diff --git a/src/core/graph/subgraph/migration/README.md b/src/core/graph/subgraph/migration/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..386ada63c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/graph/subgraph/migration/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# subgraph/migration
+
+**PR-A scaffolding only — empty until PR-B.**
+
+This directory is reserved for the proxyWidget migration planner and helpers
+landing in PR-B of the subgraph promoted-widget ratchet.
+
+References:
+
+- ADR 0009 — Subgraph promoted-widget migration
+- Implementation plan: [`temp/plans/2026-05-05-subgraph-promoted-widget-ratchet.md`](../../../../../temp/plans/2026-05-05-subgraph-promoted-widget-ratchet.md)
+
+Planned modules (PR-B):
+
+- `proxyWidgetMigrationPlanner.ts` — classify + plan
+- `proxyWidgetMigrationFlush.ts` — defer/flush, idempotent
+- `classifyProxyEntry.ts`
+- `repairValueWidget.ts`
+- `repairPrimitiveFanout.ts`
+- `migratePreviewExposure.ts`
+- `quarantineEntry.ts`
+
+The directory is intentionally empty in PR-A; no production code path imports
+from here yet.
diff --git a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.test.ts b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.test.ts
index 65cf6f911f..dd791bbf72 100644
--- a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.test.ts
@@ -1386,10 +1386,17 @@ describe('SubgraphNode.widgets getter', () => {
     const restoredNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraphNode.subgraph, {
       id: 99
     })
+    // ADR 0009: serialize() no longer re-emits proxyWidgets from the store.
+    // To exercise the legacy configure-time hydration path, inject the
+    // expected legacy payload directly.
     restoredNode.configure({
       ...serialized,
       id: restoredNode.id,
-      type: subgraphNode.subgraph.id
+      type: subgraphNode.subgraph.id,
+      properties: {
+        ...serialized.properties,
+        proxyWidgets: [[String(innerNode.id), 'widgetA']]
+      }
     })
 
     const restoredEntries = usePromotionStore().getPromotions(
@@ -1438,11 +1445,21 @@ describe('SubgraphNode.widgets getter', () => {
 
     const serialized = subgraphNode.serialize()
     const restoredNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph, { id: 98 })
+    // ADR 0009: inject legacy proxyWidgets payload to exercise the
+    // configure-time hydration path; serialize() no longer emits it.
     restoredNode.configure({
       ...serialized,
       id: restoredNode.id,
       type: subgraph.id,
-      inputs: []
+      inputs: [],
+      properties: {
+        ...serialized.properties,
+        proxyWidgets: [
+          [String(linkedNodeA.id), 'string_a'],
+          [String(linkedNodeB.id), 'string_a'],
+          [String(storeOnlyNode.id), 'string_a']
+        ]
+      }
     })
 
     const restoredWidgets = promotedWidgets(restoredNode)
@@ -1495,6 +1512,8 @@ describe('SubgraphNode.widgets getter', () => {
 
     const serialized = subgraphNode.serialize()
     const restoredNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph, { id: 108 })
+    // ADR 0009: inject legacy proxyWidgets payload to exercise the
+    // configure-time hydration path; serialize() no longer emits it.
     restoredNode.configure({
       ...serialized,
       id: restoredNode.id,
@@ -1505,7 +1524,15 @@ describe('SubgraphNode.widgets getter', () => {
           type: '*',
           link: null
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      properties: {
+        ...serialized.properties,
+        proxyWidgets: [
+          [String(linkedNodeA.id), 'string_a'],
+          [String(linkedNodeB.id), 'string_a'],
+          [String(storeOnlyNode.id), 'string_a']
+        ]
+      }
     })
 
     const restoredWidgets = promotedWidgets(restoredNode)
@@ -1634,12 +1661,17 @@ describe('SubgraphNode.widgets getter', () => {
     expect(finalIndependentView.value).toBe('independent-final')
   })
 
