diff --git a/ci/permutation/changes.mjs b/ci/permutation/changes.mjs
index 191b5c8..7e26d71 100644
--- a/ci/permutation/changes.mjs
+++ b/ci/permutation/changes.mjs
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ const tag = (ctx) => `r${ctx.round}${ctx.side === "target" ? "t" : "s"}`;
 
 export const CHANGES = {
   async "content.edit"(ctx) {
-    const pool = (await listsWithItems(ctx.c, ctx.guid, ctx.locale)).flatMap((x) => x.items);
+    const pool = (await listsWithItems(ctx.c, ctx.guid, ctx.locale))
+      .flatMap((x) => x.items)
+      .filter((it) => !ctx.avoid?.has(it.contentID));
     let full = null;
     for (const it of [...pool].sort(() => ctx.r.next() - 0.5)) {
       const candidate = await ctx.c.contentMethods.getContentItem(it.contentID, ctx.guid, ctx.locale);
@@ -368,9 +370,11 @@ export const CHANGES = {
   },
 };
 
-// Changes made on the other instance than the one being synced from, in the same round.
-export async function drift(ctx) {
-  return CHANGES["content.edit"]({ ...ctx });
+// Changes made on the other instance than the one being synced from, in the same round. `avoid` is
+// the receiving side's copies of items the round changed on the sending side: an edit to one of those
+// is a change on both sides, which the conflict check covers, not drift.
+export async function drift(ctx, avoid = new Set()) {
+  return CHANGES["content.edit"]({ ...ctx, avoid });
 }
 
 // The same item edited on both sides with different values: a conflict. `avoidDstId` is the item
diff --git a/ci/permutation/run.mjs b/ci/permutation/run.mjs
index a992b48..e0f1f4e 100644
--- a/ci/permutation/run.mjs
+++ b/ci/permutation/run.mjs
@@ -251,7 +251,12 @@ for (let i = 0; i < plan.length; i++) {
 
   let drifted = null;
   try {
-    drifted = await drift(toCtx);
+    // The receiving side's copies of items this round edited on the sending side
+    const editedThere = applied
+      .filter((a) => a.area === "content" && a.change === "edit")
+      .map((a) => mapped(forward)(Number(/#(\d+)/.exec(a.detail)?.[1])))
+      .filter(Boolean);
+    drifted = await drift(toCtx, new Set(editedThere));
     if (drifted) applied.push({ name: "drift", ...drifted, area: "drift" });
   } catch (e) {
     record(round, direction, "apply:drift", false, String(e?.message ?? e).slice(0, 200));