diff --git a/candidate-pipeline/candidate_pipeline.rs b/candidate-pipeline/candidate_pipeline.rs
index dd602cc6..faee2294 100644
--- a/candidate-pipeline/candidate_pipeline.rs
+++ b/candidate-pipeline/candidate_pipeline.rs
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ where
         let hydrate_futures = enabled.iter().map(|h| h.run(query, &candidates));
         let results = join_all(hydrate_futures).await;
         for (hydrator, result) in enabled.iter().zip(results) {
-            hydrator.update_all(&mut candidates, result);
+            hydrator.apply_hydration(query, &mut candidates, result);
         }
         stats.finish_with_size(candidates.len());
         candidates
diff --git a/candidate-pipeline/hydrator.rs b/candidate-pipeline/hydrator.rs
index 2a8cf78e..ba82862a 100644
--- a/candidate-pipeline/hydrator.rs
+++ b/candidate-pipeline/hydrator.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    /// Write-back after `join_all`. Hydrators hydrate from one shared snapshot,
+    /// then `run_hydrators` applies each write in vec order. Override when the
+    /// stamp must read a field another hydrator just wrote.
+    fn apply_hydration(
+        &self,
+        query: &Q,
+        candidates: &mut [C],
+        hydrated: Vec<Result<C, String>>,
+    ) {
+        let _ = query;
+        self.update_all(candidates, hydrated);
+    }
+
     fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
         util::short_type_name(type_name_of_val(self))
     }
diff --git a/home-mixer/candidate_hydrators/in_network_candidate_hydrator.rs b/home-mixer/candidate_hydrators/in_network_candidate_hydrator.rs
index fba4caad..41881770 100644
--- a/home-mixer/candidate_hydrators/in_network_candidate_hydrator.rs
+++ b/home-mixer/candidate_hydrators/in_network_candidate_hydrator.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 use crate::models::candidate::PostCandidate;
 use crate::models::query::ScoredPostsQuery;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
 use tonic::async_trait;
 use xai_candidate_pipeline::hydrator::Hydrator;
 
 pub struct InNetworkCandidateHydrator;
 
