diff --git a/src/ids.rs b/src/ids.rs
index 17aa032..05c74a5 100644
--- a/src/ids.rs
+++ b/src/ids.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use crate::model::ChangeGroup;
 use chrono::Utc;
+use std::collections::hash_map::RandomState;
+use std::hash::{BuildHasher, Hasher};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 /// Expand CLI repo selector flags. Each value may be one id or a comma-separated
@@ -74,17 +78,56 @@ pub fn node_id(prefix: &str) -> String {
     object_id(prefix)
 }
 
+/// Ids from one process start at a random suffix and count up from it, so two
+/// ids requested in the same clock tick (parallel revert clones, for example)
+/// never repeat.
 fn object_id(prefix: &str) -> String {
+    static START: OnceLock<u64> = OnceLock::new();
+    static NEXT: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+    let start = *START.get_or_init(|| {
+        let nanos = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .map(|duration| duration.as_nanos())
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut hasher = RandomState::new().build_hasher();
+        hasher.write_u128(nanos);
+        hasher.write_u32(std::process::id());
+        hasher.finish()
+    });
     let date = Utc::now().format("%Y%m%d");
-    let nanos = SystemTime::now()
-        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .map(|duration| duration.as_nanos())
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-    let mixed = nanos ^ u128::from(std::process::id());
-    let suffix = format!("{:06x}", mixed & 0xFF_FFFF);
-    format!("{prefix}_{date}_{suffix}")
+    let suffix = start.wrapping_add(NEXT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed)) & 0xFF_FFFF;
+    format!("{prefix}_{date}_{suffix:06x}")
 }
 
 pub fn short_sha(sha: &str) -> String {
     sha.trim().chars().take(7).collect()
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ids_requested_at_once_from_many_threads_never_repeat() {
+        let ids: Vec<String> = std::thread::scope(|scope| {
+            let workers: Vec<_> = (0..8)
+                .map(|_| scope.spawn(|| (0..2_000).map(|_| revert_group_id()).collect::<Vec<_>>()))
+                .collect();
+            workers
+                .into_iter()
+                .flat_map(|worker| worker.join().unwrap())
+                .collect()
+        });
+        let unique: HashSet<_> = ids.iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(unique.len(), ids.len());
+        assert!(ids.iter().all(|id| {
+            let parts: Vec<_> = id.split('_').collect();
+            parts.len() == 3
+                && parts[0] == "rv"
+                && parts[1].len() == 8
+                && parts[2].len() == 6
+                && parts[2].chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit())
+        }));
+    }
+}