diff --git a/.sqlx/query-41ef76f85e8b2d37ff906c16973ce08c03219332c86d6f1b7bfa752f0d75275b.json b/.sqlx/query-41ef76f85e8b2d37ff906c16973ce08c03219332c86d6f1b7bfa752f0d75275b.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 60d554a..0000000
--- a/.sqlx/query-41ef76f85e8b2d37ff906c16973ce08c03219332c86d6f1b7bfa752f0d75275b.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
-  "query": "\n                INSERT INTO profiles (did, handle, display_name, description, description_facets, avatar, banner, created_at)\n                VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8)\n                ON CONFLICT (did) DO UPDATE SET\n                    handle = EXCLUDED.handle,\n                    display_name = EXCLUDED.display_name,\n                    description = EXCLUDED.description,\n                    description_facets = EXCLUDED.description_facets,\n                    avatar = EXCLUDED.avatar,\n                    banner = EXCLUDED.banner,\n                    created_at = EXCLUDED.created_at;\n            ",
-  "describe": {
-    "columns": [],
-    "parameters": {
-      "Left": [
-        "Text",
-        "Text",
-        "Text",
-        "Text",
-        "Jsonb",
-        "Text",
-        "Text",
-        "Timestamptz"
-      ]
-    },
-    "nullable": []
-  },
-  "hash": "41ef76f85e8b2d37ff906c16973ce08c03219332c86d6f1b7bfa752f0d75275b"
-}
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-504c321eec8f39add55b4baba18de9e4f0f4e43cebdf62bf010a8a9094decc50.json b/.sqlx/query-504c321eec8f39add55b4baba18de9e4f0f4e43cebdf62bf010a8a9094decc50.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62343d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-504c321eec8f39add55b4baba18de9e4f0f4e43cebdf62bf010a8a9094decc50.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "SELECT uri FROM plays WHERE did = $1 AND cid = $2 LIMIT 1",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "uri",
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": [
+        "Text",
+        "Text"
+      ]
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "504c321eec8f39add55b4baba18de9e4f0f4e43cebdf62bf010a8a9094decc50"
+}
diff --git a/migrations/20241220000014_deduplicate_plays.sql b/migrations/20241220000014_deduplicate_plays.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98f9eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20241220000014_deduplicate_plays.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- Deduplicate plays by (did, cid) - keep the record with the earliest rkey
+-- This addresses the issue where the same play content (CID) was stored under multiple rkeys
+
+-- Create temp table with URIs to delete
+CREATE TEMP TABLE uris_to_delete AS
+WITH duplicates AS (
+    SELECT uri,
+           ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY did, cid ORDER BY rkey ASC) as rn
+    FROM plays
+)
+SELECT uri FROM duplicates WHERE rn > 1;
+
+-- Delete from related tables first
+DELETE FROM play_to_artists_extended WHERE play_uri IN (SELECT uri FROM uris_to_delete);
+DELETE FROM play_to_artists WHERE play_uri IN (SELECT uri FROM uris_to_delete);
+-- Then delete from plays
+DELETE FROM plays WHERE uri IN (SELECT uri FROM uris_to_delete);
+
+-- Drop the temporary table
+DROP TABLE uris_to_delete;
+
+-- Add unique constraint to prevent future duplicates
+ALTER TABLE plays ADD CONSTRAINT uq_plays_did_cid UNIQUE (did, cid);
diff --git a/services/cadet/src/ingestors/teal/feed_play.rs b/services/cadet/src/ingestors/teal/feed_play.rs
index b42e9d8..a7f53bb 100644
--- a/services/cadet/src/ingestors/teal/feed_play.rs
+++ b/services/cadet/src/ingestors/teal/feed_play.rs
@@ -1490,6 +1490,29 @@ impl PlayIngestor {
             .as_ref()
             .map(ToString::to_string);
 
+        // Check if we already have this play content (CID) for this user (DID)
+        // This prevents duplicates when the same content is published under different rkeys
+        let existing_uri = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+            "SELECT uri FROM plays WHERE did = $1 AND cid = $2 LIMIT 1",
+            did,
+            cid
+        )
+        .fetch_optional(&self.sql)
+        .await?;
+
+        if let Some(existing) = existing_uri {
+            if existing != uri {
+                tracing::debug!(
+                    "Skipping duplicate play for did={} cid={} (existing uri={}, new uri={})",
+                    did,
+                    cid,
+                    existing,
+                    uri
+                );
+            }
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         sqlx::query!(
             r#"
                 INSERT INTO plays (