diff --git a/src/pages/[...product]/llms.txt.ts b/src/pages/[...product]/llms.txt.ts
index 91a7183c069..2c28ae2e31a 100644
--- a/src/pages/[...product]/llms.txt.ts
+++ b/src/pages/[...product]/llms.txt.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,32 @@ export const getStaticPaths = (async () => {
 	const directory = await getCollection("directory");
 	const docs = await getCollection("docs");
 
-	return directory
+	// Deduplicate by URL path: multiple directory entries may share the same
+	// entry.url (e.g. SDK variants). For shared URLs, prefer the generic
+	// entry (e.g. `sdk`) over language-specific variants (e.g. `go-sdk`).
+	const CANONICAL_IDS = new Set(["sdk"]);
+
+	const entriesByUrl = new Map<string, (typeof directory)[number]>();
+	for (const entry of directory) {
+		const productUrl = entry.data.entry?.url;
+		if (!productUrl || productUrl === "/" || productUrl.includes("#")) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (isDisallowedByRobots(productUrl)) continue;
+
+		const urlPath = productUrl.slice(1, -1);
+		if (!urlPath) continue;
+
+		const existing = entriesByUrl.get(urlPath);
+		if (!existing || CANONICAL_IDS.has(entry.id)) {
+			entriesByUrl.set(urlPath, entry);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return [...entriesByUrl.values()]
 		.map((entry) => {
 			const productUrl = entry.data.entry?.url;
-			if (!productUrl || productUrl === "/" || productUrl.includes("#")) {
-				return null;
-			}
-
-			if (isDisallowedByRobots(productUrl)) return null;
+			if (!productUrl) return null;
 
 			const urlPath = productUrl.slice(1, -1);
 			if (!urlPath) return null;
diff --git a/src/pages/[...slug].astro b/src/pages/[...slug].astro
index 83e79ee19e5..241375a46b0 100644
--- a/src/pages/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/pages/[...slug].astro
@@ -22,7 +22,22 @@ import {
 const NOINDEX_PRODUCTS = ["email-security"];
 
 export const prerender = true;
-export const getStaticPaths = getDocsStaticPaths;
+export const getStaticPaths = (async (...args) => {
+	const paths = await getDocsStaticPaths(...args);
+	// Content stubs that have a corresponding explicit src/pages route.
+	// The explicit page wins; filtering them here avoids duplicate-slug warnings.
+	const shadowed = new Set([
+		"ai/models",
+		"workers-ai/models",
+		"ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference",
+		"waf/change-log/changelog",
+	]);
+	return paths.filter((p) => {
+		const slug = p.params.slug;
+		if (!slug) return true;
+		return !shadowed.has(slug);
+	});
+}) as typeof getDocsStaticPaths;
 
 const { entry, Content, headings } = await getDocsPageProps(Astro, {
 	partialHeadings: {
diff --git a/src/pages/changelog/rss/[product].xml.ts b/src/pages/changelog/rss/[product].xml.ts
index 3875c3557d9..40f239821e8 100644
--- a/src/pages/changelog/rss/[product].xml.ts
+++ b/src/pages/changelog/rss/[product].xml.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import rss from "@astrojs/rss";
 import { getCollection } from "astro:content";
 import { config } from "virtual:nimbus/config";
 import { getChangelogs, getRSSItems } from "~/util/changelog";
+import { groups } from "~/util/directory";
 
 import type {
 	APIRoute,
@@ -16,15 +17,23 @@ import type {
 
 export const prerender = true;
 
+const slugifyArea = (value: string) => value.replaceAll(" ", "-").toLowerCase();
+
 export const getStaticPaths = (async () => {
 	const directory = await getCollection("directory");
 
-	return directory.map((entry) => {
-		return {
-			params: { product: entry.id },
-			props: { product: entry },
-		};
-	});
+	// Area group slugs that would collide with product IDs — the area
+	// route owns those URLs, so skip them here to avoid route conflicts.
+	const areaSlugs = new Set(groups.map(slugifyArea));
+
+	return directory
+		.filter((entry) => !areaSlugs.has(entry.id))
+		.map((entry) => {
+			return {
+				params: { product: entry.id },
+				props: { product: entry },
+			};
+		});
 }) satisfies GetStaticPaths;
 
 type Props = InferGetStaticPropsType<typeof getStaticPaths>;
diff --git a/src/util/changelog.ts b/src/util/changelog.ts
index 903e9c45160..8ddfe690d7e 100644
--- a/src/util/changelog.ts
+++ b/src/util/changelog.ts
@@ -108,10 +108,30 @@ export async function getChangelogs({
 }: GetChangelogsOptions): Promise<Array<CollectionEntry<"changelog">>> {
 	let entries = await getCollection("changelog");
 
+	// First pass: extract slug + folder for every entry (synchronous,
+	// deterministic — collection order is alphabetical by file path).
+	const parsed = entries.map((e) => {
+		const slug = e.id.split("/").slice(1).join("/");
+		const folder = e.id.split("/")[0];
+		return { entry: e, slug, folder };
+	});
+
+	// Identify which slugs appear more than once.
+	const slugCounts = new Map<string, number>();
+	for (const { slug } of parsed) {
+		slugCounts.set(slug, (slugCounts.get(slug) ?? 0) + 1);
+	}
+
+	// For duplicate slugs, the first folder in alphabetical order owns the
+	// bare slug; later folders are prefixed. This is deterministic because
+	// `getCollection` returns entries in alphabetical file-path order.
+	// Explicit overrides can force a specific canonical owner.
+	const CANONICAL_OWNERS: Record<string, string> = {
+		"2026-04-01-l4-transport-telemetry-fields": "workers",
+	};
+
 	entries = await Promise.all(
-		entries.map(async (e) => {
-			const slug = e.id.split("/").slice(1).join("/");
-			const folder = e.id.split("/")[0];
+		parsed.map(async ({ entry: e, slug, folder }) => {
 			const product = { collection: "directory", id: folder } as const;
 
 			const isValidProduct = await getEntry(product);
@@ -126,9 +146,28 @@ export async function getChangelogs({
 				e.data.products.push(product);
 			}
 
+			const count = slugCounts.get(slug) ?? 1;
+			const canonicalOwner = CANONICAL_OWNERS[slug];
+			let dedupedId: string;
+
+			if (count <= 1) {
+				dedupedId = slug;
+			} else if (canonicalOwner && folder === canonicalOwner) {
+				dedupedId = slug;
+			} else if (canonicalOwner) {
+				dedupedId = `${folder}/${slug}`;
+			} else {
+				// No explicit owner: first folder alphabetically wins.
+				const folders = parsed
+					.filter((p) => p.slug === slug)
+					.map((p) => p.folder);
+				const firstFolder = folders.sort()[0];
+				dedupedId = folder === firstFolder ? slug : `${folder}/${slug}`;
+			}
+
 			return {
 				...e,
-				id: slug,
+				id: dedupedId,
 			};
 		}),
 	);