diff --git a/loopx/control_plane/coordination/todo_create.ts b/loopx/control_plane/coordination/todo_create.ts
index e5c30401b6..45a62d7fc6 100644
--- a/loopx/control_plane/coordination/todo_create.ts
+++ b/loopx/control_plane/coordination/todo_create.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function semanticDuplicateResult(
   duplicate: JsonObject,
   providerRevision: unknown,
   cursor: unknown,
+  identityDescription = "role/text",
 ): CoordinationTodoCreateResult {
   const ignored = new Set(["schema_version", "todo_id", "created_by", "last_actor_agent_id", "updated_at"]);
   const mismatch = Object.entries(todo).find(([field, value]) =>
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ function semanticDuplicateResult(
   if (mismatch !== undefined) {
     return failure(
       "todo_semantic_duplicate_conflict",
-      `an active Todo with the same role/text has different ${mismatch[0]}; use Todo update`,
+      `an active Todo with the same ${identityDescription} has different ${mismatch[0]}; use Todo update`,
       {todo_id: duplicate.todo_id},
     );
   }
@@ -165,15 +166,34 @@ export function planCoordinationTodoCreate(
   rawInput: CoordinationTodoCreateInput,
   todos: ReadonlyMap<string, JsonObject>,
   readModelSchema: unknown,
-  identity: "role_text" | "operation_lane" = "role_text",
+  identity: "role_text" | "role_target" | "operation_lane" = "role_text",
   claimPolicy: "actor_owned" | "registered_peer_handoff" = "actor_owned",
 ): CoordinationTodoCreateResult {
   const input = normalizeCreateInput(rawInput, claimPolicy);
   const candidate = createCandidate(input, readModelSchema);
-  const duplicate = identity === "role_text" ? [...todos.values()].find((todo) =>
+  const active = [...todos.values()].filter((todo) =>
     todo.role === input.todo.role && todo.archive_state === "active" &&
-    todo.status !== "done" && todo.status !== "deferred" && todo.text === candidate.text) : undefined;
-  if (identity === "role_text" && duplicate !== undefined) return semanticDuplicateResult(candidate, duplicate, null, null);
+    todo.status !== "done" && todo.status !== "deferred");
+  const textDuplicate = identity === "role_text"
+    ? active.find((todo) => todo.text === candidate.text)
+    : undefined;
+  if (textDuplicate !== undefined) {
+    return semanticDuplicateResult(candidate, textDuplicate, null, null);
+  }
+  if (identity === "role_target" &&
+      (typeof candidate.target_key !== "string" || candidate.target_key.length === 0)) {
+    return failure("todo_target_identity_missing", "target-key Todo identity requires target_key");
+  }
+  const targetDuplicates = identity === "role_target"
+    ? active.filter((todo) => todo.target_key === candidate.target_key)
+    : [];
+  if (targetDuplicates.length > 1) {
+    return failure("todo_semantic_duplicate_ambiguous",
+      "multiple active Todos have the same role/target_key");
+  }
+  if (targetDuplicates.length === 1) {
+    return semanticDuplicateResult(candidate, targetDuplicates[0]!, null, null, "role/target_key");
+  }
   if (todos.has(String(input.todo.todo_id))) {
     return failure("todo_already_exists", "Todo id already exists in canonical authority", {todo_id: input.todo.todo_id});
   }
diff --git a/loopx/control_plane/scheduler/monitor_batch.ts b/loopx/control_plane/scheduler/monitor_batch.ts
index af4434d4c8..c57d242adb 100644
--- a/loopx/control_plane/scheduler/monitor_batch.ts
+++ b/loopx/control_plane/scheduler/monitor_batch.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ function planWriteback(input: MonitorBatchInput) {
     const created = planCoordinationTodoCreate({goal_id: input.goal_id, operation_id: input.operation_id,
       actor_agent_id: actor, registered_agents: input.registered_agents, dry_run: input.dry_run,
       now: new Date(String(observation.generated_at)), todo}, plannedTodos,
-      input.read_model_schema ?? TODO_DOMAIN_READ_RECORD_SCHEMA, "role_text", "actor_owned");
+      input.read_model_schema ?? TODO_DOMAIN_READ_RECORD_SCHEMA,
+      role === "agent" && intent.next_target_key ? "role_target" : "role_text", "actor_owned");
     if (created.status !== "planned" && created.status !== "no_change") throw new EffectRuntimeRequestError(String(created.reason));
     const record = canonicalAuthorityObject(created.todo, "successor Todo");
     nextTodos.push({...record, todo: record.text, ok: true, dry_run: input.dry_run});
diff --git a/tests/control_plane_ts/todo_monitor_poll.test.ts b/tests/control_plane_ts/todo_monitor_poll.test.ts
index c3519202d9..5b1f128ffe 100644
--- a/tests/control_plane_ts/todo_monitor_poll.test.ts
