diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportDataDialog.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportDataDialog.tsx
index facb8047..9e9f5680 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportDataDialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportDataDialog.tsx
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ function LoadedImportDataDialog({
         data: {
           kind: "destination",
           label: existing?.name ?? planned?.name ?? "New workspace",
+          isNew: planDestination.type === "new_workspace",
         },
         children: itemTree,
       };
@@ -371,7 +372,12 @@ function LoadedImportDataDialog({
                   key={`${warning.title}:${warning.detail}`}
                   className="flex items-start gap-2.5 px-3 py-2.5"
                 >
-                  <Icon icon="info" color="info" size="sm" className="mt-0.5" />
+                  <Icon
+                    icon={warning.level === "warning" ? "alert_triangle" : "info"}
+                    color={warning.level === "warning" ? "warning" : "info"}
+                    size="sm"
+                    className="mt-0.5"
+                  />
                   <div className="min-w-0">
                     <div className="text-sm font-medium">{warning.title}</div>
                     <div className="text-xs text-text-subtle mt-0.5">{warning.detail}</div>
@@ -555,11 +561,15 @@ function ImportTreeRow({
       <>
         <Icon color="secondary" icon={row.kind === "destination" ? "house" : row.icon} />
         <div className="truncate flex-1">{row.label}</div>
+        {row.kind === "destination" && row.isNew && (
+          <ActionChip label="new" help="Created by this import" className="text-success" />
+        )}
       </>
     );
   }
 
   const { item } = row;
+  const label = actionLabel(item);
   return (
     <>
       {item.model === "folder" || item.model === "environment" ? (
@@ -585,27 +595,47 @@ function ImportTreeRow({
           />
         </div>
       ) : (
-        actionLabel(item) && (
-          <InlineCode
+        label != null && (
+          <ActionChip
+            label={label}
+            help={actionHelp(item)}
             className={classNames(
-              "py-0 bg-transparent w-32 shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap text-xs",
-              "inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-1.5",
               item.action === "create" && "text-success",
               item.action === "update" && "text-info",
               item.action === "delete" && "text-danger",
               item.action === "keep_local" && item.selected && "text-warning",
               item.action === "ignored" && "text-text-subtlest",
             )}
-          >
-            {actionLabel(item)}
-            <IconTooltip content={actionHelp(item)} iconSize="xs" />
-          </InlineCode>
+          />
         )
       )}
     </>
   );
 }
 
+function ActionChip({
+  label,
+  help,
+  className,
+}: {
+  label: string;
+  help: string | null;
+  className?: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <InlineCode
+      className={classNames(
+        "py-0 bg-transparent w-32 shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap text-xs",
+        "inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-1.5",
+        className,
+      )}
+    >
+      {label}
+      {help != null && <IconTooltip content={help} iconSize="xs" />}
+    </InlineCode>
+  );
+}
+
 function actionLabel(item: ImportPlanItem): string | null {
   switch (item.action) {
     case "create":
@@ -673,7 +703,7 @@ function ancestorsOf(item: ImportPlanItem, byId: Map<string, ImportPlanItem>): I
  * themselves.
  */
 type TreeRow =
-  | { kind: "destination"; label: string }
+  | { kind: "destination"; label: string; isNew: boolean }
   | { kind: "group"; label: string; icon: IconProps["icon"] }
   | { kind: "item"; item: ImportPlanItem };
 
diff --git a/crates/common/yaak-rpc-schema/bindings/gen_util.ts b/crates/common/yaak-rpc-schema/bindings/gen_util.ts
index f706cb08..3217af23 100644
--- a/crates/common/yaak-rpc-schema/bindings/gen_util.ts
+++ b/crates/common/yaak-rpc-schema/bindings/gen_util.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ export type ImportPlanItem = {
  */
 export type ImportPlanReason = "moved_into_ignored_folder";
 
-export type ImportPlanWarning = { title: string; detail: string };
+export type ImportPlanWarning = { title: string; detail: string; level: ImportPlanWarningLevel };
+
+/**
+ * Whether a plan's note is something to know or something to think twice about.
+ */
+export type ImportPlanWarningLevel = "info" | "warning";
 
