diff --git a/apps/ensindexer/ponder/src/register-handlers.ts b/apps/ensindexer/ponder/src/register-handlers.ts
index 499b9177de..5edfbe13a2 100644
--- a/apps/ensindexer/ponder/src/register-handlers.ts
+++ b/apps/ensindexer/ponder/src/register-handlers.ts
@@ -47,18 +47,26 @@ if (config.plugins.includes(PluginName.TokenScope)) {
   attach_TokenscopeHandlers();
 }
 
-// REQUIRED ORDER: NodeMigration → Unigraph → ProtocolAcceleration
+// IMPORTANT: the order of these attach_*() calls does NOT control the order Ponder dispatches
+// handlers. Ponder orders events by checkpoint (chainId, blockNumber, transactionIndex, logIndex).
+// Two handlers registered against the SAME log (e.g. Unigraph and ProtocolAcceleration both on
+// `ENSv1Registry:NewResolver`) receive IDENTICAL checkpoints, and Ponder's tie-break is not
+// deterministic — so NO ordering between same-log handlers can be relied upon. Handlers must
+// therefore be independent of each other's same-event writes (see `handleBridgedResolverChange`,
+// which reads the Domain's own `subregistryId` rather than ProtocolAcceleration's Domain-Resolver
+// Relation for exactly this reason).
 //
-// 1. NodeMigration runs first so that `nodeIsMigrated` is populated before either plugin's
-//    Old-registry guards consult it.
-// 2. Unigraph runs before ProtocolAcceleration so its `handleBridgedResolverChange` can read the
-//    PREVIOUS Domain-Resolver Relation from the index — ProtocolAcceleration's NewResolver /
-//    ResolverUpdated handlers overwrite that row, so reading MUST happen first.
-// 3. ProtocolAcceleration's resolver handlers then write the new DRR.
+// Cross-log ordering (different contracts/logs) IS deterministic by checkpoint. NodeMigration
+// relies only on that: it writes `nodeIsMigrated` on `ENSv1Registry:NewOwner` (the new Registry),
+// and the Old-registry guards read it on `ENSv1RegistryOld:*` events — different logs, so a node's
+// migration is always processed before any stale Old-registry event that consults it.
 //
 // Note: NodeMigration is gated on ProtocolAcceleration but the Unigraph plugin has
 // ProtocolAcceleration as a hard requirement, so checking ProtocolAcceleration is sufficient
 // to cover both plugins' needs.
+//
+// In the future, we may abstract the NodeMigration logic further, or unify the ProtocolAcceleration
+// and Unigraph plugins to avoid this ordering concern.
 
 if (config.plugins.includes(PluginName.ProtocolAcceleration)) {
   attach_NodeMigrationHandlers();
diff --git a/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/ensv2/canonicality-db-helpers.ts b/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/ensv2/canonicality-db-helpers.ts
index e1249fd805..d84481ca0d 100644
--- a/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/ensv2/canonicality-db-helpers.ts
+++ b/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/ensv2/canonicality-db-helpers.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type {
 } from "enssdk";
 
 import { isRootRegistryId } from "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk";
-import { isBridgedResolver } from "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk/internal";
+import { isBridgedResolver, isBridgedTargetRegistry } from "@ensnode/ensnode-sdk/internal";
 
 import { namehashLabelHashPath } from "@/lib/ensv2/namehash-label-hash-path";
 import { ensIndexerSchema, type IndexingEngineContext } from "@/lib/indexing-engines/ponder";
@@ -236,9 +236,10 @@ export async function handleSubregistryUpdated(
  * Reconciles the canonical edge for a Domain whose Resolver just changed. Detaches any prior
  * bridged target and attaches the new one (when the new resolver is a known Bridged Resolver).
  *
- * Reads the previous resolver from the Domain-Resolver Relation. This requires that this helper
- * runs BEFORE Protocol Acceleration's NewResolver/ResolverUpdated handlers, which overwrite the
- * DRR row — see `apps/ensindexer/ponder/src/register-handlers.ts` for the ordering.
+ * Derives the previous bridged target from the Domain's own `subregistryId` (the field this helper
+ * owns) rather than the Domain-Resolver Relation. Protocol Acceleration's NewResolver/ResolverUpdated
+ * handlers overwrite the DRR row for the SAME event, so reading the DRR here would depend on
+ * cross-plugin handler ordering. Reading `subregistryId` keeps this helper order-independent.
  *
  * This helper manages only the originating Domain's `subregistryId` (pointing it at the Bridged
  * Resolver's target Registry, or clearing it). The target Registry's `canonicalDomainId` is owned
@@ -250,24 +251,18 @@ export async function handleBridgedResolverChange(
   domainId: DomainId,
   nextResolver: NormalizedAddress | null,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const prev = await context.ensDb.find(ensIndexerSchema.domainResolverRelation, {
-    chainId: registry.chainId,
-    address: registry.address,
-    domainId,
-  });
-
-  const prevResolver = prev?.resolver;
-
-  const prevBridged = prevResolver
-    ? isBridgedResolver(config.namespace, { chainId: registry.chainId, address: prevResolver })
-    : null;
-
   const nextBridged = nextResolver
     ? isBridgedResolver(config.namespace, { chainId: registry.chainId, address: nextResolver })
     : null;
 
-  // the previous and the next are identical, no-op
-  // NOTE: this also covers the "neither are bridged resolvers" case (null === null)
+  // the Domain's current bridged target, derived from its own `subregistryId` rather than the DRR
+  const domain = await context.ensDb.find(ensIndexerSchema.domain, { id: domainId });
+  const prevBridged = domain?.subregistryId
+    ? isBridgedTargetRegistry(config.namespace, domain.subregistryId)
+    : null;
+
+  // the previous and the next bridged targets are identical, no-op
+  // NOTE: this also covers the "neither is a bridged resolver" case (null === null)
   if (prevBridged?.targetRegistryId === nextBridged?.targetRegistryId) return;
 
   // handle the domain's implicit SubregistryUpdated event
diff --git a/apps/ensindexer/src/plugins/protocol-acceleration/handlers/node-migration.ts b/apps/ensindexer/src/plugins/protocol-acceleration/handlers/node-migration.ts
index 6728ddc3a9..bbe56f6a34 100644
--- a/apps/ensindexer/src/plugins/protocol-acceleration/handlers/node-migration.ts
+++ b/apps/ensindexer/src/plugins/protocol-acceleration/handlers/node-migration.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ const ensRootChainId = getENSRootChainId(config.namespace);
 /**
  * Node migration handler — tracks ENSv1RegistryOld → ENSv1Registry migration on the ENS Root Chain.
  *
- * Extracted from the 'protocol-acceleration' plugin so it can be registered before both the 'unigraph' and
- * 'protocol-acceleration' plugins. This guarantees `nodeIsMigrated` reads from a populated table when
- * those plugins' Old-registry guards run.
+ * Extracted from the 'protocol-acceleration' plugin so its migration tracking is callable when
+ * either plugin is active, independent of plugin selection.
+ *
+ * Correctness does NOT depend on handler registration order: this writes `nodeIsMigrated` on the
+ * new Registry's `ENSv1Registry:NewOwner`, while the Old-registry guards read it on
+ * `ENSv1RegistryOld:*` events. Those are different logs, so Ponder's checkpoint ordering guarantees
+ * a node's migration is processed before any later Old-registry event that consults it.
  */
 export default function () {
   addOnchainEventListener(