diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
index 6abdf70ec..ad5c1fc8b 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
@@ -1369,10 +1369,14 @@ def _get_channel(
 def _is_field_channel(typ: type[Any]) -> BaseChannel | None:
     if hasattr(typ, "__metadata__"):
         meta = typ.__metadata__
-        if len(meta) >= 1 and isinstance(meta[-1], BaseChannel):
-            return meta[-1]
-        elif len(meta) >= 1 and isclass(meta[-1]) and issubclass(meta[-1], BaseChannel):
-            return meta[-1](typ.__origin__ if hasattr(typ, "__origin__") else typ)
+        # Search through all annotated medata to find channel annotations
+        for item in meta:
+            if isinstance(item, BaseChannel):
+                return item
+            elif isclass(item) and issubclass(item, BaseChannel):
+                # ex, Annotated[int, EphemeralValue, SomeOtherAnnotation]
+                # would return EphemeralValue(int)
+                return item(typ.__origin__ if hasattr(typ, "__origin__") else typ)
     return None
 
 
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_state.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_state.py
index 67988ef09..6b484383c 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_state.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_state.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import inspect
 import operator
 import warnings
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Annotated, Any, Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Optional, Union
 from typing import Annotated as Annotated2
 
 import pytest
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from typing_extensions import NotRequired, Required, TypedDict
 
 from langgraph.channels.binop import BinaryOperatorAggregate
-from langgraph.graph.state import StateGraph, _get_node_name, _warn_invalid_state_schema
+from langgraph.channels.ephemeral_value import EphemeralValue
+from langgraph.graph.state import (
+    StateGraph,
+    _get_node_name,
+    _is_field_channel,
+    _warn_invalid_state_schema,
+)
 
 
 class State(BaseModel):
@@ -335,3 +341,33 @@ def test_private_input_schema_conditional_edge():
     builder.add_edge("__start__", "node_1")
     graph = builder.compile()
     assert graph.invoke({"foo": 0}) == {"foo": 2, "bar": "meow"}
+
+
+def test_is_field_channel() -> None:
+    """Test channel detection across all scenarios."""
+    # Basic detection
+    result = _is_field_channel(Annotated[int, EphemeralValue])
+    assert isinstance(result, EphemeralValue) and result.typ is int
+
+    # Main fix: handles extraneous annotations
+    result = _is_field_channel(Annotated[str, "metadata", EphemeralValue, "more"])
+    assert isinstance(result, EphemeralValue) and result.typ is str
+
+    # Complex types work
+    union_type = Union[int, str]
+    result = _is_field_channel(Annotated[union_type, EphemeralValue])
+    assert isinstance(result, EphemeralValue) and result.typ is union_type
+
+    # Pre-instantiated channels
+    instantiated = EphemeralValue(int)
+    result = _is_field_channel(Annotated[int, instantiated])
+    assert result is instantiated
+
+    # Pre-instantiated channels with multiple annotations
+    instantiated = EphemeralValue(int)
+    result = _is_field_channel(Annotated[int, "metadata", instantiated, "more"])
+    assert result is instantiated
+
+    # No channel cases
+    assert _is_field_channel(int) is None
+    assert _is_field_channel(Annotated[int, "just_metadata"]) is None