 /**
  * The model types an import plan can contain.
diff --git a/crates/yaak-models/bindings/gen_util.ts b/crates/yaak-models/bindings/gen_util.ts
index f706cb08..3217af23 100644
--- a/crates/yaak-models/bindings/gen_util.ts
+++ b/crates/yaak-models/bindings/gen_util.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ export type ImportPlanItem = {
  */
 export type ImportPlanReason = "moved_into_ignored_folder";
 
-export type ImportPlanWarning = { title: string; detail: string };
+export type ImportPlanWarning = { title: string; detail: string; level: ImportPlanWarningLevel };
+
+/**
+ * Whether a plan's note is something to know or something to think twice about.
+ */
+export type ImportPlanWarningLevel = "info" | "warning";
 
 /**
  * The model types an import plan can contain.
diff --git a/crates/yaak-models/src/util.rs b/crates/yaak-models/src/util.rs
index deb89485..47a2dc07 100644
--- a/crates/yaak-models/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak-models/src/util.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,36 @@ pub enum ImportDestination {
 pub struct ImportPlanWarning {
     pub title: String,
     pub detail: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub level: ImportPlanWarningLevel,
+}
+
+/// Whether a plan's note is something to know or something to think twice about.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize, Serialize, TS)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[ts(export, export_to = "gen_util.ts")]
+pub enum ImportPlanWarningLevel {
+    #[default]
+    Info,
+    Warning,
+}
+
+impl ImportPlanWarning {
+    pub fn info(title: impl Into<String>, detail: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            title: title.into(),
+            detail: detail.into(),
+            level: ImportPlanWarningLevel::Info,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn warning(title: impl Into<String>, detail: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            title: title.into(),
+            detail: detail.into(),
+            level: ImportPlanWarningLevel::Warning,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Where an import's contents came from, used to link the committed workspace back to it.
diff --git a/crates/yaak/src/import.rs b/crates/yaak/src/import.rs
index d704fd67..a619d1e0 100644
--- a/crates/yaak/src/import.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak/src/import.rs
@@ -104,13 +104,7 @@ pub fn plan_import_resources(
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
             for workspace in &mut workspaces {
                 let unique = unique_name(&workspace.name, &taken);
-                if unique != workspace.name {
-                    warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning {
-                        title: "Workspace renamed".to_string(),
-                        detail: format!("{} → {unique} · that name is taken", workspace.name),
-                    });
-                    workspace.name = unique.clone();
-                }
+                workspace.name = unique.clone();
                 taken.push(unique);
             }
 
@@ -135,10 +129,10 @@ pub fn plan_import_resources(
                     } else {
                         format!("{} imported workspaces", resources.workspaces.len())
                     };
-                    warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning {
-                        title: "Workspace settings skipped".to_string(),
-                        detail: format!("{source} · {}", display_list(&skipped_fields)),
-                    });
+                    warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning::info(
+                        "Workspace settings skipped",
+                        format!("{source} · {}", display_list(&skipped_fields)),
+                    ));
                 }
             }
             (workspace_id.clone(), folder_id.clone())
@@ -265,22 +259,22 @@ pub fn plan_import_resources(
 
     for (source_name, imported_name, variable_count) in separated_base_environments {
         let variables = if variable_count == 1 { "variable" } else { "variables" };
-        warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning {
-            title: "Base environment kept separate".to_string(),
-            detail: format!("{source_name} → {imported_name} · {variable_count} {variables}"),
-        });
+        warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning::info(
+            "Base environment kept separate",
+            format!("{source_name} → {imported_name} · {variable_count} {variables}"),
+        ));
     }
     if converted_duplicate_base_environment {
-        warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning {
-            title: "Base environments separated".to_string(),
-            detail: "Only the first remains the base environment".to_string(),
-        });
+        warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning::info(
+            "Base environments separated",
+            "Only the first remains the base environment",
+        ));
     }
     if converted_duplicate_folder_environment {
-        warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning {
-            title: "Folder environments separated".to_string(),
-            detail: "Only the first remains attached to each folder".to_string(),
-        });
+        warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning::info(
+            "Folder environments separated",
+            "Only the first remains attached to each folder",
+        ));
     }
 
     let resources = BatchUpsertResult {
@@ -302,9 +296,47 @@ pub fn plan_import_resources(
         origin,
     };
     merge_with_linked_source(query_manager, &mut plan, &original)?;
+    warn_if_imported_elsewhere(&query_manager.connect(), &mut plan)?;
     Ok(plan)
 }
 
