diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/handler/runs.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/handler/runs.rs
index 57562fc4c..614f2d719 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/handler/runs.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/handler/runs.rs
@@ -743,23 +743,6 @@ fn spawn_generated_title_task(task: GeneratedTitleTask) {
             return;
         }
 
-        let current = match task
-            .state
-            .stores
-            .runs
-            .get_cached_summary(&task.run_id, Utc::now())
-            .await
-        {
-            Ok(Some(summary)) => summary,
-            Ok(None) => return,
-            Err(err) => {
-                tracing::debug!(run_id = %task.run_id, error = %err, "Failed to re-read run summary for title update");
-                return;
-            }
-        };
-        if current.title != task.deterministic_title {
-            return;
-        }
         let run_store = match task.state.stores.runs.open_run(&task.run_id).await {
             Ok(store) => store,
             Err(err) => {
@@ -767,7 +750,8 @@ fn spawn_generated_title_task(task: GeneratedTitleTask) {
                 return;
             }
         };
-        if let Err(err) = workflow_event::append_event(
+        let expected_title = task.deterministic_title;
+        if let Err(err) = workflow_event::append_event_if(
             &run_store,
             &task.run_id,
             &workflow_event::Event::RunTitleUpdated {
@@ -776,6 +760,7 @@ fn spawn_generated_title_task(task: GeneratedTitleTask) {
                     system_kind: SystemActorKind::Engine,
                 }),
             },
+            move |projection| projection.title().as_ref() == expected_title,
         )
         .await
         {
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/tests.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/tests.rs
index 7aafcec03..c90e1d10f 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/tests.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/server/tests.rs
@@ -3495,7 +3495,7 @@ async fn generated_title_does_not_overwrite_user_title_edit() {
     response_json!(response, StatusCode::OK).await;
 
     wait_for_mock_hits(&title_mock, 1).await;
-    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
 
     assert_eq!(
         state
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/mod.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/mod.rs
index 60c40d1c4..7546a741f 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/mod.rs
@@ -803,6 +803,40 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(err, Error::ReadOnly));
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn append_event_if_evaluates_latest_projection_before_appending() {
+        let (_object_store, store) = make_store();
+        let run = store.create_run(&test_run_id("run-1")).await.unwrap();
+        append_created(&run, "run-1", dt("2026-03-27T12:00:00Z")).await;
+        let initial_title = run.state().await.unwrap().title().into_owned();
+
+        run.append_event(&event_payload(
+            "run-1",
+            "2026-03-27T12:00:01Z",
+            "run.title.updated",
+            &serde_json::json!({ "title": "User title" }),
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let generated_update = event_payload(
+            "run-1",
+            "2026-03-27T12:00:02Z",
+            "run.title.updated",
+            &serde_json::json!({ "title": "Generated title" }),
+        );
+        let appended = run
+            .append_event_if(&generated_update, |projection| {
+                projection.title() == initial_title
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(appended, None);
+        assert_eq!(run.state().await.unwrap().title(), "User title");
+        assert_eq!(run.list_events().await.unwrap().len(), 2);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn control_request_events_set_pending_control_without_overwriting_status() {
         let (_object_store, store) = make_store();
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/run_store.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/run_store.rs
index 2b67a066a..a1d7f8441 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/run_store.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/slate/run_store.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ impl RunDatabase {
 
     async fn projected_state(&self) -> Result<RunProjection> {
         let _state_guard = self.inner.state_lock.lock().await;
+        self.projected_state_locked().await
+    }
+
+    async fn projected_state_locked(&self) -> Result<RunProjection> {
         let next_seq = {
             let cache = self.inner.projection_cache.lock().await;
             cache.last_seq.saturating_add(1)
@@ -254,12 +258,35 @@ impl RunDatabase {
         Ok(self.append_event_envelope(payload).await?.seq)
     }
 
+    /// Atomically appends `payload` when `predicate` matches the latest run
+    /// projection.
+    pub async fn append_event_if(
+        &self,
+        payload: &EventPayload,
+        predicate: impl FnOnce(&RunProjection) -> bool,
+    ) -> Result<Option<u32>> {
+        if self.read_only {
+            return Err(Error::ReadOnly);
+        }
+        payload.validate(&self.inner.run_id)?;
+        let _state_guard = self.inner.state_lock.lock().await;
+        let projection = self.projected_state_locked().await?;
+        if !predicate(&projection) {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        Ok(Some(self.append_event_envelope_locked(payload).await?.seq))
+    }
+
     pub async fn append_event_envelope(&self, payload: &EventPayload) -> Result<EventEnvelope> {
         if self.read_only {
             return Err(Error::ReadOnly);
         }
         payload.validate(&self.inner.run_id)?;
         let _state_guard = self.inner.state_lock.lock().await;
+        self.append_event_envelope_locked(payload).await
+    }
+
+    async fn append_event_envelope_locked(&self, payload: &EventPayload) -> Result<EventEnvelope> {
         let seq = self.inner.event_seq.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
         let event = EventEnvelope {
             seq,
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event.rs
index e64b2ae30..a5c1f583e 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub use self::redaction::{
     build_redacted_event_payload, event_payload_from_redacted_json, redacted_event_json,
 };
 pub use self::sink::{
-    RunEventLogger, RunEventSink, StoreProgressLogger, append_event, append_event_to_sink,
+    RunEventLogger, RunEventSink, StoreProgressLogger, append_event, append_event_if,
+    append_event_to_sink,
 };
 pub use crate::stage_scope::StageScope;
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event/sink.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event/sink.rs
index 1017b2b29..7d62b7151 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event/sink.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/event/sink.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use ::fabro_types::{RunEvent, RunId};
+use ::fabro_types::{RunEvent, RunId, RunProjection};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use fabro_store::RunDatabase;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ pub async fn append_event(run_store: &RunDatabase, run_id: &RunId, event: &Event
         .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)
 }
 
+pub async fn append_event_if(
+    run_store: &RunDatabase,
+    run_id: &RunId,
+    event: &Event,
+    predicate: impl FnOnce(&RunProjection) -> bool,
+) -> Result<bool> {
+    let stored = to_run_event(run_id, event);
+    let payload = build_redacted_event_payload(&stored, run_id)?;
+    run_store
+        .append_event_if(&payload, predicate)
+        .await
+        .map(|seq| seq.is_some())
+        .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)
+}
+
 pub async fn append_event_to_sink(
     sink: &RunEventSink,
     run_id: &RunId,