-  test('clone output preserves proxyWidgets for promotion hydration', () => {
+  // ADR 0009: clone output no longer carries properties.proxyWidgets — the
+  // canonical promotion identity lives on the linked SubgraphInputs that
+  // travel via inputs/links. Hydration of legacy proxyWidgets is exercised
+  // separately via the explicit-inject pattern in the round-trip tests above.
+  test('clone output omits properties.proxyWidgets', () => {
     const [subgraphNode, innerNodes] = setupSubgraph(1)
     const innerNode = firstInnerNode(innerNodes)
     innerNode.addWidget('text', 'widgetA', 'a', () => {})
 
     setPromotions(subgraphNode, [[String(innerNode.id), 'widgetA']])
+    delete subgraphNode.properties.proxyWidgets
 
     const createNodeSpy = vi
       .spyOn(LiteGraph, 'createNode')
@@ -1653,29 +1685,11 @@ describe('SubgraphNode.widgets getter', () => {
     if (!clonedNode) throw new Error('Expected clone to return a node')
 
     const clonedSerialized = clonedNode.serialize()
-    expect(clonedSerialized.properties?.proxyWidgets).toStrictEqual([
-      [String(innerNode.id), 'widgetA']
-    ])
-
-    const hydratedClone = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraphNode.subgraph, {
-      id: 100
-    })
-    hydratedClone.configure({
-      ...clonedSerialized,
-      id: hydratedClone.id,
-      type: subgraphNode.subgraph.id
-    })
-
-    const hydratedEntries = usePromotionStore().getPromotions(
-      hydratedClone.rootGraph.id,
-      hydratedClone.id
-    )
-    expect(hydratedEntries).toStrictEqual([
-      {
-        sourceNodeId: String(innerNode.id),
-        sourceWidgetName: 'widgetA'
-      }
-    ])
+    // Either undefined (preferred) or an empty array — the legacy
+    // _internalConfigureAfterSlots writeback may seed an empty default
+    // until slice 6 retires that path entirely.
+    const cloned = clonedSerialized.properties?.proxyWidgets
+    expect(cloned === undefined || (Array.isArray(cloned) && cloned.length === 0)).toBe(true)
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/src/core/graph/subgraph/subgraphNodePromotion.test.ts b/src/core/graph/subgraph/subgraphNodePromotion.test.ts
index b0203fe4b7..1121a6d825 100644
--- a/src/core/graph/subgraph/subgraphNodePromotion.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/graph/subgraph/subgraphNodePromotion.test.ts
@@ -270,10 +270,15 @@ describe('Subgraph proxyWidgets', () => {
     expect(serialized.widgets_values).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
-  test('serialize preserves proxyWidgets in properties', () => {
+  // ADR 0009: serialize() no longer re-emits properties.proxyWidgets.
+  // Promoted-widget identity is owned by the linked SubgraphInput; the legacy
+  // proxyWidgets array is preserved on load only and is not the source of
+  // truth at save time.
+  test('serialize does not re-emit proxyWidgets from the promotion store', () => {
     const [subgraphNode, innerNodes, innerIds] = setupSubgraph(1)
     innerNodes[0].addWidget('text', 'widgetA', 'a', () => {})
     innerNodes[0].addWidget('text', 'widgetB', 'b', () => {})
+    delete subgraphNode.properties.proxyWidgets
     usePromotionStore().setPromotions(
       subgraphNode.rootGraph.id,
       subgraphNode.id,
@@ -285,10 +290,7 @@ describe('Subgraph proxyWidgets', () => {
 
     const serialized = subgraphNode.serialize()
 
