diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs
index f048f2b7..180804e5 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Historian/HistorianAdapterActor.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 using Akka.Actor;
+using Akka.Cluster.Tools.PublishSubscribe;
 using Akka.Event;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Messages.Redundancy;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Types;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.OpcUa;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Historian;
 
@@ -23,22 +27,47 @@ public sealed class HistorianAdapterActor : ReceiveActor
     }
 
     private readonly IAlarmHistorianSink _sink;
+    private readonly NodeId? _localNode;
     private readonly ILoggingAdapter _log = Context.GetLogger();
+    private IActorRef? _mediator;
+
+    /// <summary>Cached local <see cref="RedundancyRole"/> from the latest <see cref="RedundancyStateChanged"/>
+    /// snapshot (null = unknown until the first snapshot arrives, or no <see cref="_localNode"/> wired). The
+    /// durable sink enqueue in the <see cref="AlarmHistorianEvent"/> handler is gated on this: only the
+    /// Primary historizes (default-write while unknown so single-node deploys + the boot window never drop
+    /// historization).</summary>
+    private RedundancyRole? _localRole;
 
     /// <summary>Creates the props for a HistorianAdapterActor instance.</summary>
     /// <param name="sink">The alarm historian sink implementation, or null to use a null sink.</param>
+    /// <param name="localNode">The local cluster node id, used to read this node's <see cref="RedundancyRole"/>
+    /// from the <c>redundancy-state</c> topic so only the Primary historizes to the durable sink. Null (the
+    /// default) leaves the role unknown ⇒ default-write (single-node deploys + tests).</param>
     /// <returns>Props configured for creating a HistorianAdapterActor.</returns>
-    public static Props Props(IAlarmHistorianSink? sink = null) =>
-        Akka.Actor.Props.Create(() => new HistorianAdapterActor(sink ?? NullAlarmHistorianSink.Instance));
+    public static Props Props(IAlarmHistorianSink? sink = null, NodeId? localNode = null) =>
+        Akka.Actor.Props.Create(() => new HistorianAdapterActor(sink ?? NullAlarmHistorianSink.Instance, localNode));
 
     /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the HistorianAdapterActor class.</summary>
     /// <param name="sink">The alarm historian sink to forward enqueued events to.</param>
-    public HistorianAdapterActor(IAlarmHistorianSink sink)
+    /// <param name="localNode">The local cluster node id, used to read this node's <see cref="RedundancyRole"/>
+    /// from the <c>redundancy-state</c> topic so only the Primary historizes to the durable sink. Null leaves
+    /// the role unknown ⇒ default-write (single-node deploys + tests).</param>
+    public HistorianAdapterActor(IAlarmHistorianSink sink, NodeId? localNode = null)
     {
         _sink = sink;
+        _localNode = localNode;
 
         Receive<AlarmHistorianEvent>(evt =>
         {
+            // Warm-standby dedup (forward-looking): only the Primary historizes to the durable sink so a
+            // future per-node feeder writes exactly once. Default-write until told Secondary/Detached so
+            // single-node deploys + the boot window never drop historization. (Currently the actor has no
+            // production feeder — this is a defensive guard for when engine→historian wiring lands.)
+            if (_localRole is RedundancyRole.Secondary or RedundancyRole.Detached)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             // Fire-and-forget: SqliteStoreAndForwardSink persists to local SQLite synchronously
             // inside EnqueueAsync (it returns once the row is committed), so we don't block on
             // network/pipe latency. Failures are surfaced via GetStatus's LastError + drain state.
@@ -46,6 +75,41 @@ public sealed class HistorianAdapterActor : ReceiveActor
         });
 
         Receive<GetStatus>(_ => Sender.Tell(_sink.GetStatus()));
+
+        // Cluster redundancy snapshots (published on the `redundancy-state` topic, subscribed in PreStart)
+        // cache this node's role so the AlarmHistorianEvent handler can gate the durable sink enqueue to the
+        // Primary. The PubSub Subscribe is acked back to Self (no-op below).
+        Receive<RedundancyStateChanged>(OnRedundancyStateChanged);
+        Receive<SubscribeAck>(_ => { });
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Subscribes to the <c>redundancy-state</c> topic so cluster role changes land as
+    /// <see cref="RedundancyStateChanged"/> and cache this node's role — the historian enqueue is gated to
+    /// the Primary so a future per-node feeder doesn't double-write across the warm-redundant pair.</summary>
+    protected override void PreStart()
+    {
+        _mediator = DistributedPubSub.Get(Context.System).Mediator;
+        _mediator.Tell(new Subscribe(OpcUaPublishActor.RedundancyStateTopic, Self));
+        base.PreStart();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Caches this node's <see cref="RedundancyRole"/> from a cluster redundancy snapshot so the
+    /// <see cref="AlarmHistorianEvent"/> handler can gate the durable sink enqueue to the Primary. A snapshot
+    /// that doesn't mention <see cref="_localNode"/> (or no local node wired) leaves the cached role unchanged
+    /// ⇒ default-write. Mirrors <see cref="OpcUaPublishActor"/>'s handler.</summary>
+    /// <param name="msg">The cluster redundancy snapshot.</param>
+    private void OnRedundancyStateChanged(RedundancyStateChanged msg)
+    {
+        if (_localNode is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var local = msg.Nodes.FirstOrDefault(n => n.NodeId == _localNode.Value);
+        if (local is not null)
+        {
+            _localRole = local.Role;
+        }
     }
 
