diff --git a/hwmonDaemon.py b/hwmonDaemon.py
index 87df3fb..5cdb0a2 100644
--- a/hwmonDaemon.py
+++ b/hwmonDaemon.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
         """
         self.ticket_api_url = ticket_api_url
         self.dry_run = dry_run
+        self.ticket_db = TicketDatabase()
 
     def run(self):
         """
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
 
             # Create standardized ticket title
             ticket_title = f"[{hostname}]{action_type}{hardware_type} {issue} {scope}{environment}{ticket_type}"
+            ticket_hash = self._generate_ticket_hash(issue, health_report)
             description = self._generate_detailed_description(issue, health_report)
 
             ticket_payload = {
@@ -234,6 +236,12 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
                 "type": issue_type
             }
 
+            if self.ticket_db.ticket_exists(ticket_hash):
+                logger.info(f"Duplicate ticket detected - skipping creation: {ticket_title}")
+                if self.dry_run:
+                    logger.info(f"Dry-run: Duplicate ticket would have been skipped: {ticket_title}")
+                continue
+
             if self.dry_run:
                 logger.info("Dry-run mode enabled. Simulating ticket creation:")
                 logger.info(json.dumps(ticket_payload, indent=4))
@@ -256,6 +264,46 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
                         logger.error(f"Response: {response.text}")
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.error(f"Error creating ticket: {e}")
+    
+    def _generate_ticket_hash(self, issue: str, health_report: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        """
+        Generate a stable hash for ticket deduplication.
+        """
+        import hashlib
+
+        # Extract stable components for hashing
+        stable_components = {
+            'hostname': socket.gethostname(),
+            'issue_type': issue
+        }
+
+        # Add specific stable data based on issue type
+        if "Disk" in issue:
+            for partition in health_report.get('drives_health', {}).get('drives', []):
+                if partition.get('mountpoint') in issue:
+                    stable_components['device'] = partition['device']
+                    stable_components['mountpoint'] = partition['mountpoint']
+                    # Exclude variable data like usage percentages
+                    if partition.get('smart_status') == 'UNHEALTHY':
+                        stable_components['smart_status'] = 'UNHEALTHY'
+                    break
+
+        elif "Memory" in issue:
+            if "Uncorrectable ECC" in issue:
+                stable_components['error_type'] = 'Uncorrectable_ECC'
+            elif "Correctable ECC" in issue:
+                stable_components['error_type'] = 'Correctable_ECC'
+
+        elif "Network" in issue:
+            if "management" in issue.lower():
+                stable_components['network_type'] = 'management'
+            elif "ceph" in issue.lower():
+                stable_components['network_type'] = 'ceph'
+
+        # Create a stable string representation and hash it
+        stable_string = json.dumps(stable_components, sort_keys=True)
+        return hashlib.sha256(stable_string.encode()).hexdigest()
+
     def _detect_issues(self, health_report: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
         """
         Detect issues in the health report including non-critical issues.
@@ -591,6 +639,35 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
                 'error': str(e)
             }
 
+class TicketDatabase:
+    def __init__(self, db_path="/var/lib/hwmon/tickets.db"):
+        self.db_path = db_path
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(db_path), exist_ok=True)
+        self._init_db()
+
+    def _init_db(self):
+        import sqlite3
+        with sqlite3.connect(self.db_path) as conn:
+            conn.execute('''
+                CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tickets (
+                    hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+                    title TEXT,
+                    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+                )
+            ''')
+
+    def ticket_exists(self, ticket_hash: str) -> bool:
+        import sqlite3
+        with sqlite3.connect(self.db_path) as conn:
+            cursor = conn.execute('SELECT 1 FROM tickets WHERE hash = ?', (ticket_hash,))
+            return cursor.fetchone() is not None
+
+    def add_ticket(self, ticket_hash: str, title: str):
+        import sqlite3
+        with sqlite3.connect(self.db_path) as conn:
+            conn.execute('INSERT INTO tickets (hash, title) VALUES (?, ?)', 
+                        (ticket_hash, title))
+
 def main():
     try:
         # Argument parser for CLI options