Paper crossovers taught a generation to trust a shared cover month. NFT comics do not owe that habit. A flagship event drop can land on a Thursday evening while a tie-in waits until the following Monday, even if both chapters are written as consecutive scenes.
When readers treat the later file as a “spoiler they missed”, they are usually punishing the clock. The lettering still expects the spine issue first. The marketplace just refused to queue the files in plot order.
We keep a paper strip with two rows: plot order on top, drop order underneath. The argument in the room gets quieter once both rows are visible. Nobody needs a dashboard to do this. A ruler and a pencil still work.
If you view the files in a third-party application, remember that a viewer sorts by acquisition date unless you tell it otherwise. That is a software habit, not a story decision.