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## Warnings

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## Title

    [DBOS Python] Duplicate workflow IDs / dedup: "Workflow ID X is already in use by workflow Y with status Z." and "was deduplicated due to an existing workflow in queue"

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Workflow IDs are idempotency keys; deduplication IDs allow one active workflow per queue+ID.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - was deduplicated due to an existing workflow in queue {queue_name} with deduplication ID {deduplication_id}.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py/c179fe2f05e074400a21e595634b6cf5c94122a8/dbos/_error.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Error classes for workflow ID in use and queue deduplication.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py/c179fe2f05e074400a21e595634b6cf5c94122a8/dbos/_enqueue_options.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): return-existing requires a queue and a deduplication_id.
    
    Search phrasings: DBOS Workflow ID is already in use by workflow; DBOS was deduplicated due to an existing workflow in queue
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Start/enqueue raises instead of creating a second workflow.",
      "context": "Product: DBOS Transact Python\nComponent: workflow ID idempotency / queues\nOperation: Starting/enqueueing agent jobs with fixed workflow IDs or deduplication_id\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: DBOSWorkflowIDInUseError, DBOSQueueDeduplicatedError\nPackages: dbos main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: Reusing a workflow ID for a different workflow function (or reuse policy reject), or enqueuing with a deduplication_id while one is active.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "is already in use by workflow {workflow_name} with status {workflow_status}."
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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Use unique IDs per run, or duplication_policy \"return-existing\" (queue + deduplication_id) to get the existing handle.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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