-    expect(serialized.properties?.proxyWidgets).toStrictEqual([
-      [innerIds[0], 'widgetA'],
-      [innerIds[0], 'widgetB']
-    ])
+    expect(serialized.properties?.proxyWidgets).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   test('multi-link representative is deterministic across repeated reads', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.serialize.test.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.serialize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95d13b3e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.serialize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for SubgraphNode.serialize() after ADR 0009.
+ *
+ * Covers:
+ * - Removed copy-back loop: exterior promoted host value does NOT mutate
+ *   the corresponding interior widget value.
+ * - properties.proxyWidgets is no longer re-emitted on serialize.
+ * - properties.previewExposures round-trip through the
+ *   PreviewExposureStore.
+ * - properties.proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine round-trips and is inert at
+ *   runtime; an empty quarantine is omitted from the serialized payload.
+ */
+import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing'
+import { setActivePinia } from 'pinia'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import {
+  appendHostQuarantine,
+  makeQuarantineEntry
+} from '@/core/graph/subgraph/migration/quarantineEntry'
+import type { SerializedProxyWidgetTuple } from '@/core/schemas/promotionSchema'
+import type { ISlotType, TWidgetType } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
+import { BaseWidget, LGraphNode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
+import { usePreviewExposureStore } from '@/stores/previewExposureStore'
+import { createNodeLocatorId } from '@/types/nodeIdentification'
+
+import {
+  createTestSubgraph,
+  createTestSubgraphNode,
+  resetSubgraphFixtureState
+} from './__fixtures__/subgraphHelpers'
+
+vi.mock('@/renderer/core/canvas/canvasStore', () => ({
+  useCanvasStore: () => ({})
+}))
+vi.mock('@/services/litegraphService', () => ({
+  useLitegraphService: () => ({ updatePreviews: () => ({}) })
+}))
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  setActivePinia(createTestingPinia({ stubActions: false }))
+  resetSubgraphFixtureState()
+})
+
+function createNodeWithWidget(
+  title: string,
+  widgetType: TWidgetType = 'number',
+  widgetValue: unknown = 42,
+  slotType: ISlotType = 'number'
+) {
+  const node = new LGraphNode(title)
+  const input = node.addInput('value', slotType)
+  node.addOutput('out', slotType)
+
+  // @ts-expect-error Abstract class instantiation
+  const widget = new BaseWidget({
+    name: 'widget',
+    type: widgetType,
+    value: widgetValue,
+    y: 0,
+    options: widgetType === 'number' ? { min: 0, max: 100, step: 1 } : {},
+    node
+  })
+  node.widgets = [widget]
+  input.widget = { name: widget.name }
+
+  return { node, widget, input }
+}
+
+describe('SubgraphNode.serialize (ADR 0009)', () => {
+  describe('removed copy-back loop', () => {
+    it('does not call subgraphInput.getConnectedWidgets() during serialize', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph({
+        inputs: [{ name: 'value', type: 'number' }]
+      })
+
+      const { node: interiorNode } = createNodeWithWidget('Interior')
+      subgraph.add(interiorNode)
+      subgraph.inputNode.slots[0].connect(
+        interiorNode.inputs[0],
+        interiorNode
+      )
+
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+
+      // The pre-ADR-0009 copy-back loop iterated input._subgraphSlot
+      // .getConnectedWidgets() and assigned the host wrapper's value to
+      // every interior widget. After removal, serialize must not visit
+      // that path at all, preventing cross-host stomping.
+      const slot = hostNode.inputs.find((i) => i._subgraphSlot)
+        ?._subgraphSlot
+      expect(slot).toBeDefined()
+      const spy = vi.spyOn(slot!, 'getConnectedWidgets')
+
+      hostNode.serialize()
+
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('proxyWidgets is no longer re-emitted', () => {
+    it('does not write properties.proxyWidgets after serialize', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph({
+        inputs: [{ name: 'value', type: 'number' }]
+      })
+
+      const { node: interiorNode } = createNodeWithWidget('Interior')
+      subgraph.add(interiorNode)
+      subgraph.inputNode.slots[0].connect(
+        interiorNode.inputs[0],
+        interiorNode
+      )
+
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+      // Ensure no pre-existing proxyWidgets property leaks through.
+      delete hostNode.properties.proxyWidgets
+
+      const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
+
+      expect(serialized.properties?.proxyWidgets).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(hostNode.properties.proxyWidgets).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('preserves a pre-existing legacy proxyWidgets property without re-deriving it', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph()
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+
+      const legacy: SerializedProxyWidgetTuple[] = [['7', 'seed']]
+      hostNode.properties.proxyWidgets = legacy
+
+      const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
+
+      // Still serialized as-is — not deleted, not rewritten.
+      expect(serialized.properties?.proxyWidgets).toStrictEqual(legacy)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('previewExposures round-trip', () => {
+    it('writes previewExposures from the store on serialize', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph()
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+
+      const store = usePreviewExposureStore()
+      const rootGraphId = hostNode.rootGraph.id
+      const hostLocator = createNodeLocatorId(rootGraphId, hostNode.id)
+
+      store.addExposure(rootGraphId, hostLocator, {
+        sourceNodeId: '12',
+        sourcePreviewName: '$$canvas-image-preview'
+      })
+      store.addExposure(rootGraphId, hostLocator, {
+        sourceNodeId: '14',
+        sourcePreviewName: 'videopreview'
+      })
+
+      const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
+
+      expect(serialized.properties?.previewExposures).toEqual([
+        {
+          name: '$$canvas-image-preview',
+          sourceNodeId: '12',
+          sourcePreviewName: '$$canvas-image-preview'
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'videopreview',
+          sourceNodeId: '14',
+          sourcePreviewName: 'videopreview'
+        }
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it('omits previewExposures when the store has no entries for the host', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph()
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+      hostNode.properties.previewExposures = [
+        {
+          name: 'stale',
+          sourceNodeId: '0',
+          sourcePreviewName: '$$canvas-image-preview'
+        }
+      ]
+
+      const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
+
+      expect(serialized.properties?.previewExposures).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(hostNode.properties.previewExposures).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine', () => {
+    it('preserves quarantine entries through serialize and is inert at runtime', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph()
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+
+      appendHostQuarantine(hostNode, [
+        makeQuarantineEntry({
+          originalEntry: ['7', 'seed'],
+          reason: 'missingSourceNode',
+          hostValue: 42
+        })
+      ])
+
+      const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
+      const quarantine = serialized.properties?.proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine
+      expect(Array.isArray(quarantine)).toBe(true)
+      expect(quarantine).toHaveLength(1)
+
+      // Inertness: quarantine entries do not produce widgets.
+      expect(
+        hostNode.widgets.some(
+          (w) => 'sourceNodeId' in w && w.sourceNodeId === '7'
+        )
+      ).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('removes the property entirely when quarantine is empty', () => {
+      const subgraph = createTestSubgraph()
+      const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+      hostNode.properties.proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine = []
+
+      const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
+
+      expect(
+        serialized.properties?.proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine
+      ).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(hostNode.properties.proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts
index f31f5a0528..0a0f2c47bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ import {
   CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_WIDGET,
   supportsVirtualCanvasImagePreview
 } from '@/composables/node/canvasImagePreviewTypes'
+import { readHostQuarantine } from '@/core/graph/subgraph/migration/quarantineEntry'
 import { parseProxyWidgets } from '@/core/schemas/promotionSchema'
 import { useDomWidgetStore } from '@/stores/domWidgetStore'
+import { usePreviewExposureStore } from '@/stores/previewExposureStore'
 import {
   makePromotionEntryKey,
   usePromotionStore
 } from '@/stores/promotionStore'
+import { createNodeLocatorId } from '@/types/nodeIdentification'
 
