diff --git a/cmd/bd/onboard.go b/cmd/bd/onboard.go
index 5edba664..1c77add3 100644
--- a/cmd/bd/onboard.go
+++ b/cmd/bd/onboard.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ The old approach of embedding full instructions in AGENTS.md is deprecated
 because it wasted tokens and got stale when bd upgraded.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		if err := renderOnboardInstructions(cmd.OutOrStdout()); err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Error: %v\n", err)
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Error: %v\n", err)
 		}
 	},
 }
diff --git a/internal/storage/sqlite/ids.go b/internal/storage/sqlite/ids.go
index 774c6a96..3b3a438e 100644
--- a/internal/storage/sqlite/ids.go
+++ b/internal/storage/sqlite/ids.go
@@ -223,9 +223,24 @@ func tryResurrectParent(parentID string, issues []*types.Issue) bool {
 func EnsureIDs(ctx context.Context, conn *sql.Conn, prefix string, issues []*types.Issue, actor string, orphanHandling OrphanHandling, skipPrefixValidation bool) error {
 	usedIDs := make(map[string]bool)
 
-	// First pass: record explicitly provided IDs
+	// First pass: record explicitly provided IDs and check for duplicates within batch
 	for i := range issues {
 		if issues[i].ID != "" {
+			// Check for duplicate IDs within the batch
+			if usedIDs[issues[i].ID] {
+				return fmt.Errorf("duplicate issue ID within batch: %s", issues[i].ID)
+			}
+
+			// Check if ID already exists in database
+			var existingCount int
+			err := conn.QueryRowContext(ctx, `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM issues WHERE id = ?`, issues[i].ID).Scan(&existingCount)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to check ID existence: %w", err)
+			}
+			if existingCount > 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("issue ID already exists: %s", issues[i].ID)
+			}
+
 			// Validate that explicitly provided ID matches the configured prefix (bd-177)
 			// Skip validation during import to allow issues with different prefixes (e.g., from renamed repos)
 			if !skipPrefixValidation {