diff --git a/app/tests/api/release-tracks/deterministic-graph-migration.spec.js b/app/tests/api/release-tracks/deterministic-graph-migration.spec.js
index 7a149c2e..9e4689e2 100644
--- a/app/tests/api/release-tracks/deterministic-graph-migration.spec.js
+++ b/app/tests/api/release-tracks/deterministic-graph-migration.spec.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ describe('Deterministic snapshot graph migration', function () {
   let group;
   let relationship;
   let trackId;
+  const deprecatedDanglingRelationshipId = 'relationship--f7a41277-6599-49df-9567-82c9227fb8b5';
+  const activeDanglingRelationshipId = 'relationship--932fabf0-2868-46ed-9453-41e33dab7f39';
+  const missingEndpointId = 'campaign--5f4e747c-11d7-49ae-a947-a0f436879d62';
 
   before(async function () {
     await database.initializeConnection();
@@ -110,9 +113,65 @@ describe('Deterministic snapshot graph migration', function () {
       ReleaseTrackGraphManifest.deleteMany({ track_id: trackId }),
       ReleaseTrackGraphManifestEntry.deleteMany({ track_id: trackId }),
     ]);
+    await mongoose.connection.db.collection('relationships').insertOne({
+      workspace: {},
+      stix: {
+        type: 'relationship',
+        spec_version: '2.1',
+        id: deprecatedDanglingRelationshipId,
+        created: new Date(timestamp),
+        modified: new Date(timestamp),
+        relationship_type: 'uses',
+        source_ref: missingEndpointId,
+        target_ref: technique.stix.id,
+        revoked: false,
+        x_mitre_deprecated: true,
+        object_marking_refs: [markingDefinitionId],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed when an active latest relationship has a dangling endpoint', async function () {
+    const timestamp = new Date();
+    await mongoose.connection.db.collection('relationships').insertOne({
+      workspace: {},
+      stix: {
+        type: 'relationship',
+        spec_version: '2.1',
+        id: activeDanglingRelationshipId,
+        created: timestamp,
+        modified: timestamp,
+        relationship_type: 'uses',
+        source_ref: group.stix.id,
+        target_ref: missingEndpointId,
+        revoked: false,
+        x_mitre_deprecated: false,
+        object_marking_refs: [markingDefinitionId],
+      },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await expect(
+        migration._private.run(mongoose.connection.db, {
+          dryRun: true,
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toMatchObject({
+        message: expect.stringContaining(activeDanglingRelationshipId),
+        missing_relationship_endpoints: [
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            relationship_ref: activeDanglingRelationshipId,
+            missing_endpoints: [missingEndpointId],
+          }),
+        ],
+      });
+    } finally {
+      await mongoose.connection.db
+        .collection('relationships')
+        .deleteOne({ 'stix.id': activeDanglingRelationshipId });
+    }
   });
 
-  it('supports a non-mutating dry run', async function () {
+  it('supports a non-mutating dry run with unrelated deprecated dangling data', async function () {
     const report = await migration._private.run(mongoose.connection.db, {
       dryRun: true,
     });
@@ -145,6 +204,10 @@ describe('Deterministic snapshot graph migration', function () {
       object_ref: technique.stix.id,
       object_modified: new Date(technique.stix.modified),
     });
+    const deprecatedDanglingRelationship = await mongoose.connection.db
+      .collection('relationships')
+      .findOne({ 'stix.id': deprecatedDanglingRelationshipId });
+    expect(deprecatedDanglingRelationship.workspace.relationship_endpoints).toBeUndefined();
 
     const manifests = await ReleaseTrackGraphManifest.find({
       track_id: trackId,
diff --git a/docs/admin/release-track-graph-migration.md b/docs/admin/release-track-graph-migration.md
index 227e562f..91855ca5 100644
--- a/docs/admin/release-track-graph-migration.md
+++ b/docs/admin/release-track-graph-migration.md
@@ -14,21 +14,25 @@ DATABASE_URL='mongodb://host/database' \
   npm run preview:deterministic-snapshot-graphs
 ```
 
-The report includes the latest relationship revisions scanned, endpoint pins
-that would be written, release-track snapshots found, and baseline manifests
-that would be created. No database writes or indexes are created by this
-command.
