diff --git a/.doc/ops/CURRENT.md b/.doc/ops/CURRENT.md
index 9cbbd704..4f6c73c1 100644
--- a/.doc/ops/CURRENT.md
+++ b/.doc/ops/CURRENT.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 | owner | task | branch | worktree | mutex | status |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Cursor | gate-e1a-unique-project-name-2026-09-24 | fix/gate-e1a-unique-project-name-2026-09-24 | .worktrees/gate-e1a-unique-project-name-2026-09-24 | docnotify | in_progress |
 | Cursor | gate-unhook-docquery-2026-09-24 | fix/gate-unhook-docquery-2026-09-24 | .worktrees/gate-unhook-docquery-2026-09-24 | server+docquery | in_progress |
 | Cursor | integrate-jev-assist-land-2026-09-24 | feature/integrate-jev-assist-land-2026-09-24 | .worktrees/integrate-jev-assist-land-2026-09-24 | git:dev | done |
 | Cursor | integrate-codegraph-fixup2-2026-09-24 | feature/integrate-codegraph-fixup2-2026-09-24 | (removed) | git:dev | done |
diff --git a/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go b/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go
index 7a0d4536..1d85fab4 100644
--- a/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/docnotify/e1a_pg_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ func TestE1A_NotifyFixtureThirtyAuthzAndRollbackTx_PG(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < nFix; i++ {
 		docID := fmt.Sprintf("e1a30_%s_%d", suffix, i)
 		seedDoc(t, ctx, pool, docID, projectID, userID)
-		env := approvedEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", suffix, i), docID, projectID, int64(i+1))
+		// Each doc is its own aggregate; version must start at 1 (or 0) so the
+		// consumer checkpoint gap rule does not block siblings (version i+1
+		// would only be claimable after head reaches i on the SAME aggregate).
+		env := approvedEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", suffix, i), docID, projectID, 1)
 		appendEnv(t, ctx, pool, env, []string{events.ConsumerNotify})
 		ids = append(ids, env.EventID)
 	}
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ func TestE1A_NotifyFixtureThirtyAuthzAndRollbackTx_PG(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// same-tx rollback: handle+ack then rollback leaves no extra row
-	missingDoc := approvedEnv("missing-"+suffix, "no-such-doc-"+suffix, projectID, 99)
+	missingDoc := approvedEnv("missing-"+suffix, "no-such-doc-"+suffix, projectID, 1)
 	appendEnv(t, ctx, pool, missingDoc, []string{events.ConsumerNotify})
 	if _, err := d.RunOnce(ctx, events.ConsumerNotify); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -302,7 +305,7 @@ func seedUserProject(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, pool *pgxpool.Pool, suff
 	if err := pool.QueryRow(ctx, `INSERT INTO users (account_id, name, role) VALUES ($1,'A','engineer') RETURNING id`, "e1a-"+suffix).Scan(&userID); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if err := pool.QueryRow(ctx, `INSERT INTO projects (code, name, status) VALUES ($1,$2,'active') RETURNING id`, "e1a-"+suffix, "e1a").Scan(&projectID); err != nil {
+	if err := pool.QueryRow(ctx, `INSERT INTO projects (code, name, status) VALUES ($1,$2,'active') RETURNING id`, "e1a-"+suffix, "e1a-"+suffix).Scan(&projectID); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	return userID, projectID