     private async Task EnqueueAsync(AlarmHistorianEvent evt)
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 93301836..eea9f934 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
             registry.Register<DriverHostActorKey>(driverHost);
 
             var historian = system.ActorOf(
-                HistorianAdapterActor.Props(historianSink),
+                HistorianAdapterActor.Props(historianSink, roleInfo.LocalNode),
                 HistorianAdapterActorName);
             registry.Register<HistorianAdapterActorKey>(historian);
         });
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Historian/HistorianAdapterActorTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Historian/HistorianAdapterActorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72115b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Historian/HistorianAdapterActorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+using Akka.Actor;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Messages.Redundancy;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.Types;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Historian;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests.Harness;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests.Historian;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// TestKit coverage for <see cref="HistorianAdapterActor"/>'s Primary-only historization gate.
+/// The actor caches this node's <see cref="RedundancyRole"/> from the <c>redundancy-state</c>
+/// topic and SKIPS the sink enqueue when the local node is Secondary/Detached so a future
+/// per-node feeder writes exactly once across the warm-redundant pair. Unknown/null role
+/// default-writes (single-node deploys + the boot window must never silently drop historization).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class HistorianAdapterActorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
+{
+    /// <summary>The local node id the gating tests construct the adapter with.</summary>
+    private static readonly NodeId LocalNode = new("node-A");
+
+    /// <summary>A short window we allow the fire-and-forget enqueue to land within.</summary>
+    private static readonly TimeSpan Settle = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
+
+    /// <summary>Thread-safe fake sink that records every <see cref="EnqueueAsync"/> call.</summary>
+    private sealed class RecordingSink : IAlarmHistorianSink
+    {
+        private int _count;
+
+        /// <summary>The number of <see cref="EnqueueAsync"/> calls observed so far.</summary>
+        public int EnqueueCount => Volatile.Read(ref _count);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public Task EnqueueAsync(AlarmHistorianEvent evt, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _count);
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public HistorianSinkStatus GetStatus() => new(
+            QueueDepth: 0,
+            DeadLetterDepth: 0,
+            LastDrainUtc: null,
+            LastSuccessUtc: null,
+            LastError: null,
+            DrainState: HistorianDrainState.Idle);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Builds a minimal <see cref="AlarmHistorianEvent"/> for the gate tests.</summary>
+    private static AlarmHistorianEvent SampleEvent() => new(
+        AlarmId: "alm-1",
+        EquipmentPath: "Area/Line/Equip",
+        AlarmName: "HiHi",
+        AlarmTypeName: "LimitAlarm",
+        Severity: AlarmSeverity.High,
+        EventKind: "Activated",
+        Message: "level high",
+        User: "system",
+        Comment: null,
+        TimestampUtc: DateTime.UtcNow);
+
+    /// <summary>Tell <paramref name="actor"/> a <see cref="RedundancyStateChanged"/> snapshot marking
+    /// <see cref="LocalNode"/> with <paramref name="role"/> so the gate observes the local role.</summary>
+    private static void TellRedundancyRole(IActorRef actor, RedundancyRole role) =>
+        actor.Tell(new RedundancyStateChanged(
+            new[]
+            {
+                new NodeRedundancyState(
+                    NodeId: LocalNode,
+                    Role: role,
+                    IsClusterLeader: role == RedundancyRole.Primary,
+                    IsRoleLeaderForDriver: role == RedundancyRole.Primary,
+                    AsOfUtc: DateTime.UtcNow),
+            },
+            CorrelationId.NewId()));
+
+    /// <summary>Default-write (T1): before any redundancy snapshot — the boot window and the steady
+    /// state for single-node deploys — the adapter MUST historize. Constructed WITH a localNode but
+    /// no snapshot sent, so the cached role is unknown ⇒ default-write.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_before_redundancy_state_historizes()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props(sink, LocalNode));
+
+        actor.Tell(SampleEvent());
+
+        AwaitAssert(() => sink.EnqueueCount.ShouldBe(1), Settle);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Secondary suppression (T2): when the cached local role is Secondary, the adapter MUST
+    /// NOT enqueue to the durable sink (the Primary writes the single copy).</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Secondary_node_does_not_historize()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props(sink, LocalNode));
+
+        TellRedundancyRole(actor, RedundancyRole.Secondary);
+        actor.Tell(SampleEvent());
+
+        // Give the (suppressed) fire-and-forget a stable window, then assert nothing landed.
+        ExpectNoMsg(Settle);
+        sink.EnqueueCount.ShouldBe(0);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Detached suppression (T3): a Detached node likewise MUST NOT historize.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Detached_node_does_not_historize()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props(sink, LocalNode));
+
+        TellRedundancyRole(actor, RedundancyRole.Detached);
+        actor.Tell(SampleEvent());
+
+        ExpectNoMsg(Settle);
+        sink.EnqueueCount.ShouldBe(0);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Primary writes (T4): when the cached local role is Primary, the adapter historizes as
+    /// normal (this is the single copy the durable sink sees).</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Primary_node_historizes()
+    {
+        var sink = new RecordingSink();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(HistorianAdapterActor.Props(sink, LocalNode));
+
+        TellRedundancyRole(actor, RedundancyRole.Primary);
+        actor.Tell(SampleEvent());
+
+        AwaitAssert(() => sink.EnqueueCount.ShouldBe(1), Settle);
+    }
+}