-
-The preview fails if a latest relationship references a source or target
-object that no longer exists. Repair those dangling endpoints before
-deployment. Snapshot graph capture fails closed rather than silently producing
-an incomplete deterministic baseline.
+The report includes the latest active relationship revisions scanned, endpoint
+pins that would be written, release-track snapshots found, and baseline
+manifests that would be created. No database writes or indexes are created by
+this command.
+
+The preview fails if an active latest relationship references a source or
+target object that no longer exists. The error identifies the affected
+relationship and missing endpoint IDs; repair those dangling endpoints before
+deployment. Deprecated and revoked relationships are not eligible for bundle
+graphs, so the migration leaves that inactive legacy history untouched.
+Snapshot graph capture fails closed rather than silently producing an
+incomplete deterministic baseline.
 
 ## What the migration writes
 
-- Exact source and target revision metadata is added only to the latest
-  revision of each relationship in the underlying `relationships` collection.
-  `view.relationships.latest` may be used for discovery but is never written.
+- Exact source and target revision metadata is added only to active latest
+  relationship revisions in the underlying `relationships` collection.
+  `view.relationships.latest.active` may be used for discovery but is never
+  written.
 - Each existing release-track snapshot receives a graph manifest containing
   its exact primary, relationship, secondary, supporting, and LinkById
   dependencies.
diff --git a/docs/developer/TODO.md b/docs/developer/TODO.md
index 1ad59401..591677be 100644
--- a/docs/developer/TODO.md
+++ b/docs/developer/TODO.md
@@ -258,6 +258,29 @@ revision on which that bundle depends.
       Bruno request definitions require no transport change.
 - [x] Run focused specs while iterating, then lint, OpenAPI validation, and the
       complete `npm test` suite.
+
+### Production-shaped migration repair
+
+- [x] Scope legacy endpoint pinning to active latest relationships, matching
+      the relationship set eligible for deterministic snapshot graphs.
+- [x] Preserve fail-closed behavior for active dangling relationships while
+      allowing deprecated or revoked dangling history to remain untouched.
+- [x] Surface actionable missing-endpoint diagnostics in the migration preview
+      and startup failure.
+- [x] Establish manifest indexes independently of whether relationship pin
+      updates happen to be required.
+- [x] Add production-shaped migration regressions and update the operator
+      documentation.
+
+Verification result (2026-07-30):
+
+- The focused migration spec passes all 4 cases.
+- A read-only preview against the restored production database scans 24,818
+  active relationship revisions without encountering the 118 dangling
+  endpoints confined to deprecated relationship history.
+- Lint, formatting, diff checks, and the complete `npm test` suite pass; the
+  API suite passes all 972 cases.
+
 - [x] Propose conventional commits split by independently reviewable
       architectural slice; do not commit until requested.
