diff --git a/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py b/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py
index 2a7528be0..b2afdf349 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py
@@ -149,15 +149,15 @@ class InMemorySaver(
         they find their own terminator or hit the root.
 
         The seed value (whether a `_DeltaSnapshot` or a plain pre-delta
-        migration blob) is the value AT that ancestor, prior to its own
-        pending writes that produce the child. Those on-path writes —
-        including the ones stored on the terminating ancestor — are always
-        collected and replayed on top of the seed, so a thread migrated from
-        a pre-delta channel does not drop the writes saved under the
-        migration boundary checkpoint.
+        migration blob) is the value AT that ancestor. Pending writes on a
+        plain seed checkpoint are replayed when they are the first deltas
+        after migration (no delta-era ancestor already contributed writes).
+        Stale pre-delta writes on the same checkpoint as the blob are skipped
+        once a delta-era ancestor in the walk has already contributed writes.
         """
         if not channels:
             return {}
+        from langgraph.checkpoint.serde.types import _DeltaSnapshot
 
         thread_id = config["configurable"]["thread_id"]
         checkpoint_ns = config["configurable"].get("checkpoint_ns", "")
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ class InMemorySaver(
         collected_by_ch: dict[str, list[PendingWrite]] = {c: [] for c in channels}
         seed_by_ch: dict[str, Any] = {}
         remaining: set[str] = set(channels)
+        # True once a delta-era (empty-blob) ancestor has contributed a write.
+        seen_delta_write: dict[str, bool] = dict.fromkeys(channels, False)
 
         for cp_id in chain:
             if not remaining:
@@ -187,14 +189,17 @@ class InMemorySaver(
 
             terminated_here: set[str] = set()
             blob_value_by_ch: dict[str, Any] = {}
+            delta_era_by_ch: dict[str, bool] = {}
             if ckpt is not None:
                 versions = ckpt.get("channel_versions", {})
                 for ch in remaining:
                     ver = versions.get(ch)
                     if ver is None:
+                        delta_era_by_ch[ch] = True
                         continue
                     blob_entry = self.blobs.get((thread_id, checkpoint_ns, ch, ver))
                     if blob_entry is None or blob_entry[0] == "empty":
+                        delta_era_by_ch[ch] = True
                         continue
                     blob_value_by_ch[ch] = self.serde.loads_typed(blob_entry)
                     terminated_here.add(ch)
@@ -205,15 +210,22 @@ class InMemorySaver(
             ):
                 if ch not in remaining:
                     continue
-                # Collect on-path writes regardless of seed type. A plain
-                # (pre-delta migration) blob is the settled value AT that
-                # ancestor; its own pending writes produce the child and must
-                # still be replayed, just like a `_DeltaSnapshot` seed.
-                # Skipping them would drop post-migration writes saved under
-                # the migration boundary checkpoint.
+                blob_value = blob_value_by_ch.get(ch)
+                if (
+                    blob_value is not None
+                    and not isinstance(blob_value, _DeltaSnapshot)
+                    and seen_delta_write.get(ch, False)
+                ):
+                    # Pre-delta blob already settled; stale writes on the same
+                    # checkpoint are subsumed. Post-migration writes on the
+                    # migration boundary are collected when no delta-era
+                    # ancestor has contributed writes yet.
+                    continue
                 collected_by_ch[ch].append(
                     (tid, ch, self.serde.loads_typed(serialized))
                 )
+                if delta_era_by_ch.get(ch, False):
+                    seen_delta_write[ch] = True
 
             for ch in terminated_here:
                 seed_by_ch[ch] = blob_value_by_ch[ch]