diff --git a/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php b/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
index c93abc75f93..3ed3f69d474 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public function mapNodeRowsToNodeAggregate(
         $rawNodeName = '';
         $rawNodeAggregateClassification = '';
         $occupiedDimensionSpacePoints = [];
-        $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoints = [];
+        $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint = [];
         $coveredDimensionSpacePoints = [];
         $nodesByCoveredDimensionSpacePoints = [];
         $coverageByOccupants = [];
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ public function mapNodeRowsToNodeAggregate(
             $occupiedDimensionSpacePoint = OriginDimensionSpacePoint::fromJsonString(
                 $nodeRow['origindimensionspacepoint']
             );
-            if (!isset($nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoints[$occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->hash])) {
+            if (!isset($nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint[$occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->hash])) {
                 // ... so we handle occupation exactly once ...
-                $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoints[$occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->hash] = $this->mapNodeRowToNode(
+                $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint[$occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->hash] = $this->mapNodeRowToNode(
                     $nodeRow,
                     $occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->toDimensionSpacePoint(),
                     $visibilityConstraints
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public function mapNodeRowsToNodeAggregate(
                 = $coveredDimensionSpacePoint;
             $occupationByCovering[$coveredDimensionSpacePoint->hash] = $occupiedDimensionSpacePoint;
             $nodesByCoveredDimensionSpacePoints[$coveredDimensionSpacePoint->hash]
-                = $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoints[$occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->hash];
+                = $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint[$occupiedDimensionSpacePoint->hash];
             // ... as we do for disabling
             if (isset($nodeRow['disableddimensionspacepointhash'])) {
                 $disabledDimensionSpacePoints[$coveredDimensionSpacePoint->hash] = $coveredDimensionSpacePoint;
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ public function mapNodeRowsToNodeAggregate(
         ksort($coveredDimensionSpacePoints);
         ksort($disabledDimensionSpacePoints);
 
-        /** @var Node $primaryNode  a nodeAggregate only exists if it at least contains one node. */
-        $primaryNode = current($nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoints);
+        // a nodeAggregate only exists if it at least contains one node
+        assert($nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint !== []);
+        $primaryNode = current($nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint);
 
         return new NodeAggregate(
             $primaryNode->subgraphIdentity->contentStreamId,
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public function mapNodeRowsToNodeAggregate(
             NodeTypeName::fromString($rawNodeTypeName),
             $rawNodeName ? NodeName::fromString($rawNodeName) : null,
             new OriginDimensionSpacePointSet($occupiedDimensionSpacePoints),
-            $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoints,
+            $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint,
             CoverageByOrigin::fromArray($coverageByOccupants),
             new DimensionSpacePointSet($coveredDimensionSpacePoints),
             $nodesByCoveredDimensionSpacePoints,
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Feature/Common/TetheredNodeInternals.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Feature/Common/TetheredNodeInternals.php
index ba8ff204f27..04558ab3b90 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Feature/Common/TetheredNodeInternals.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Feature/Common/TetheredNodeInternals.php
@@ -133,12 +133,7 @@ protected function createEventsForMissingTetheredNode(
                 );
             }
 
-            $childNodeSource = null;
-            foreach ($childNodeAggregate->getNodes() as $node) {
-                $childNodeSource = $node;
-                break;
-            }
-            /** @var Node $childNodeSource Node aggregates are never empty */
+            $childNodeSource = $childNodeAggregate->getSingleNodeIndependentOfItsDimension();
             return $this->createEventsForVariations(
                 $parentNodeAggregate->contentStreamId,
                 $childNodeSource->originDimensionSpacePoint,
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/NodeAggregate.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/NodeAggregate.php
index e17410810c6..2f5a4cb0a7e 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/NodeAggregate.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/NodeAggregate.php
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@
  */
 final class NodeAggregate
 {
+    /**
+     * @param ContentStreamId $contentStreamId
+     * @param NodeAggregateId $nodeAggregateId
+     * @param NodeAggregateClassification $classification
+     * @param NodeTypeName $nodeTypeName
+     * @param NodeName|null $nodeName
+     * @param OriginDimensionSpacePointSet $occupiedDimensionSpacePoints
+     * @param non-empty-array<string,Node> $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint At least one node will be occupied.
+     * @param CoverageByOrigin $coverageByOccupant
+     * @param DimensionSpacePointSet $coveredDimensionSpacePoints At least one node will be covered.
+     * @param non-empty-array<string,Node> $nodesByCoveredDimensionSpacePoint
+     * @param OriginByCoverage $occupationByCovered
+     * @param DimensionSpacePointSet $disabledDimensionSpacePoints The dimension space point set this node aggregate disables. This is *not* necessarily the set it is disabled in, since that is determined by its ancestors
+     */
     public function __construct(
         public readonly ContentStreamId $contentStreamId,
         public readonly NodeAggregateId $nodeAggregateId,
@@ -57,19 +71,16 @@ public function __construct(
         public readonly NodeTypeName $nodeTypeName,
         public readonly ?NodeName $nodeName,
         public readonly OriginDimensionSpacePointSet $occupiedDimensionSpacePoints,
-        /** @var array<string,Node> */
         private readonly array $nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint,
         private readonly CoverageByOrigin $coverageByOccupant,
         public readonly DimensionSpacePointSet $coveredDimensionSpacePoints,
-        /** @var array<string,Node> */
         private readonly array $nodesByCoveredDimensionSpacePoint,
         private readonly OriginByCoverage $occupationByCovered,
-        /**
-         * The dimension space point set this node aggregate disables.
-         * This is *not* necessarily the set it is disabled in, since that is determined by its ancestors
-         */
         public readonly DimensionSpacePointSet $disabledDimensionSpacePoints
     ) {
+        // this nodeAggregate can only exist if it at least contains one node.
+        assert($this->nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint !== []);
+        assert($this->nodesByCoveredDimensionSpacePoint !== []);
     }
 
     public function occupiesDimensionSpacePoint(OriginDimensionSpacePoint $originDimensionSpacePoint): bool
@@ -87,6 +98,11 @@ public function getNodes(): iterable
         return array_values($this->nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint);
     }
 
+    public function getSingleNodeIndependentOfItsDimension(): Node
+    {
+        return current($this->nodesByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint);
+    }
+
     public function getNodeByOccupiedDimensionSpacePoint(
         OriginDimensionSpacePoint $occupiedDimensionSpacePoint
     ): Node {