diff --git a/client/src/utils/randomId.ts b/client/src/utils/randomId.ts
index f9ae2ea1c..b17e3f65b 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/randomId.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/randomId.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * The one place idempotency keys are minted.
  *
- * Both producers — the offline queue's mutation id and the axios interceptor's
- * per-request key — end up in the same `X-Idempotency-Key` header, which the
+ * Every producer — the offline queue's mutation id, the axios interceptor's
+ * per-request key and the upload queue's per-file key — ends up in the same
+ * `X-Idempotency-Key` header, which the
  * server caches on (key, user_id, method, path). Two writes that share a key
  * therefore collapse into one: the second gets the first one's cached response
  * instead of being applied, and the user loses an edit with no error anywhere.
diff --git a/client/src/utils/uploadQueue.ts b/client/src/utils/uploadQueue.ts
index 721cc2d77..fa7bdb298 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/uploadQueue.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/uploadQueue.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { AxiosProgressEvent } from 'axios'
+import { randomId } from './randomId'
 
 export interface UploadProgress {
   done: number
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export async function uploadFilesResilient<T>(
       const i = idx++
       if (i >= files.length) break
       const file = files[i]
-      const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID()
+      const idempotencyKey = randomId()
       loadedMap.set(i, 0)
 
       let items: T[] | null = null