+/// A document that already produced a workspace can be merged back into it. Importing it anywhere
+/// else copies it instead, which is worth saying before the user finds two of everything.
+fn warn_if_imported_elsewhere(db: &ClientDb, plan: &mut ImportPlan) -> Result<()> {
+    let destination_id = match &plan.destination {
+        ImportDestination::ExistingWorkspace { workspace_id, .. } => Some(workspace_id.as_str()),
+        ImportDestination::NewWorkspace => None,
+    };
+    let incoming = plan.source_keys.values().collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
+
+    let mut names = BTreeSet::new();
+    for workspace in db.list_workspaces()? {
+        if Some(workspace.id.as_str()) == destination_id {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for source in db.list_import_sources(&workspace.id)? {
+            let overlaps = db
+                .list_import_source_resources(&source.id)?
+                .iter()
+                .any(|row| incoming.contains(&row.source_key));
+            if overlaps {
+                names.insert(workspace.name.clone());
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if names.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let names = names.iter().map(String::as_str).collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
+    plan.warnings.push(ImportPlanWarning::warning(
+        "Already imported",
+        format!("{} · importing here makes a second copy", display_list(&names)),
+    ));
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Commit a previously prepared plan in one transaction, applying only its selected items.
 pub fn commit_import_plan(
     query_manager: &QueryManager,
@@ -654,10 +686,10 @@ fn resolve_linked_source(
 
 fn ambiguous_source_warning(sources: &[ImportSource]) -> ImportPlanWarning {
     let labels = sources.iter().map(|s| s.origin_label.as_str()).collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
-    ImportPlanWarning {
-        title: "Imported as new".to_string(),
-        detail: format!("{} already contain these resources", display_list(&labels)),
-    }
+    ImportPlanWarning::warning(
+        "Imported as new",
+        format!("{} already contain these resources", display_list(&labels)),
+    )
 }
 
 /// Rewrite a plan against the destination's linked import source, if it has one: resources whose
@@ -1671,7 +1703,6 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .expect("plan first import");
         assert_eq!(first.resources.workspaces[0].name, "Imported");
-        assert!(first.warnings.iter().all(|w| w.title != "Workspace renamed"));
         commit_import_plan(&query_manager, first).expect("commit first import");
 
         let second = plan_import_resources(
@@ -1684,12 +1715,6 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .expect("plan second import");
         assert_eq!(second.resources.workspaces[0].name, "Imported (2)");
-        let warning = second
-            .warnings
-            .iter()
-            .find(|w| w.title == "Workspace renamed")
-            .expect("the rename is explained");
-        assert_eq!(warning.detail, "Imported → Imported (2) · that name is taken");
         commit_import_plan(&query_manager, second).expect("commit second import");
 
         let third = plan_import_resources(
@@ -1714,6 +1739,38 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(names, BTreeSet::from(["Imported".to_string(), "Imported (2)".to_string()]));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn importing_a_document_that_already_has_a_workspace_warns() {
+        let (query_manager, _blob_manager, _rx) =
+            yaak_models::init_in_memory().expect("initialize database");
+        let committed = first_import(&query_manager);
+        let workspace_id = committed.workspaces[0].id.clone();
+
+        let elsewhere = plan_import_resources(
+            &query_manager,
+            "OpenAPI".to_string(),
+            ImportDestination::NewWorkspace,
+            imported_resources(),
+            Some(importer_keys()),
+            Some(linked_origin()),
+        )
+        .expect("plan a second copy");
+        let warning = elsewhere
+            .warnings
+            .iter()
+            .find(|w| w.title == "Already imported")
+            .expect("copying a document that already landed somewhere is called out");
+        assert_eq!(warning.detail, "Imported · importing here makes a second copy");
+
+        // Merging back into the workspace it created is the whole point, so it says nothing.
+        let merging = replan(&query_manager, &workspace_id, imported_resources());
+        assert!(
+            merging.warnings.iter().all(|w| w.title != "Already imported"),
+            "{:?}",
+            merging.warnings
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn environment_collisions_are_explicit_and_do_not_overwrite() {
         let (query_manager, _blob_manager, _rx) =