Hi @joshua
It is possible that WP is overriding the ACF field group order due to a drag / drop on the field group metabox.
When you customize the order of the field groups, this data is saved to the DB and used on the page load to set the metabox order.
Perhaps this explains the field group order?
The only fix for this would be to find the data – most likely saved in the wp_usermeta table, and remove it.
Thanks
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