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@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ See [OPDS Feeds](opds/)
 See [KOReader Sync](koreader/) and [Sync Protocol](sync/koreader-protocol.md)
 
 - POST /api/sync/koreader/progress - Sync reading progress
+- GET /api/sync/koreader/resolve?sha256={hash} - Resolve a book UUID by file SHA-256
 - GET /api/sync/koreader/metadata/:uuid - Get book metadata
 - GET /api/sync/koreader/library - Get device library
 - POST /api/sync/koreader/bookmarks - Sync bookmarks
diff --git a/docs/developer/api/koreader/resolve_book.md b/docs/developer/api/koreader/resolve_book.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Resolve Book
+
+Map a book's file SHA-256 to its Bookhoard UUID without touching progress
+state. Used by devices to link a freshly downloaded book before their first
+pull, so the device's first-page position is never pushed (which would
+conflict with server-side progress for books already mid-read).
+
+**Endpoint**: `GET /api/sync/koreader/resolve`
+**Auth**: Required (Device authentication)
+
+## Query Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description                          |
+| --------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
+| sha256    | string | Yes      | File content hash (64 hex characters) |
+
+Resolution is format-aware: the hash is checked against both
+`media_items.file_sha256` and `media_item_formats.file_sha256`, so a
+converted file (KEPUB/PDF) matches its media item too.
+
+## Device Authentication
+
+This endpoint requires device authentication (not user JWT). Devices
+authenticate using their device credentials.
+
+### Example Request
+
+```http
+GET /api/sync/koreader/resolve?sha256=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
+Authorization: Bearer {device_token}
+```
+
+## Response (200 OK)
+
+```json
+{
+  "book_uuid": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
+  "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+  "title": "Book Title",
+  "author": "Author Name"
+}
+```
+
+## Error Responses
+
+| Code | Description                                  |
+| ---- | -------------------------------------------- |
+| 400  | Missing or malformed `sha256` parameter      |
+| 401  | Device authentication failed                 |
+| 404  | No book in the library matches the given hash |
diff --git a/docs/developer/api/sync/koreader-protocol.md b/docs/developer/api/sync/koreader-protocol.md
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@@ -94,6 +94,41 @@ hash differs from the primary format's hash.
 }
 ```
 
+## Book Resolution (UUID lookup)
+
+**Endpoint**: `GET /api/sync/koreader/resolve?sha256={hash}`
+**Auth**: Device token required
+
+Read-only lookup mapping a file SHA-256 to the book's UUID (format-aware,
+same `BookResolver` path as the progress push). Devices call this on the
+first open of a newly downloaded book to learn the UUID **before** their
+first pull. Full details: [Resolve Book](../koreader/resolve_book.md).
+
+This matters for conflict avoidance: a device that pushes to bootstrap its
+identity transmits its current (first-page) position, which the server
+treats as a real progress update — overwriting/conflicting with genuine
+mid-read progress from other sources. Resolve, then pull, then push.
+
+### Example Request
+
+```http
+GET /api/sync/koreader/resolve?sha256=e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
+Authorization: Bearer device-token
+```
+
+### Response (200 OK)
+
+```json
+{
+  "book_uuid": "book-uuid",
+  "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+  "title": "Book Title",
+  "author": "Author Name"
+}
+```
+
+404 when no book in the library matches the hash.
+
 ## KOReader Metadata Fetch
 
 **Endpoint**: `GET /api/sync/koreader/metadata/{book_uuid}`