# Resource-backed appointments are guarded by occupancy, not the doctor slot key An appointment's `active_slot_key` is `doctor_id:slot_start` under a unique index, which assumes the doctor is the thing being occupied. Once a doctor supervises several devices that assumption breaks: the second booking in the same hour on a different device is rejected. Resource occupancy already guards those bookings at the database level via `uniq_bucket_resource_seat (resource_id, bucket_at, seat)`, so an appointment that carries a resource leaves `active_slot_key` null and lets occupancy be the sole authority; only resourceless legacy bookings keep the doctor key. ## Considered Options Rekeying on the resource (`r{resource_id}:{slot_start}`) was rejected because it silently defeats `ClinicResource.capacity`: a room seating three would reject its second patient, and the unique index knows nothing about seats, buffers, or setup and cleanup time. ## Consequences Any booking path that omits the resource falls back to the doctor key. Those paths have to be found and made resource-aware, or they end up with weaker protection than they have today.