 import { ExecutableNodeDTO } from './ExecutableNodeDTO'
 import type { ExecutableLGraphNode, ExecutionId } from './ExecutableNodeDTO'
@@ -1574,33 +1577,39 @@ export class SubgraphNode extends LGraphNode implements BaseLGraph {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Synchronizes widget values from this SubgraphNode instance to the
-   * corresponding widgets in the subgraph definition before serialization.
-   * This ensures nested subgraph widget values are preserved when saving.
+   * Serializes this SubgraphNode instance.
+   *
+   * After ADR 0009 the canonical owner of each promoted value widget is the
+   * linked `SubgraphInput` itself; host-overlay values live in
+   * `widgets_values`, and previews live in `properties.previewExposures`.
+   * `properties.proxyWidgets` is no longer re-emitted; legacy data is preserved
+   * for one-way ratchet load only.
    */
   override serialize(): ISerialisedNode {
-    // Sync widget values to subgraph definition before serialization.
-    // Only sync for inputs that are linked to a promoted widget via _widget.
-    for (const input of this.inputs) {
-      if (!input._widget) continue
+    // TODO(adr-0009): Remove this comment once one stable release has shipped
+    // without complaints about subgraph value drift. Host promoted-widget
+    // values now serialize through standard SubgraphInput widgets and must not
+    // be copied into interior widgets, which would cause cross-host stomping.
 
