = {
+            let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
+            let inner = &mut *inner;
+            // Note: `inner.region_obligations` may not be empty, because we
+            // didn't necessarily call `process_registered_region_obligations`.
+            // This is okay, because that doesn't introduce new vars.
+            inner
+                .region_constraint_storage
+                .take()
+                .expect("regions already resolved")
+                .with_log(&mut inner.undo_log)
+                .into_infos_and_data()
+        };
+
+        let lexical_region_resolutions = LexicalRegionResolutions {
+            values: rustc_index::vec::IndexVec::from_elem_n(
+                crate::infer::lexical_region_resolve::VarValue::Value(self.tcx.lifetimes.re_erased),
+                var_infos.len(),
+            ),
+        };
+
+        let old_value = self.lexical_region_resolutions.replace(Some(lexical_region_resolutions));
+        assert!(old_value.is_none());
+    }
+
+    /// Process the region constraints and return any errors that
+    /// result. After this, no more unification operations should be
+    /// done -- or the compiler will panic -- but it is legal to use
+    /// `resolve_vars_if_possible` as well as `fully_resolve`.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn resolve_regions(
+        &self,
+        outlives_env: &OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx>,
+    ) -> Vec<RegionResolutionError<'tcx>> {
+        self.process_registered_region_obligations(outlives_env);
+
+        let (var_infos, data) = {
+            let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
+            let inner = &mut *inner;
+            assert!(
+                self.tainted_by_errors().is_some() || inner.region_obligations.is_empty(),
+                "region_obligations not empty: {:#?}",
+                inner.region_obligations
+            );
+            inner
+                .region_constraint_storage
+                .take()
+                .expect("regions already resolved")
+                .with_log(&mut inner.undo_log)
+                .into_infos_and_data()
+        };
+
+        let region_rels = &RegionRelations::new(self.tcx, outlives_env.free_region_map());
+
+        let (lexical_region_resolutions, errors) =
+            lexical_region_resolve::resolve(outlives_env.param_env, region_rels, var_infos, data);
+
+        let old_value = self.lexical_region_resolutions.replace(Some(lexical_region_resolutions));
+        assert!(old_value.is_none());
+
+        errors
+    }
+
+    /// Obtains (and clears) the current set of region
+    /// constraints. The inference context is still usable: further
+    /// unifications will simply add new constraints.
+    ///
+    /// This method is not meant to be used with normal lexical region
+    /// resolution. Rather, it is used in the NLL mode as a kind of
+    /// interim hack: basically we run normal type-check and generate
+    /// region constraints as normal, but then we take them and
+    /// translate them into the form that the NLL solver
+    /// understands. See the NLL module for mode details.
+    pub fn take_and_reset_region_constraints(&self) -> RegionConstraintData<'tcx> {
+        assert!(
+            self.inner.borrow().region_obligations.is_empty(),
+            "region_obligations not empty: {:#?}",
+            self.inner.borrow().region_obligations
+        );
+
+        self.inner.borrow_mut().unwrap_region_constraints().take_and_reset_data()
+    }
+
+    /// Gives temporary access to the region constraint data.
+    pub fn with_region_constraints<R>(
+        &self,
+        op: impl FnOnce(&RegionConstraintData<'tcx>) -> R,
+    ) -> R {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
+        op(inner.unwrap_region_constraints().data())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs
index bbe7d4c63f794..ccf11c61b573b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/infer/outlives/obligations.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::subst::GenericArgKind;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Region, SubstsRef, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeVisitableExt};
 use smallvec::smallvec;
 
+use super::env::OutlivesEnvironment;
+
 impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
     /// Registers that the given region obligation must be resolved
     /// from within the scope of `body_id`. These regions are enqueued
@@ -112,39 +114,17 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
         std::mem::take(&mut self.inner.borrow_mut().region_obligations)
     }
 
-    /// NOTE: Prefer using `TypeErrCtxt::check_region_obligations_and_report_errors`
-    /// instead of calling this directly.
-    ///
     /// Process the region obligations that must be proven (during
     /// `regionck`) for the given `body_id`, given information about
-    /// the region bounds in scope and so forth. This function must be
-    /// invoked for all relevant body-ids before region inference is
-    /// done (or else an assert will fire).
+    /// the region bounds in scope and so forth.
     ///
     /// See the `region_obligations` field of `InferCtxt` for some
     /// comments about how this function fits into the overall expected
     /// flow of the inferencer. The key point is that it is
     /// invoked after all type-inference variables have been bound --
-    /// towards the end of regionck. This also ensures that the
-    /// region-bound-pairs are available (see comments above regarding
-    /// closures).
-    ///
-    /// # Parameters
-    ///
-    /// - `region_bound_pairs_map`: the set of region bounds implied by
-    ///   the parameters and where-clauses. In particular, each pair
-    ///   `('a, K)` in this list tells us that the bounds in scope
-    ///   indicate that `K: 'a`, where `K` is either a generic
-    ///   parameter like `T` or a projection like `T::Item`.
-    /// - `param_env` is the parameter environment for the enclosing function.
-    /// - `body_id` is the body-id whose region obligations are being
-    ///   processed.
-    #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, region_bound_pairs))]
-    pub fn process_registered_region_obligations(
-        &self,
-        region_bound_pairs: &RegionBoundPairs<'tcx>,
-        param_env: ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>,
-    ) {
+    /// right before lexical region resolution.
+    #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, outlives_env))]
+    pub fn process_registered_region_obligations(&self, outlives_env: &OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx>) {
         assert!(
             !self.in_snapshot.get(),
             "cannot process registered region obligations in a snapshot"
@@ -153,15 +133,16 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
         let my_region_obligations = self.take_registered_region_obligations();
 
         for RegionObligation { sup_type, sub_region, origin } in my_region_obligations {
-            debug!(
-                "process_registered_region_obligations: sup_type={:?} sub_region={:?} origin={:?}",
-                sup_type, sub_region, origin
-            );
-
+            debug!(?sup_type, ?sub_region, ?origin);
             let sup_type = self.resolve_vars_if_possible(sup_type);
 