+fn stamp_in_network(query: &ScoredPostsQuery, author_id: u64) -> bool {
+    let viewer_id = query.user_id;
+    author_id == viewer_id
+        || query
+            .user_features
+            .followed_user_ids
+            .iter()
+            .copied()
+            .map(|id| id as u64)
+            .any(|id| id == author_id)
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl Hydrator<ScoredPostsQuery, PostCandidate> for InNetworkCandidateHydrator {
     fn enable(&self, query: &ScoredPostsQuery) -> bool {
@@ -17,22 +28,11 @@ impl Hydrator<ScoredPostsQuery, PostCandidate> for InNetworkCandidateHydrator {
         query: &ScoredPostsQuery,
         candidates: &[PostCandidate],
     ) -> Vec<Result<PostCandidate, String>> {
-        let viewer_id = query.user_id;
-        let followed_ids: HashSet<u64> = query
-            .user_features
-            .followed_user_ids
-            .iter()
-            .copied()
-            .map(|id| id as u64)
-            .collect();
-
         candidates
             .iter()
             .map(|candidate| {
-                let is_self = candidate.author_id == viewer_id;
-                let is_in_network = is_self || followed_ids.contains(&candidate.author_id);
                 Ok(PostCandidate {
-                    in_network: Some(is_in_network),
+                    in_network: Some(stamp_in_network(query, candidate.author_id)),
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
             })
@@ -42,4 +42,137 @@ impl Hydrator<ScoredPostsQuery, PostCandidate> for InNetworkCandidateHydrator {
     fn update(&self, candidate: &mut PostCandidate, hydrated: PostCandidate) {
         candidate.in_network = hydrated.in_network;
     }
+
+    fn apply_hydration(
+        &self,
+        query: &ScoredPostsQuery,
+        candidates: &mut [PostCandidate],
+        _hydrated: Vec<Result<PostCandidate, String>>,
+    ) {
+        // run_hydrators join_alls hydrate() against the source snapshot, then
+        // applies writes in vec order. CoreData.update may have just filled
+        // author_id. Copying hydrate()'s snapshot stamp would keep OON on a
+        // followee TweetMixer shipped as author_id = 0.
+        for candidate in candidates.iter_mut() {
+            candidate.in_network = Some(stamp_in_network(query, candidate.author_id));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::models::user_features::UserFeatures;
+
+    fn query_following(viewer_id: u64, followed: Vec<i64>) -> ScoredPostsQuery {
+        ScoredPostsQuery {
+            user_id: viewer_id,
+            user_features: UserFeatures {
+                followed_user_ids: followed,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn hydrate_stamps_from_snapshot_author() {
+        let query = query_following(1, vec![42]);
+        let hydrator = InNetworkCandidateHydrator;
+        let candidates = vec![
+            PostCandidate {
+                tweet_id: 1,
+                author_id: 42,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            PostCandidate {
+                tweet_id: 2,
+                author_id: 99,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            PostCandidate {
+                tweet_id: 3,
+                author_id: 1,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        ];
+        let hydrated = hydrator.hydrate(&query, &candidates).await;
+        assert_eq!(hydrated[0].as_ref().unwrap().in_network, Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(hydrated[1].as_ref().unwrap().in_network, Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(hydrated[2].as_ref().unwrap().in_network, Some(true));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn join_all_snapshot_stamp_is_oon_when_author_id_is_zero() {
+        let query = query_following(1, vec![42]);
+        let hydrator = InNetworkCandidateHydrator;
+        let snapshot = [PostCandidate {
+            tweet_id: 1,
+            author_id: 0,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }];
+        let hydrated = hydrator.hydrate(&query, &snapshot).await;
+        let mut candidate = snapshot[0].clone();
+        hydrator.update(&mut candidate, hydrated.into_iter().next().unwrap().unwrap());
+        candidate.author_id = 42;
+        assert_eq!(
+            candidate.in_network,
+            Some(false),
+            "hydrate+update copies the pre-TES OON stamp; this is the join_all bug"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn apply_hydration_restamps_after_tes_fills_followed_author() {
+        let query = query_following(1, vec![42]);
+        let hydrator = InNetworkCandidateHydrator;
+        let snapshot = [PostCandidate {
+            tweet_id: 1,
+            author_id: 0,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }];
+        let hydrated = hydrator.hydrate(&query, &snapshot).await;
+        let mut candidates = snapshot.to_vec();
+        // CoreData.update in the join_all write-back, before InNetwork.
+        candidates[0].author_id = 42;
+        hydrator.apply_hydration(&query, &mut candidates, hydrated);
+        assert_eq!(candidates[0].in_network, Some(true));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn apply_hydration_keeps_oon_for_unfollowed_tes_author() {
+        let query = query_following(1, vec![42]);
+        let hydrator = InNetworkCandidateHydrator;
+        let snapshot = [PostCandidate {
+            tweet_id: 1,
+            author_id: 0,
+            in_network: Some(true),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }];
+        let hydrated = hydrator.hydrate(&query, &snapshot).await;
+        let mut candidates = snapshot.to_vec();
+        candidates[0].author_id = 99;
+        hydrator.apply_hydration(&query, &mut candidates, hydrated);
+        assert_eq!(candidates[0].in_network, Some(false));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn apply_hydration_marks_self_in_network() {
+        let query = query_following(7, vec![42]);
+        let hydrator = InNetworkCandidateHydrator;
+        let mut candidates = vec![PostCandidate {
+            tweet_id: 1,
+            author_id: 7,
+            in_network: Some(false),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }];
+        hydrator.apply_hydration(&query, &mut candidates, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(candidates[0].in_network, Some(true));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tes_miss_leaving_author_zero_stamps_oon() {
+        let query = query_following(1, vec![42]);
+        assert!(!stamp_in_network(&query, 0));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_candidate_pipeline.rs b/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_candidate_pipeline.rs
index e8c9c397..e01b0d42 100644
--- a/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_candidate_pipeline.rs
+++ b/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_candidate_pipeline.rs
@@ -324,12 +324,15 @@ impl PhoenixCandidatePipeline {
             cached_posts_source,
         ];
 
+        // InNetwork.apply_hydration reads author_id after CoreData.update.
+        // join_all hydrates every hydrator from the same snapshot, so vec
+        // order alone cannot give InNetwork the TES author (#128 leftover).
         let hydrators: Vec<Box<dyn Hydrator<ScoredPostsQuery, PostCandidate>>> = vec![
-            Box::new(InNetworkCandidateHydrator),
             Box::new(BidirectionalFollowHydrator {
                 socialgraph_client: socialgraph_client.clone(),
             }),
             Box::new(core_data_hydrator),
+            Box::new(InNetworkCandidateHydrator),
             Box::new(QuoteHydrator::new(tes_client.clone(), socialgraph_client.clone()).await),
             Box::new(MediaInfoHydrator::new(media_info_cache_client).await),
             Box::new(SubscriptionHydrator::new(tes_client.clone()).await),
diff --git a/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_scores_pipeline.rs b/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_scores_pipeline.rs
index 6a79621f..69e5fa82 100644
--- a/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_scores_pipeline.rs
+++ b/home-mixer/candidate_pipeline/phoenix_scores_pipeline.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ impl PhoenixScoresPipeline {
         let sources: Vec<Box<dyn Source<ScoredPostsQuery, PostCandidate>>> =
             vec![Box::new(SeedCandidatesSource)];
 
+        // CoreData.update before InNetwork.apply_hydration. join_all still
+        // hydrates both from the source snapshot; the stamp is the write-back.
         let hydrators: Vec<Box<dyn Hydrator<ScoredPostsQuery, PostCandidate>>> = vec![
             Box::new(CoreDataCandidateHydrator::new(tes_client.clone()).await),
             Box::new(InNetworkCandidateHydrator),