diff --git a/views_api.py b/views_api.py
index c288c20..e7c118f 100644
--- a/views_api.py
+++ b/views_api.py
@@ -612,15 +612,15 @@ async def api_ticket_create(
             extra=extra,
         ),
     )
-    # Multi-ticket purchases land as N rows sharing the LNbits invoice
-    # payment_hash but with distinct `id`s — one independently
-    # scannable QR per attendee. The first row reuses payment_hash as
-    # its id so the legacy single-purchase invariant
-    # (`id == payment_hash`) still holds for quantity == 1 callers.
+    # Each row gets a fresh urlsafe_short_hash id so single- and
+    # multi-ticket purchases stay shape-consistent — every scannable
+    # ticket id is a short hash, never the long bolt11 payment_hash.
+    # The shared `payment_hash` column is the join key for invoice
+    # lookup (poll endpoint, ws notifier, set_ticket_paid loop).
     ticket_ids: list[str] = []
     sats_per_ticket = payment.sat // quantity if quantity else payment.sat
-    for index in range(quantity):
-        row_id = payment.payment_hash if index == 0 else urlsafe_short_hash()
+    for _ in range(quantity):
+        row_id = urlsafe_short_hash()
         await create_ticket(
             payment_hash=payment.payment_hash,
             wallet=event.wallet,