diff --git a/crates/ld-server/src/docs.rs b/crates/ld-server/src/docs.rs
index d9cd60f..8776901 100644
--- a/crates/ld-server/src/docs.rs
+++ b/crates/ld-server/src/docs.rs
@@ -289,9 +289,11 @@ pub async fn load_state(state: &AppState, doc_id: &str) -> AppResult<DocState> {
     .bind(doc_id)
     .fetch_all(&state.db)
     .await?;
+    // Same second (the variants of a seed): the order they were written in, not their
+    // random identifiers. The engine ranks rivals on its own; this order is what people see.
     let proposals = sqlx::query_as::<_, ProposalRow>(&format!(
         "{PROPOSAL_SELECT} WHERE p.unit_id IN (SELECT id FROM units WHERE doc_id = ?)
-           AND p.status IN ('open', 'in_force', 'draft') ORDER BY p.submitted_at, p.created_at, p.id"
+           AND p.status IN ('open', 'in_force', 'draft') ORDER BY p.submitted_at, p.created_at, p.rowid"
     ))
     .bind(doc_id)
     .fetch_all(&state.db)
diff --git a/crates/ld-server/tests/api.rs b/crates/ld-server/tests/api.rs
index f7574db..fd0263d 100644
--- a/crates/ld-server/tests/api.rs
+++ b/crates/ld-server/tests/api.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ async fn the_seed_a_minima_and_the_open_proposals() {
     // Every other article is an open proposal at zero votes, standard inertia.
     let e3 = unit(&doc, "E3");
     assert!(e3["inForce"].is_null());
-    assert_eq!(e3["proposals"].as_array().expect("p").len(), 2, "E3 and its 0.4.0 variant");
+    // In the order of the seed, whatever their random identifiers.
+    let labels: Vec<&str> = e3["proposals"].as_array().expect("p").iter().filter_map(|p| p["label"].as_str()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(labels, ["1.0.0", "0.4.0-draft"], "E3 and its 0.4.0 variant");
     assert_eq!(e3["inertia"], "standard");
     // Translations seeded.
     assert!(e1["translations"]["en"]["body"].as_str().expect("en").contains("commit"));