 
diff --git a/migrations/20260730180000-backfill-deterministic-snapshot-graphs.js b/migrations/20260730180000-backfill-deterministic-snapshot-graphs.js
index 2643e96d..ff5ba792 100644
--- a/migrations/20260730180000-backfill-deterministic-snapshot-graphs.js
+++ b/migrations/20260730180000-backfill-deterministic-snapshot-graphs.js
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 const TRACK_COLLECTION_PATTERN =
   /^release-track--[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
 const CONCURRENCY = 4;
+const ACTIVE_RELATIONSHIP_FILTER = {
+  'stix.x_mitre_deprecated': { $in: [null, false] },
+  'stix.revoked': { $in: [null, false] },
+};
+const ERROR_SAMPLE_LIMIT = 10;
 
 async function mapWithConcurrency(items, mapper) {
   let nextIndex = 0;
@@ -29,11 +34,18 @@ async function mapWithConcurrency(items, mapper) {
 }
 
 async function latestRelationships(db) {
+  const latestActiveViewExists = await db
+    .listCollections({ name: 'view.relationships.latest.active' }, { nameOnly: true })
+    .hasNext();
+  if (latestActiveViewExists) {
+    return db.collection('view.relationships.latest.active').find({}).toArray();
+  }
+
   const latestViewExists = await db
     .listCollections({ name: 'view.relationships.latest' }, { nameOnly: true })
     .hasNext();
   if (latestViewExists) {
-    return db.collection('view.relationships.latest').find({}).toArray();
+    return db.collection('view.relationships.latest').find(ACTIVE_RELATIONSHIP_FILTER).toArray();
   }
 
   return db
@@ -42,6 +54,7 @@ async function latestRelationships(db) {
       { $sort: { 'stix.id': 1, 'stix.modified': -1 } },
       { $group: { _id: '$stix.id', document: { $first: '$$ROOT' } } },
       { $replaceRoot: { newRoot: '$document' } },
+      { $match: ACTIVE_RELATIONSHIP_FILTER },
     ])
     .toArray();
 }
@@ -109,6 +122,21 @@ async function buildRelationshipPinOperations(db) {
   return { relationships, operations, missing };
 }
 
+function missingEndpointError(missing) {
+  const sample = missing
+    .slice(0, ERROR_SAMPLE_LIMIT)
+    .map((entry) => `${entry.relationship_ref} -> ${entry.missing_endpoints.join(', ')}`)
+    .join('; ');
+  const remaining = missing.length - ERROR_SAMPLE_LIMIT;
+  const suffix = remaining > 0 ? `; and ${remaining} more` : '';
+  const error = new Error(
+    `Cannot pin ${missing.length} active latest relationship(s) because referenced objects are ` +
+      `missing: ${sample}${suffix}`,
+  );
+  error.missing_relationship_endpoints = missing;
+  return error;
+}
+
 async function findTrackIds(db) {
   const [registeredTracks, collections] = await Promise.all([
     db.collection('releaseTrackRegistry').find({}).project({ track_id: 1, _id: 0 }).toArray(),
@@ -206,17 +234,15 @@ async function backfillSnapshotManifests(db, options) {
 async function run(db, options = {}) {
   const relationshipPins = await buildRelationshipPinOperations(db);
   if (relationshipPins.missing.length > 0) {
-    const error = new Error(
-      'Cannot pin latest relationship endpoints because one or more referenced objects are missing',
-    );
-    error.missing_relationship_endpoints = relationshipPins.missing;
-    throw error;
+    throw missingEndpointError(relationshipPins.missing);
   }
 
   if (!options.dryRun && relationshipPins.operations.length > 0) {
     await db.collection('relationships').bulkWrite(relationshipPins.operations, {
       ordered: false,
     });
+  }
+  if (!options.dryRun) {
     await ensureManifestIndexes(db);
   }
   const manifests = await backfillSnapshotManifests(db, options);
@@ -233,7 +259,7 @@ module.exports = {
   async up(db) {
     const report = await run(db);
     console.log(
-      `Pinned ${report.relationship_pins_written} latest relationship revision(s) and ` +
+      `Pinned ${report.relationship_pins_written} active latest relationship revision(s) and ` +
         `created ${report.manifests_created} baseline snapshot manifest(s)`,
     );
   },
diff --git a/scripts/previewDeterministicSnapshotGraphMigration.js b/scripts/previewDeterministicSnapshotGraphMigration.js
index 348298e5..60ffb74b 100644
--- a/scripts/previewDeterministicSnapshotGraphMigration.js
+++ b/scripts/previewDeterministicSnapshotGraphMigration.js
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ async function main() {
 main()
   .catch((err) => {
     process.stderr.write(`${err.stack || err.message}\n`);
+    if (err.missing_relationship_endpoints) {
+      process.stderr.write(
+        `${JSON.stringify(
+          { missing_relationship_endpoints: err.missing_relationship_endpoints },
+          null,
+          2,
+        )}\n`,
+      );
+    }
     process.exitCode = 1;
   })
   .finally(async () => {