diff --git a/src/orchestrator/factory.test.ts b/src/orchestrator/factory.test.ts
index 4a8470e..48d258e 100644
--- a/src/orchestrator/factory.test.ts
+++ b/src/orchestrator/factory.test.ts
@@ -3809,6 +3809,29 @@ describe('FactoryLoop', () => {
     await factory.stop()
   })
 
+  it('dedupes concurrent dispatches for the same Linear key across mirror paths', async () => {
+    const canonicalPath = issuePath(190)
+    const aliasPath = '/linear/issues/by-id/AR-190.json'
+    const issue = realIssueFile(190)
+    const mount = new DelayedIssueReadMount({
+      [canonicalPath]: issue,
+      [aliasPath]: issue,
+    }, 25)
+    const fleet = new FakeFleetClient()
+    const factory = createFactory(config(), { mount, fleet, triage: new StaticTriage() })
+    const canonicalDecision = await factory.triageIssue(parseLinearIssue(canonicalPath, issue))
+    const aliasDecision = await factory.triageIssue(parseLinearIssue(aliasPath, issue))
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      factory.dispatch(canonicalDecision),
+      factory.dispatch(aliasDecision),
+    ])
+
+    expect(fleet.spawns.map((spawn) => spawn.name)).toEqual(['ar-190-impl-pear', 'ar-190-review'])
+    expect(factory.status().counters.dispatchDuplicateSuppressed).toBe(1)
+    expect(factory.status().inFlight.map((inFlightIssue) => inFlightIssue.key)).toEqual(['AR-190'])
+  })
+
   it('live subscription dispatches a newly-arrived in-scope ready issue from subscribe events', async () => {
     const path = issuePath(25)
     const mount = new FakeMountClient()
diff --git a/src/orchestrator/factory.ts b/src/orchestrator/factory.ts
index de8af0a..099d874 100644
--- a/src/orchestrator/factory.ts
+++ b/src/orchestrator/factory.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ export class FactoryLoop implements Factory {
   readonly #listeners = new Map<FactoryEvent, Set<Listener>>()
   readonly #counters: Record<string, number> = {}
   readonly #resumeInFlight = new Map<string, Promise<void>>()
+  readonly #dispatchInFlight = new Map<string, Promise<DispatchResult>>()
   readonly #slackWatchers = new Map<string, SlackThreadWatcher>()
   readonly #slackWatcherStarts = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>()
   #resolvedSlackChannelDir?: string
@@ -1288,6 +1289,27 @@ export class FactoryLoop implements Factory {
   }
 
   async dispatch(decision: TriageDecision, opts: { dryRun?: boolean } = {}): Promise<DispatchResult> {
+    const dryRun = opts.dryRun ?? this.#config.dryRun
+    const phase = triageEscalationReason(decision) ? 'escalation' : 'dispatch'
+    const key = `${decision.issue.key}:${dryRun ? 'dry-run' : 'live'}:${phase}`
+    const inFlight = this.#dispatchInFlight.get(key)
+    if (inFlight) {
+      this.#increment('dispatchDuplicateSuppressed')
+      return inFlight
+    }
+
+    const dispatched = this.#dispatchUnlocked(decision, opts)
+    this.#dispatchInFlight.set(key, dispatched)
+    try {
+      return await dispatched
+    } finally {
+      if (this.#dispatchInFlight.get(key) === dispatched) {
+        this.#dispatchInFlight.delete(key)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async #dispatchUnlocked(decision: TriageDecision, opts: { dryRun?: boolean } = {}): Promise<DispatchResult> {
     const dryRun = opts.dryRun ?? this.#config.dryRun
     const batch = await this.#batch()
     const existingRecord = batch.getIssue(decision.issue)