diff --git a/src/execution/db_tracking.rs b/src/execution/db_tracking.rs
index a433aeb4..9def9fb0 100644
--- a/src/execution/db_tracking.rs
+++ b/src/execution/db_tracking.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,30 @@ pub async fn precommit_source_tracking_info(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub async fn touch_max_process_ordinal(
+    source_id: i32,
+    source_key_json: &serde_json::Value,
+    process_ordinal: i64,
+    db_setup: &TrackingTableSetupState,
+    db_executor: impl sqlx::Executor<'_, Database = sqlx::Postgres>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let query_str = format!(
+        "INSERT INTO {} AS t (source_id, source_key, max_process_ordinal, staging_target_keys) \
+         VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) \
+         ON CONFLICT (source_id, source_key) DO UPDATE SET \
+           max_process_ordinal = GREATEST(t.max_process_ordinal + 1, EXCLUDED.max_process_ordinal)",
+        db_setup.table_name,
+    );
+    sqlx::query(&query_str)
+        .bind(source_id)
+        .bind(source_key_json)
+        .bind(process_ordinal)
+        .bind(sqlx::types::Json(TrackedTargetKeyForSource::default()))
+        .execute(db_executor)
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[derive(sqlx::FromRow, Debug)]
 pub struct SourceTrackingInfoForCommit {
     pub staging_target_keys: sqlx::types::Json<TrackedTargetKeyForSource>,
diff --git a/src/execution/row_indexer.rs b/src/execution/row_indexer.rs
index 0e991dca..a1499ba3 100644
--- a/src/execution/row_indexer.rs
+++ b/src/execution/row_indexer.rs
@@ -199,12 +199,13 @@ impl<'a> RowIndexer<'a> {
         src_eval_ctx: &'a SourceRowEvaluationContext<'_>,
         setup_execution_ctx: &'a exec_ctx::FlowSetupExecutionContext,
         mode: super::source_indexer::UpdateMode,
+        process_time: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>,
         update_stats: &'a stats::UpdateStats,
         pool: &'a PgPool,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self {
             source_id: setup_execution_ctx.import_ops[src_eval_ctx.import_op_idx].source_id,
-            process_time: chrono::Utc::now(),
+            process_time,
             source_key_json: serde_json::to_value(src_eval_ctx.key)?,
 
             src_eval_ctx,
@@ -216,10 +217,11 @@ impl<'a> RowIndexer<'a> {
     }
 
     pub async fn update_source_row(
-        &mut self,
+        &self,
         source_version: &SourceVersion,
         source_value: interface::SourceValue,
         source_version_fp: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+        ordinal_touched: &mut bool,
     ) -> Result<SkippedOr<()>> {
         let tracking_setup_state = &self.setup_execution_ctx.setup_state.tracking_table;
         // Phase 1: Check existing tracking info and apply optimizations
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ impl<'a> RowIndexer<'a> {
                 }),
             )
             .await?;
+        *ordinal_touched = true;
         let precommit_output = match precommit_output {
             SkippedOr::Normal(output) => output,
             SkippedOr::Skipped(v, fp) => return Ok(SkippedOr::Skipped(v, fp)),
@@ -398,7 +401,7 @@ impl<'a> RowIndexer<'a> {
     }
 
     pub async fn try_collapse(
-        &mut self,
+        &self,
         source_version: &SourceVersion,
         content_version_fp: &[u8],
         existing_version: &SourceVersion,
@@ -538,7 +541,7 @@ impl<'a> RowIndexer<'a> {
             .map(|info| info.max_process_ordinal)
             .unwrap_or(0)
             + 1)
-        .max(self.process_time.timestamp_millis());
+        .max(Self::process_ordinal_from_time(self.process_time));
         let existing_process_ordinal = tracking_info.as_ref().and_then(|info| info.process_ordinal);
 
         let mut tracking_info_for_targets = HashMap::<i32, TrackingInfoForTarget>::new();
@@ -820,6 +823,10 @@ impl<'a> RowIndexer<'a> {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn process_ordinal_from_time(process_time: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>) -> i64 {
+        process_time.timestamp_millis()
+    }
 }
 
 pub async fn evaluate_source_entry_with_memory(
diff --git a/src/execution/source_indexer.rs b/src/execution/source_indexer.rs
index 0c47de1c..024a4c7c 100644
--- a/src/execution/source_indexer.rs
+++ b/src/execution/source_indexer.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pub struct SourceIndexingContext {
     update_sem: Semaphore,
     state: Mutex<SourceIndexingState>,
     setup_execution_ctx: Arc<exec_ctx::FlowSetupExecutionContext>,
+    needs_to_track_rows_to_retry: bool,
 }
 
 pub const NO_ACK: Option<fn() -> Ready<Result<()>>> = None;
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ impl SourceIndexingContext {
         Ok(Self {
             flow,
             source_idx,
+            needs_to_track_rows_to_retry: rows_to_retry.is_some(),
             state: Mutex::new(SourceIndexingState {
                 rows,
                 scan_generation,
@@ -331,10 +333,12 @@ impl SourceIndexingContext {
                 key: &row_input.key,
                 import_op_idx: self.source_idx,
             };
-            let mut row_indexer = row_indexer::RowIndexer::new(
+            let process_time = chrono::Utc::now();
+            let row_indexer = row_indexer::RowIndexer::new(
                 &eval_ctx,
                 &self.setup_execution_ctx,
                 mode,
+                process_time,
                 &update_stats,
                 &pool,
             )?;
@@ -342,6 +346,7 @@ impl SourceIndexingContext {
             let source_data = row_input.data;
             let mut row_state_operator =
                 LocalSourceRowStateOperator::new(&row_input.key, &self.state, &update_stats);
+            let mut ordinal_touched = false;
             let result = {
                 let row_state_operator = &mut row_state_operator;
                 let row_key = &row_input.key;
@@ -434,7 +439,12 @@ impl SourceIndexingContext {
                     }
 
                     let result = row_indexer
-                        .update_source_row(&source_version, value, content_version_fp.clone())
+                        .update_source_row(
+                            &source_version,
+                            value,
+                            content_version_fp.clone(),
+                            &mut ordinal_touched,
+                        )
                         .await?;
                     if let SkippedOr::Skipped(version, fp) = result {
                         row_state_operator
@@ -449,6 +459,17 @@ impl SourceIndexingContext {
                 row_state_operator.commit();
             } else {
                 row_state_operator.rollback();
+                if !ordinal_touched && self.needs_to_track_rows_to_retry {
+                    let source_key_json = serde_json::to_value(&row_input.key)?;
+                    db_tracking::touch_max_process_ordinal(
+                        self.setup_execution_ctx.import_ops[self.source_idx].source_id,
+                        &source_key_json,
+                        row_indexer::RowIndexer::process_ordinal_from_time(process_time),
+                        &self.setup_execution_ctx.setup_state.tracking_table,
+                        &pool,
+                    )
+                    .await?;
+                }
             }
             result
         };