diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/graph-node.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/graph-node.ts
index 5157ea4a2..e8b895b59 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/graph-node.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/graph-node.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ export const parseGraphQLBlockPointer = (block: any): BlockPointer | null =>
       }
     : null
 
-export class GraphNode {
+export interface GraphNodeInterface {
+  indexingStatus(deployments: SubgraphDeploymentID[]): Promise<IndexingStatus[]>
+}
+
+export class GraphNode implements GraphNodeInterface {
   admin: RpcClient
   private queryBaseURL: URL
   status: Client
@@ -442,9 +446,14 @@ export class GraphNode {
           }`
 
     const queryIndexingStatuses = async () => {
-      const result = await this.status
-        .query(query, { deployments: deployments.map((id) => id.ipfsHash) })
-        .toPromise()
+      let result
+      try {
+        result = await this.status
+          .query(query, { deployments: deployments.map((id) => id.ipfsHash) })
+          .toPromise()
+      } catch (error) {
+        throw indexerError(IndexerErrorCode.IE018, error)
+      }
 
       return (
         result.data.indexingStatuses
diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/subgraphs.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/subgraphs.ts
index 238ff43de..1998ad209 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/subgraphs.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/subgraphs.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { base58 } from 'ethers/lib/utils'
 import { BigNumber, utils } from 'ethers'
 import { Logger, SubgraphDeploymentID } from '@graphprotocol/common-ts'
-import { SubgraphDeployment, SubgraphManifestSchema } from './types'
+import { SubgraphDeployment, SubgraphManifestSchema, BlockPointer } from './types'
 import {
   INDEXING_RULE_GLOBAL,
   IndexingDecisionBasis,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { QueryResult } from './network-subgraph'
 import { mergeSelectionSets, sleep } from './utils'
 import * as yaml from 'yaml'
 import { indexerError, IndexerErrorCode } from './errors'
+import { GraphNodeInterface } from './graph-node'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 
 export enum SubgraphIdentifierType {
@@ -640,3 +641,41 @@ export async function fetchSubgraphManifest(
     throw indexerError(IndexerErrorCode.IE075, message)
   }
 }
+
+interface IndexingStatus {
+  latestBlock: BlockPointer | null
+  health: string
+  synced: boolean
+}
+
+interface SubgraphGraftStatus extends GraftableSubgraph {
+  indexingStatus: IndexingStatus | null
+}
+
+export async function getIndexingStatusOfGraftableSubgraph(
+  subgraph: GraftableSubgraph,
+  graphNode: GraphNodeInterface,
+): Promise<SubgraphGraftStatus> {
+  let response
+  try {
+    response = await graphNode.indexingStatus([subgraph.deployment])
+  } catch (error) {
+    const message = `Failed to fetch indexing status when resolving subgraph grafts`
+    // TODO: log this error
+    throw indexerError(IndexerErrorCode.IE075, { message, error })
+  }
+  let indexingStatus: IndexingStatus | null = null
+  if (response && response.length) {
+    const subgraphIndexingStatus = response[0]
+    let latestBlock: BlockPointer | null = null
+    if (subgraphIndexingStatus.chains && subgraphIndexingStatus.chains.length) {
+      latestBlock = subgraphIndexingStatus.chains[0].latestBlock
+    }
+    indexingStatus = {
+      health: subgraphIndexingStatus.health,
+      synced: subgraphIndexingStatus.synced,
+      latestBlock,
+    }
+  }
+  return { ...subgraph, indexingStatus }
+}