diff --git a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/general_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/general_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44f2c8f99a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/general_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from onyx.agents.agent_search.deep_search_a.initial.generate_individual_sub_answer.states import (
+    AnswerQuestionOutput,
+)
+from onyx.agents.agent_search.deep_search_a.main.operations import logger
+from onyx.agents.agent_search.deep_search_a.main.states import (
+    DecompAnswersUpdate,
+)
+from onyx.agents.agent_search.shared_graph_utils.operators import (
+    dedup_inference_sections,
+)
+
+
+def format_initial_sub_answers(
+    state: AnswerQuestionOutput,
+) -> DecompAnswersUpdate:
+    now_start = datetime.now()
+
+    logger.info(f"--------{now_start}--------INGEST ANSWERS---")
+    documents = []
+    context_documents = []
+    cited_docs = []
+    answer_results = state.answer_results if hasattr(state, "answer_results") else []
+    for answer_result in answer_results:
+        documents.extend(answer_result.documents)
+        context_documents.extend(answer_result.context_documents)
+        cited_docs.extend(answer_result.cited_docs)
+    now_end = datetime.now()
+
+    logger.debug(
+        f"--------{now_end}--{now_end - now_start}--------INGEST ANSWERS END---"
+    )
+
+    return DecompAnswersUpdate(
+        # Deduping is done by the documents operator for the main graph
+        # so we might not need to dedup here
+        documents=dedup_inference_sections(documents, []),
+        context_documents=dedup_inference_sections(context_documents, []),
+        cited_documents=dedup_inference_sections(cited_docs, []),
+        sub_question_results=answer_results,
+        log_messages=[
+            f"{now_start} -- Main - Ingest initial processed sub questions,  Time taken: {now_end - now_start}"
+        ],
+    )
diff --git a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_initial_answer/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_initial_answer/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py
index 90071de2c6ba..5ff818c5a905 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_initial_answer/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_initial_answer/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def generate_initial_answer(
     question = agent_a_config.search_request.query
     prompt_enrichment_components = get_prompt_enrichment_components(agent_a_config)
 
-    sub_questions_cited_docs = state.cited_docs
+    sub_questions_cited_docs = state.cited_documents
     all_original_question_documents = state.all_original_question_documents
 
     consolidated_context_docs: list[InferenceSection] = sub_questions_cited_docs
diff --git a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py
index b9d72cedc96c..7b9b05ff3a0a 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial/generate_sub_answers/nodes/format_initial_sub_answers.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def format_initial_sub_answers(
         # so we might not need to dedup here
         documents=dedup_inference_sections(documents, []),
         context_documents=dedup_inference_sections(context_documents, []),
-        cited_docs=dedup_inference_sections(cited_docs, []),
+        cited_documents=dedup_inference_sections(cited_docs, []),
         sub_question_results=answer_results,
         log_messages=[
             get_langgraph_node_log_string(
diff --git a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/nodes/generate_refined_answer.py b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/nodes/generate_refined_answer.py
index 6e068410ea3f..47f638a89151 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/nodes/generate_refined_answer.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/nodes/generate_refined_answer.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def generate_refined_answer(
 
     initial_documents = state.documents
     refined_documents = state.refined_documents
-    sub_questions_cited_docs = state.cited_docs
+    sub_questions_cited_docs = state.cited_documents
     all_original_question_documents = state.all_original_question_documents
 
     consolidated_context_docs: list[InferenceSection] = sub_questions_cited_docs
diff --git a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/states.py b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/states.py
index a53f6111f341..9423a913dbef 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/states.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/main/states.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class RequireRefinedAnswerUpdate(LoggerUpdate):
 class DecompAnswersUpdate(LoggerUpdate):
     documents: Annotated[list[InferenceSection], dedup_inference_sections] = []
     context_documents: Annotated[list[InferenceSection], dedup_inference_sections] = []
-    cited_docs: Annotated[
+    cited_documents: Annotated[
         list[InferenceSection], dedup_inference_sections
     ] = []  # cited docs from sub-answers are used for answer context
     sub_question_results: Annotated[