diff --git a/flow/activities/flowable.go b/flow/activities/flowable.go
index 7f3af3ea59..46fa5984e9 100644
--- a/flow/activities/flowable.go
+++ b/flow/activities/flowable.go
@@ -84,25 +84,6 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) SetupMetadataTables(ctx context.Context, config *prot
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (a *FlowableActivity) GetLastSyncedID(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	config *protos.GetLastSyncedIDInput,
-) (*protos.LastSyncState, error) {
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, shared.FlowNameKey, config.FlowJobName)
-	dstConn, err := connectors.GetCDCSyncConnector(ctx, config.PeerConnectionConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get connector: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer connectors.CloseConnector(dstConn)
-
-	var lastOffset int64
-	lastOffset, err = dstConn.GetLastOffset(config.FlowJobName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &protos.LastSyncState{Checkpoint: lastOffset}, nil
-}
-
 func (a *FlowableActivity) EnsurePullability(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	config *protos.EnsurePullabilityBatchInput,
@@ -222,13 +203,13 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) WaitForSourceConnector(
 	sessionID string,
 ) error {
 	for {
-		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 		a.CdcCacheRw.RLock()
 		srcConn, ok := a.CdcCache[sessionID]
 		a.CdcCacheRw.RUnlock()
 		if ok {
+			// continue attempting to reconnect until workflow canceled,
+			// maybe their database is down, maybe permissions are wrong,
+			// neither reasons enough to fail entire mirror
 			if err := srcConn.SetupReplConn(); err != nil {
 				activity.GetLogger(ctx).Error("Failed to setup replication connection", "Error", err)
 			} else {
@@ -236,6 +217,9 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) WaitForSourceConnector(
 			}
 		}
 		activity.RecordHeartbeat(ctx, "wait another second for source connector")
+		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 	}
 }
@@ -293,12 +277,18 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) StartFlow(
 	recordBatch := model.NewCDCRecordStream()
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	flowName := input.FlowConnectionConfigs.FlowJobName
+
+	lastOffset, err := dstConn.GetLastOffset(flowName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	errGroup.Go(func() error {
 		return srcConn.PullRecords(ctx, a.CatalogPool, &model.PullRecordsRequest{
 			FlowJobName:           flowName,
 			SrcTableIDNameMapping: input.SrcTableIdNameMapping,
 			TableNameMapping:      tblNameMapping,
-			LastOffset:            input.LastSyncState.Checkpoint,
+			LastOffset:            lastOffset,
 			MaxBatchSize:          batchSize,
 			IdleTimeout: peerdbenv.PeerDBCDCIdleTimeoutSeconds(
 				int(input.SyncFlowOptions.IdleTimeoutSeconds),
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go
index 502550a17b..2b3c229add 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go
@@ -84,12 +84,10 @@ func NewPostgresCDCSource(ctx context.Context, cdcConfig *PostgresCDCConfig, cus
 
 func GetChildToParentRelIDMap(ctx context.Context, conn *pgx.Conn) (map[uint32]uint32, error) {
 	query := `
-		SELECT
-				parent.oid AS parentrelid,
-				child.oid AS childrelid
+		SELECT parent.oid AS parentrelid, child.oid AS childrelid
 		FROM pg_inherits
-				JOIN pg_class parent            ON pg_inherits.inhparent = parent.oid
-				JOIN pg_class child             ON pg_inherits.inhrelid   = child.oid
+		JOIN pg_class parent ON pg_inherits.inhparent = parent.oid
+		JOIN pg_class child ON pg_inherits.inhrelid = child.oid
 		WHERE parent.relkind='p';
 	`
 
@@ -97,7 +95,6 @@ func GetChildToParentRelIDMap(ctx context.Context, conn *pgx.Conn) (map[uint32]u
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error querying for child to parent relid map: %w", err)
 	}
-
 	defer rows.Close()
 
 	childToParentRelIDMap := make(map[uint32]uint32)
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
index b322822948..1a0c4eac83 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) MaybeStartReplication(
 		c.replState.Slot != slotName ||
 		c.replState.Publication != publicationName) {
 		c.replConn.Close(ctx)
-	} else if err := c.replConn.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+	} else if c.replConn.Ping(ctx) != nil {
 		c.replConn.Close(ctx)
 	}
 
diff --git a/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go b/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
index 26f7a4278f..a4eb67dce3 100644
--- a/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
+++ b/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
@@ -536,32 +536,8 @@ func CDCFlowWorkflowWithConfig(
 		currentSyncFlowNum += 1
 		w.logger.Info("executing sync flow", slog.Int("count", currentSyncFlowNum), slog.String("flowName", cfg.FlowJobName))
 
-		syncMetaCtx := workflow.WithLocalActivityOptions(ctx, workflow.LocalActivityOptions{
-			StartToCloseTimeout: 1 * time.Minute,
-		})
-		lastSyncInput := &protos.GetLastSyncedIDInput{
-			PeerConnectionConfig: cfg.Destination,
-			FlowJobName:          cfg.FlowJobName,
-		}
-
-		lastSyncFuture := workflow.ExecuteLocalActivity(syncMetaCtx, flowable.GetLastSyncedID, lastSyncInput)
-		var dstSyncState *protos.LastSyncState
-		if err := lastSyncFuture.Get(syncMetaCtx, &dstSyncState); err != nil {
-			if ctx.Err() == nil {
-				w.logger.Error("failed to get last synced ID from destination peer", "error", err)
-				_ = workflow.Sleep(ctx, time.Second)
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-		if dstSyncState != nil {
-			w.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("last synced ID from destination peer - %d", dstSyncState.Checkpoint))
-		} else {
-			w.logger.Info("no last synced ID from destination peer")
-		}
-
 		startFlowInput := &protos.StartFlowInput{
 			FlowConnectionConfigs:  cfg,
-			LastSyncState:          dstSyncState,
 			SyncFlowOptions:        state.SyncFlowOptions,
 			RelationMessageMapping: state.RelationMessageMapping,
 			SrcTableIdNameMapping:  state.SyncFlowOptions.SrcTableIdNameMapping,
diff --git a/protos/flow.proto b/protos/flow.proto
index cdcaf801e9..2941a8440b 100644
--- a/protos/flow.proto
+++ b/protos/flow.proto
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ message LastSyncState {
 }
 
 message StartFlowInput {
-  LastSyncState last_sync_state = 1;
   FlowConnectionConfigs flow_connection_configs = 2;
   SyncFlowOptions sync_flow_options = 3;
   map<uint32, RelationMessage> relation_message_mapping = 4;
@@ -126,11 +125,6 @@ message StartNormalizeInput {
   int64 SyncBatchID = 3;
 }
 
-message GetLastSyncedIDInput {
-  peerdb_peers.Peer peer_connection_config = 1;
-  string flow_job_name = 2;
-}
-
 message EnsurePullabilityBatchInput {
   peerdb_peers.Peer peer_connection_config = 1;
   string flow_job_name = 2;