diff --git a/apps/server/src/browser.ts b/apps/server/src/browser.ts
index 5675d67b3..90f9d5968 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/browser.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/browser.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ export class BrowserService {
     });
   }
   async imports(owner: string, id: string) {
+    return this.serial(id, () => this.importsOwned(owner, id));
+  }
+  private async importsOwned(owner: string, id: string) {
     await this.get(owner, id);
     const { downloads, failures } = z
       .object({
diff --git a/tests/browser-imports-race.test.ts b/tests/browser-imports-race.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..783b1ccc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/browser-imports-race.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { PDFDocument } from "pdf-lib";
+import { Auth } from "../apps/server/src/auth.ts";
+import { BrowserService } from "../apps/server/src/browser.ts";
+import type { Config } from "../apps/server/src/config.ts";
+import { createStore } from "../apps/server/src/db.ts";
+import { Files } from "../apps/server/src/files.ts";
+import type { BrowserSession } from "../packages/domain/src/index.ts";
+
+const sessionId = "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001";
+const downloadId = "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002";
+const savedSession: BrowserSession = {
+  id: sessionId,
+  title: "Saved page",
+  url: "https://example.com/",
+  status: "active",
+  updatedAt: "2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z",
+};
+
+test("concurrent browser imports import each download exactly once", async (t) => {
+  const pdf = await PDFDocument.create();
+  pdf.addPage();
+  const pdfBytes = Buffer.from(await pdf.save());
+  const server = createServer((request, response) => {
+    if (request.url === `/sessions/${sessionId}/downloads`) {
+      response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+      response.end(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          downloads: [
+            {
+              id: downloadId,
+              name: "notes.pdf",
+              size: pdfBytes.length,
+              mimeType: "application/pdf",
+            },
+          ],
+          failures: [],
+        }),
+      );
+    } else if (request.url === `/sessions/${sessionId}/downloads/${downloadId}`) {
+      response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/pdf" });
+      response.end(pdfBytes);
+    } else {
+      response.writeHead(404);
+      response.end();
+    }
+  });
+  server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+  await once(server, "listening");
+  const address = server.address();
+  assert(address && typeof address !== "string");
+  const directory = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "openmuse-imports-race-"));
+  const db = await createStore();
+  const config: Config = {
+    mode: "sample",
+    port: 8787,
+    host: "127.0.0.1",
+    publicUrl: "http://localhost:8787",
+    dataDir: directory,
+    agentBackend: "sample",
+    intelligenceApiKey: "test-project-key-never-sent",
+    googleRedirectUri: "http://localhost:8787/api/google/callback",
+    allowedOrigins: [],
+    workerUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`,
+    workerToken: "test-worker-token-at-least-32-characters",
+  };
+  const auth = new Auth(db, config, "test-signing-key");
+  const service = new BrowserService(db, config, auth, new Files(db, config, auth));
+  t.after(async () => {
+    server.closeAllConnections();
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.close(() => resolve()));
+    await db.close();
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  await db.put("owner", "browsers", savedSession);
+  const [first, second] = await Promise.all([
+    service.imports("owner", sessionId),
+    service.imports("owner", sessionId),
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(first.files.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(second.files.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(first.files[0].id, second.files[0].id, "both callers resolve to the same file");
+  assert.equal(
+    (await db.list("owner", "files")).length,
+    1,
+    "the download is imported exactly once",
+  );
+});