-      const subgraphInput =
-        input._subgraphSlot ??
-        this.subgraph.inputNode.slots.find((slot) => slot.name === input.name)
-      if (!subgraphInput) continue
+    const rootGraphId = this.rootGraph.id
+    const hostLocator = createNodeLocatorId(rootGraphId, this.id)
 
-      const connectedWidgets = subgraphInput.getConnectedWidgets()
-      for (const connectedWidget of connectedWidgets) {
-        connectedWidget.value = input._widget.value
-      }
+    const previewExposures = usePreviewExposureStore().getExposures(
+      rootGraphId,
+      hostLocator
+    )
+    if (previewExposures.length > 0) {
+      this.properties.previewExposures = previewExposures.map((entry) => ({
+        ...entry
+      }))
+    } else {
+      delete this.properties.previewExposures
     }
 
-    // Write promotion store state back to properties for serialization
-    const entries = usePromotionStore().getPromotions(
-      this.rootGraph.id,
-      this.id
-    )
-    this.properties.proxyWidgets = this._serializeEntries(entries)
+    const quarantine = readHostQuarantine(this)
+    if (quarantine.length === 0) {
+      delete this.properties.proxyWidgetErrorQuarantine
+    }
 
     return super.serialize()
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphWidgetPromotion.test.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphWidgetPromotion.test.ts
index f54017d54a..4ed8573f70 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphWidgetPromotion.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphWidgetPromotion.test.ts
@@ -427,31 +427,21 @@ describe('SubgraphWidgetPromotion', () => {
       subgraph.inputNode.slots[0].connect(interiorNode.inputs[0], interiorNode)
 
       const hostNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
-
-      // serialize() syncs the promotion store into properties.proxyWidgets
       const serialized = hostNode.serialize()
-      const originalProxyWidgets = serialized.properties!
-        .proxyWidgets as string[][]
 
-      expect(originalProxyWidgets.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-      expect(
-        originalProxyWidgets.some(([, widgetName]) => widgetName === 'text')
-      ).toBe(true)
-
-      // Simulate clone: create a second SubgraphNode configured from serialized data
+      // ADR 0009: clone preservation no longer relies on properties.proxyWidgets.
+      // The promoted widgets are derived from the linked SubgraphInputs that
+      // come through the serialized inputs/links, so the host's own widgets
+      // getter should expose the promoted view after configure.
       const cloneNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
       cloneNode.configure(serialized)
-      const cloneProxyWidgets = cloneNode.properties.proxyWidgets as string[][]
 
-      expect(cloneProxyWidgets.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-      expect(
-        cloneProxyWidgets.some(([, widgetName]) => widgetName === 'text')
-      ).toBe(true)
+      const promotedNames = cloneNode.widgets
+        .filter(isPromotedWidgetView)
+        .filter((widget) => !widget.name.startsWith('$$'))
+        .map((widget) => widget.sourceWidgetName)
 
-      // Clone's proxyWidgets should reference the same interior node
-      const originalNodeIds = originalProxyWidgets.map(([nodeId]) => nodeId)
-      const cloneNodeIds = cloneProxyWidgets.map(([nodeId]) => nodeId)
-      expect(cloneNodeIds).toStrictEqual(originalNodeIds)
+      expect(promotedNames).toContain('text')
     })
   })