diff --git a/core/db.py b/core/db.py
index 9434b6a..bab9ba3 100644
--- a/core/db.py
+++ b/core/db.py
@@ -526,6 +526,32 @@ def remove_user(email: str) -> None:
         cur.execute(f"DELETE FROM users WHERE email = {_P}", (email,))
 
 
+@_retry_on_deadlock
+def reclaim_ontrack_username(username: str, keep_user_id: int) -> list[int]:
+    """Enforce one OnTrack login per account: an OnTrack username uniquely
+    identifies a student, but `username` isn't a DB unique key, so two Clerk
+    accounts linking the same login create two rows. /ingest resolves by username
+    alone and can then write to the wrong row, so the snapshot (resolved by Clerk
+    id) shows nothing. When an account (re)links a username, evict every *other*
+    row holding it — last verified OnTrack linker wins — and delete that row's
+    captured tasks/projects. Returns the evicted user ids so the caller can drop
+    their scheduled brief jobs."""
+    with _connection() as conn:
+        cur = conn.cursor()
+        cur.execute(
+            f"SELECT id FROM users WHERE username = {_P} AND id <> {_P}",
+            (username, keep_user_id),
+        )
+        evicted = [row[0] for row in cur.fetchall()]
+        if not evicted:
+            return []
+        placeholders = ",".join([_P] * len(evicted))
+        cur.execute(f"DELETE FROM tasks WHERE user_id IN ({placeholders})", tuple(evicted))
+        cur.execute(f"DELETE FROM projects WHERE user_id IN ({placeholders})", tuple(evicted))
+        cur.execute(f"DELETE FROM users WHERE id IN ({placeholders})", tuple(evicted))
+        return evicted
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Deterministic-brief storage — captured OnTrack tasks/deadlines (no OnTrack call
 # at read time). See docs/DETERMINISTIC_BRIEF_PLAN.md. ON CONFLICT … DO UPDATE is
diff --git a/routes/main.py b/routes/main.py
index 603ef13..ec5490a 100644
--- a/routes/main.py
+++ b/routes/main.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     get_user_by_username,
     link_clerk_id_by_email,
     prune_ended_projects,
+    reclaim_ontrack_username,
     reset_token_fail,
     set_refresh_token,
     set_subscribed,
@@ -435,6 +436,23 @@ def link_ontrack():
     if body_refresh_token:
         set_refresh_token(username, body_refresh_token)
 
+    # Enforce one OnTrack login per account. If another Clerk account previously
+    # linked this same OnTrack username, it left a duplicate row; /ingest (keyed on
+    # username alone) could then write to it instead of this account, so the
+    # snapshot — resolved by Clerk id — would show nothing. Evict those stale rows
+    # (and their captured data) now that this account holds the username, and drop
+    # their orphaned brief jobs. Idempotent: a no-op once there's a single row.
+    for evicted_id in reclaim_ontrack_username(username, user_id):
+        job_id = f"brief_{evicted_id}"
+        if scheduler.get_job(job_id):
+            scheduler.remove_job(job_id)
+        log.info(
+            "link-ontrack: reclaimed username %s for user %s — evicted duplicate account %s",
+            username,
+            user_id,
+            evicted_id,
+        )
+
     # Apply deliberate brief-window / send-time changes from the Settings panel in a
     # single UPDATE. Each value is None unless explicitly provided, so the auto
     # re-link (which omits them) can't clobber a saved choice; folding them into one