+++ b/tests/control_plane_ts/todo_monitor_poll.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,71 @@ test("monitor and independent successor commit together, preview is inert, recei
   "coordination_operation_identity_mismatch");
 });
 
+test("explicit successor target reuses one compatible open Todo across material generations", async () => {
+  const {store, request} = await seeded();
+  const intent = {...request.intent, next_target_key: "deliver-watch-a"};
+  const first = await executeCoordinationMonitorPoll(store, {...request, intent});
+  assert.equal(first.status, "applied", JSON.stringify(first));
+  const firstWriteback = first.writeback as JsonObject;
+  const firstTodo = (firstWriteback.next_todos as JsonObject[])[0]!;
+  const secondRequest = {...request, operation_id: "poll-b", intent,
+    observation: {...request.observation, generated_at: "2026-09-01T01:00:00Z", result_hash: "result-b"}};
+  const second = await executeCoordinationMonitorPoll(store, secondRequest);
+  assert.equal(second.status, "applied", JSON.stringify(second));
+  const secondWriteback = second.writeback as JsonObject;
+  assert.equal(secondWriteback.material_change_generation, 2);
+  assert.equal((secondWriteback.next_todos as JsonObject[])[0]!.todo_id, firstTodo.todo_id);
+  assert.equal((secondWriteback.successor_receipts as JsonObject[])[0]!.todo_id, firstTodo.todo_id);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    (secondWriteback.next_todos as JsonObject[]).map(todo => todo.todo_id),
+    (secondWriteback.successor_receipts as JsonObject[]).map(todo => todo.todo_id),
+  );
+  const after = await store.loadAuthority();
+  assert.equal(after.status, "loaded");
+  if (after.status !== "loaded") return;
+  assert.equal((after.head.todos as JsonObject[]).length, 2);
+  assert.equal((after.head.todos as JsonObject[]).filter(todo => todo.target_key === "deliver-watch-a").length, 1);
+  assert.equal((await executeCoordinationMonitorPoll(store, secondRequest)).status, "replayed");
+  assert.deepEqual(await store.loadAuthority(), after);
+});
+
+test("explicit successor target rejects incompatible text or route without updating the Monitor", async () => {
+  const {store, request} = await seeded();
+  const intent = {...request.intent, next_target_key: "deliver-watch-a"};
+  assert.equal((await executeCoordinationMonitorPoll(store, {...request, intent})).status, "applied");
+  const before = await store.loadAuthority();
+  for (const [operation_id, result_hash, intentChange, mismatch] of [
+    ["poll-text-conflict", "result-b", {next_agent_todo: "Deliver a different result"}, "text"],
+    ["poll-route-conflict", "result-c", {next_action_kind: "validate"}, "action_kind"],
+  ] as const) {
+    const result = await executeCoordinationMonitorPoll(store, {...request, operation_id,
+      observation: {...request.observation, generated_at: "2026-09-01T01:00:00Z", result_hash},
+      intent: {...intent, ...intentChange}});
+    assert.equal(result.status, "failed");
+    assert.equal(result.reason_code, "monitor_poll_rejected");
+    assert.match(String(result.reason), new RegExp(`role/target_key.*${mismatch}`));
+    assert.deepEqual(await store.loadAuthority(), before);
+    assert.equal((await store.readReceipt(operation_id)).status, "missing");
+  }
+});
+
+test("explicit successor target rejects ambiguous active identity without updating the Monitor", async () => {
+  const duplicate = (todo_id: string): JsonObject => ({schema_version: TODO_DOMAIN_ITEM_SCHEMA, todo_id,
+    role: "agent", status: "open", done: false, text: "Deliver the newly observed result",
+    archive_state: "active", task_class: "advancement_task", action_kind: "implementation",
+    continuation_policy: "independent_handoff", target_key: "deliver-watch-a",
+    unblocks_todo_id: "todo_monitor"});
+  const {store, request} = await seeded({}, [duplicate("todo_z_existing_a"), duplicate("todo_z_existing_b")]);
+  const before = await store.loadAuthority();
+  const result = await executeCoordinationMonitorPoll(store, {...request,
+    intent: {...request.intent, next_target_key: "deliver-watch-a"}});
+  assert.equal(result.status, "failed");
+  assert.equal(result.reason_code, "monitor_poll_rejected");
+  assert.match(String(result.reason), /multiple active Todos have the same role\/target_key/);
+  assert.deepEqual(await store.loadAuthority(), before);
+  assert.equal((await store.readReceipt(request.operation_id)).status, "missing");
+});
+
 test("receipt-only recovery preserves the original hash and never plans fresh work", async () => {
   const {store, request} = await seeded();
   const before = await store.loadAuthority();