diff --git a/client/src/input/keyboard.rs b/client/src/input/keyboard.rs
index 4b89cc9..355cf84 100644
--- a/client/src/input/keyboard.rs
+++ b/client/src/input/keyboard.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // client/src/input/keyboard.rs
 
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering}};
 use evdev::{Device, EventType, InputEvent, KeyCode};
 use tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender;
 use tracing::{debug, error, warn};
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ pub struct KeyboardAggregator {
     pressed_keys: HashSet<KeyCode>,
 }
 
+/*───────── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
+/// Monotonically‑increasing ID that can be logged on server & client.
+static SEQ: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
+
 impl KeyboardAggregator {
     pub fn new(dev: Device, dev_mode: bool, tx: Sender<KeyboardReport>) -> Self {
         let _ = dev.set_nonblocking(true);
@@ -44,11 +48,10 @@ impl KeyboardAggregator {
             }
 
             let report = self.build_report();
-            if self.dev_mode { debug!(?report, "kbd"); }
-            static COUNTER: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
-            let id = COUNTER.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            // Generate a local sequence number for debugging/log‑merge only.
+            let id = SEQ.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            if self.dev_mode { debug!(seq = id, ?report, "kbd"); }
             let _ = self.tx.send(KeyboardReport {
-                seq: id,
                 data: report.to_vec()
             });