diff --git a/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts b/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts
index b5136198..5487c2d3 100644
--- a/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts
+++ b/client/src/store/slices/remoteEventHandler.ts
@@ -193,25 +193,34 @@ export function handleRemoteEvent(set: SetState, get: GetState, event: WebSocket
 
       // Assignments
       case 'assignment:created': {
-        const dayKey = String((payload.assignment as Assignment).day_id)
-        const existing = (state.assignments[dayKey] || [])
-        const placeId = (payload.assignment as Assignment).place?.id || (payload.assignment as Assignment).place_id
-        if (existing.some(a => a.id === (payload.assignment as Assignment).id || (placeId && a.place?.id === placeId))) {
-          const hasTempVersion = existing.some(a => a.id < 0 && a.place?.id === placeId)
-          if (hasTempVersion) {
-            return {
-              assignments: {
-                ...state.assignments,
-                [dayKey]: existing.map(a => (a.id < 0 && a.place?.id === placeId) ? payload.assignment as Assignment : a),
-              }
-            }
+        const incoming = payload.assignment as Assignment
+        const dayKey = String(incoming.day_id)
+        const existing = state.assignments[dayKey] || []
+        const placeId = incoming.place?.id ?? incoming.place_id
+
+        // Already have this exact assignment id → duplicate broadcast or the
+        // echo of an already-committed assignment. No-op.
+        if (existing.some(a => a.id === incoming.id)) return {}
+
+        // Reconcile our own optimistic create: replace the temp (negative-id)
+        // assignment of the same place on this day with the real one. Guarded on
+        // a real placeId so an assignment with no place can never collapse onto
+        // another place-less one (undefined === undefined).
+        if (placeId != null) {
+          const tempIdx = existing.findIndex(a => a.id < 0 && a.place?.id === placeId)
+          if (tempIdx !== -1) {
+            const next = existing.slice()
+            next[tempIdx] = incoming
+            return { assignments: { ...state.assignments, [dayKey]: next } }
           }
-          return {}
         }
+
+        // Genuinely new — including a legitimate second assignment of a place
+        // already on this day (no temp version to reconcile). Append.
         return {
           assignments: {
             ...state.assignments,
-            [dayKey]: [...existing, payload.assignment as Assignment],
+            [dayKey]: [...existing, incoming],
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/client/tests/unit/remoteEventHandler/assignments.test.ts b/client/tests/unit/remoteEventHandler/assignments.test.ts
index d54475d9..3da39f97 100644
--- a/client/tests/unit/remoteEventHandler/assignments.test.ts
+++ b/client/tests/unit/remoteEventHandler/assignments.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { useTripStore } from '../../../src/store/tripStore';
 import { resetAllStores } from '../../helpers/store';
 import { buildDay, buildAssignment, buildPlace } from '../../helpers/factories';
+import type { Assignment } from '../../../src/types';
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   resetAllStores();
@@ -50,6 +51,58 @@ describe('remoteEventHandler > assignments', () => {
     expect(assignments['10'][0].id).toBe(500);
   });
 
+  it('FE-WSEVT-ASSIGN-003b: a second assignment of an already-present place is NOT suppressed (H11)', () => {
+    const place = buildPlace({ id: 55 });
+    useTripStore.setState({
+      days: [buildDay({ id: 10 })],
+      // A committed (positive-id) assignment of place 55 already on the day.
+      assignments: { '10': [buildAssignment({ id: 100, day_id: 10, place, place_id: place.id })] },
+    });
+    // A legitimately new, distinct assignment of the same place arrives.
+    const second = buildAssignment({ id: 300, day_id: 10, place, place_id: place.id });
+    useTripStore.getState().handleRemoteEvent({ type: 'assignment:created', assignment: second });
+    const { assignments } = useTripStore.getState();
+    expect(assignments['10']).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(assignments['10'].map(a => a.id).sort((x, y) => x - y)).toEqual([100, 300]);
+  });
+
+  it('FE-WSEVT-ASSIGN-003c: temp reconciliation replaces only the matching place, not a sibling temp (H11)', () => {
+    const place55 = buildPlace({ id: 55 });
+    const place66 = buildPlace({ id: 66 });
+    useTripStore.setState({
+      days: [buildDay({ id: 10 })],
+      assignments: {
+        '10': [
+          buildAssignment({ id: -1, day_id: 10, place: place55, place_id: 55 }),
+          buildAssignment({ id: -2, day_id: 10, place: place66, place_id: 66 }),
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    const real = buildAssignment({ id: 500, day_id: 10, place: place55, place_id: 55 });
+    useTripStore.getState().handleRemoteEvent({ type: 'assignment:created', assignment: real });
+    const { assignments } = useTripStore.getState();
+    const ids = assignments['10'].map(a => a.id);
+    expect(assignments['10']).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(ids).toContain(500);   // temp 55 reconciled to real
+    expect(ids).toContain(-2);    // sibling temp 66 untouched
+    expect(ids).not.toContain(-1);
+  });
+
+  it('FE-WSEVT-ASSIGN-003d: place-less assignments do not collapse onto each other (H11)', () => {
+    // Defensive: a malformed event lacking place data must not let the
+    // `place?.id === placeId` reconciliation match undefined === undefined.
+    const placeless = (id: number): Assignment =>
+      ({ ...buildAssignment({ id, day_id: 10 }), place: undefined, place_id: undefined } as unknown as Assignment);
+    useTripStore.setState({
+      days: [buildDay({ id: 10 })],
+      assignments: { '10': [placeless(-1)] },
+    });
+    useTripStore.getState().handleRemoteEvent({ type: 'assignment:created', assignment: placeless(700) });
+    const { assignments } = useTripStore.getState();
+    // No placeId → no reconcile; both survive as distinct rows (no collapse).
+    expect(assignments['10']).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
   it('FE-WSEVT-ASSIGN-004: assignment:updated merges updated data into correct day', () => {
     seedData();
     const updated = buildAssignment({ id: 100, day_id: 10, notes: 'Updated notes' });