-            let outlives =
-                &mut TypeOutlives::new(self, self.tcx, &region_bound_pairs, None, param_env);
+            let outlives = &mut TypeOutlives::new(
+                self,
+                self.tcx,
+                &outlives_env.region_bound_pairs(),
+                None,
+                outlives_env.param_env,
+            );
             let category = origin.to_constraint_category();
             outlives.type_must_outlive(origin, sup_type, sub_region, category);
         }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/traits/engine.rs b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/traits/engine.rs
index f75344f20b6d9..a188bb2388271 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_infer/src/traits/engine.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_infer/src/traits/engine.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub trait TraitEngine<'tcx>: 'tcx {
         obligation: PredicateObligation<'tcx>,
     );
 
+    #[must_use]
     fn select_where_possible(&mut self, infcx: &InferCtxt<'tcx>) -> Vec<FulfillmentError<'tcx>>;
 
     fn collect_remaining_errors(&mut self) -> Vec<FulfillmentError<'tcx>>;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ pub trait TraitEngineExt<'tcx> {
         obligations: impl IntoIterator<Item = PredicateObligation<'tcx>>,
     );
 
+    #[must_use]
     fn select_all_or_error(&mut self, infcx: &InferCtxt<'tcx>) -> Vec<FulfillmentError<'tcx>>;
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/auto_trait.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/auto_trait.rs
index a53d414be9e7a..fd45ef99aa9d0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/auto_trait.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ impl<'tcx> AutoTraitFinder<'tcx> {
             panic!("Unable to fulfill trait {:?} for '{:?}': {:?}", trait_did, ty, errors);
         }
 
-        infcx.process_registered_region_obligations(&Default::default(), full_env);
+        let outlives_env = OutlivesEnvironment::new(full_env);
+        infcx.process_registered_region_obligations(&outlives_env);
 
         let region_data =
             infcx.inner.borrow_mut().unwrap_region_constraints().region_constraint_data().clone();
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/coherence.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/coherence.rs
index 53d4f95e9e30f..3c918b6028d47 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/coherence.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/coherence.rs
@@ -405,9 +405,6 @@ fn resolve_negative_obligation<'tcx>(
         param_env,
         infcx.implied_bounds_tys(param_env, body_def_id, wf_tys),
     );
-
-    infcx.process_registered_region_obligations(outlives_env.region_bound_pairs(), param_env);
-
     infcx.resolve_regions(&outlives_env).is_empty()
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/engine.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/engine.rs
index 8acc31cd410bd..2beebe94b6d1d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/engine.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/engine.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ use super::{ChalkFulfillmentContext, FulfillmentContext};
 use crate::solve::FulfillmentCtxt as NextFulfillmentCtxt;
 use crate::traits::NormalizeExt;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxIndexSet;
+use rustc_errors::ErrorGuaranteed;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{DefId, LocalDefId};
 use rustc_infer::infer::at::ToTrace;
 use rustc_infer::infer::canonical::{
     Canonical, CanonicalQueryResponse, CanonicalVarValues, QueryResponse,
 };
+use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::env::OutlivesEnvironment;
 use rustc_infer::infer::{DefineOpaqueTypes, InferCtxt, InferOk};
 use rustc_infer::traits::query::Fallible;
 use rustc_infer::traits::{
@@ -173,14 +175,33 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ObligationCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             .map(|infer_ok| self.register_infer_ok_obligations(infer_ok))
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn select_where_possible(&self) -> Vec<FulfillmentError<'tcx>> {
         self.engine.borrow_mut().select_where_possible(self.infcx)
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn select_all_or_error(&self) -> Vec<FulfillmentError<'tcx>> {
         self.engine.borrow_mut().select_all_or_error(self.infcx)
     }
 
+    /// Resolves regions and reports errors.
+    ///
+    /// Takes ownership of the context as doing trait solving afterwards
+    /// will result in region constraints getting ignored.
+    pub fn resolve_regions_and_report_errors(
+        self,
+        generic_param_scope: LocalDefId,
+        outlives_env: &OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx>,
+    ) -> Result<(), ErrorGuaranteed> {
+        let errors = self.infcx.resolve_regions(&outlives_env);
+        if errors.is_empty() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(self.infcx.err_ctxt().report_region_errors(generic_param_scope, &errors))
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn assumed_wf_types(
         &self,
         param_env: ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
index 6ebf056f0e837..81ab5b9f05769 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs
@@ -1763,7 +1763,10 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxtPrivExt<'tcx> for TypeErrCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
 
                 // constrain inference variables a bit more to nested obligations from normalize so
                 // we can have more helpful errors.
-                ocx.select_where_possible();
+                //
+                // we intentionally drop errors from normalization here,
+                // since the normalization is just done to improve the error message.
+                let _ = ocx.select_where_possible();
 
                 if let Err(new_err) = ocx.eq_exp(
                     &obligation.cause,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/misc.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/misc.rs
index 0bde43c54df99..af567c074384e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/misc.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/misc.rs
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ pub fn type_allowed_to_implement_copy<'tcx>(
                     FxIndexSet::from_iter([self_type]),
                 ),
             );
-            infcx.process_registered_region_obligations(
-                outlives_env.region_bound_pairs(),
-                param_env,
-            );
             let errors = infcx.resolve_regions(&outlives_env);
             if !errors.is_empty() {
                 infringing.push((field, ty, InfringingFieldsReason::Regions(errors)));