diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-cats-smile.md b/.changeset/tidy-cats-smile.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..951a09ca7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-cats-smile.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"effect": patch
+---
+
+Fix unencrypted event log conflict scanning to inspect the newer history suffix.
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.ts b/packages/effect/src/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.ts
index bd81fd1aad0..6965ab15452 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ const toConflicts = (
     const newHistory = history.slice(i)
     let conflicts: Array<Entry> = []
     for (let j = 0; j < newHistory.length; j++) {
-      const scannedEntry = history[j]!
+      const scannedEntry = newHistory[j]!
       if (scannedEntry.event === originEntry.event && scannedEntry.primaryKey === originEntry.primaryKey) {
         conflicts.push(scannedEntry)
       }
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..188d636cb0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/effect/test/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { assert, it } from "@effect/vitest"
+import { Context, Effect, Layer, Redacted, Ref, Schema } from "effect"
+import * as EventGroup from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventGroup"
+import * as EventJournal from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventJournal"
+import * as EventLog from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventLog"
+import * as EventLogEncryption from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventLogEncryption"
+import * as EventLogMessage from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventLogMessage"
+import * as EventLogServerUnencrypted from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventLogServerUnencrypted"
+import * as EventLogSessionAuth from "effect/unstable/eventlog/EventLogSessionAuth"
+import { makeGetIdentityRootSecretMaterial } from "effect/unstable/eventlog/internal/identityRootSecretDerivation"
+import * as RpcTest from "effect/unstable/rpc/RpcTest"
+
+const ReproGroup = EventGroup.empty.add({
+  tag: "ReproEvent",
+  primaryKey: (payload) => payload.key,
+  payload: Schema.Struct({ key: Schema.String, value: Schema.Number })
+})
+const event = ReproGroup.events.ReproEvent
+const storeId = EventLogMessage.StoreId.make("repro-store")
+const getIdentityRootSecretMaterial = makeGetIdentityRootSecretMaterial(globalThis.crypto)
+
+const authenticate = Effect.fnUntraced(function*(options: {
+  readonly identity: EventLog.Identity["Service"]
+  readonly challenge: Uint8Array
+  readonly remoteId: EventJournal.RemoteId
+}) {
+  const material = yield* getIdentityRootSecretMaterial(options.identity)
+  const signature = yield* EventLogSessionAuth.signSessionAuthPayload({
+    remoteId: options.remoteId,
+    challenge: options.challenge,
+    publicKey: options.identity.publicKey,
+    signingPublicKey: material.signingPublicKey,
+    signingPrivateKey: Redacted.value(material.signingPrivateKey)
+  })
+  return new EventLogMessage.Authenticate({
+    publicKey: options.identity.publicKey,
+    signingPublicKey: material.signingPublicKey,
+    signature,
+    algorithm: "Ed25519"
+  })
+})
+
+it.effect("indexes conflicts from the sliced history", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function*() {
+    const encode = Schema.encodeUnknownEffect(event.payloadMsgPack)
+    const makeEntry = Effect.fnUntraced(function*(msecs: number, key: string, value: number) {
+      return new EventJournal.Entry({
+        id: EventJournal.makeEntryIdUnsafe({ msecs }),
+        event: "ReproEvent",
+        primaryKey: key,
+        payload: yield* encode({ key, value })
+      }, { disableChecks: true })
+    })
+    const originA = yield* makeEntry(1_000, "other-origin", 10)
+    const oldSameKey = yield* makeEntry(2_000, "key", 20)
+    const originB = yield* makeEntry(3_000, "key", 30)
+    const newerOtherKey = yield* makeEntry(4_000, "other", 40)
+    const newerSameKey = yield* makeEntry(5_000, "key", 50)
+
+    const storage = yield* EventLogServerUnencrypted.makeStorageMemory
+    yield* storage.write(storeId, [oldSameKey, newerOtherKey, newerSameKey])
+    const registry = yield* EventLog.Registry.pipe(Effect.provide(EventLog.layerRegistry))
+    const seenOriginA = yield* Ref.make<ReadonlyArray<EventJournal.Entry> | undefined>(undefined)
+    const seenOriginB = yield* Ref.make<ReadonlyArray<EventJournal.Entry> | undefined>(undefined)
+    registry.registerHandlerUnsafe({
+      event: event.tag,
+      handler: {
+        event,
+        context: Context.empty() as Context.Context<any>,
+        handler: ({ payload, conflicts }) => {
+          const value = (payload as { value: number }).value
+          return value === 10
+            ? Ref.set(seenOriginA, conflicts.map((conflict) => conflict.entry))
+            : value === 30
+            ? Ref.set(seenOriginB, conflicts.map((conflict) => conflict.entry))
+            : Effect.void
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    const client = yield* RpcTest.makeClient(EventLogMessage.EventLogRemoteRpcs).pipe(
+      Effect.provide(EventLogServerUnencrypted.layerRpcHandlers.pipe(
+        Layer.provide(Layer.succeed(EventLogServerUnencrypted.Storage, storage)),
+        Layer.provide(Layer.succeed(EventLog.Registry, registry)),
+        Layer.provide(Layer.succeed(EventLogServerUnencrypted.StoreMapping, {
+          resolve: ({ storeId }) => Effect.succeed(storeId),
+          hasStore: () => Effect.succeed(true)
+        })),
+        Layer.provide(Layer.succeed(EventLogServerUnencrypted.EventLogServerAuthorization, {
+          authorizeWrite: () => Effect.void,
+          authorizeRead: () => Effect.void,
+          authorizeIdentity: () => Effect.void
+        }))
+      ))
+    )
+    const identity = yield* EventLog.makeIdentity
+    const hello = yield* client["EventLog.Hello"]()
+    yield* client["EventLog.Authenticate"](
+      yield* authenticate({
+        identity,
+        challenge: hello.challenge,
+        remoteId: hello.remoteId
+      })
+    )
+    const data = yield* new EventLogMessage.WriteEntriesUnencrypted({
+      publicKey: identity.publicKey,
+      storeId,
+      entries: [originA, originB]
+    }).encoded
+    yield* client["EventLog.WriteSingle"]({ data })
+    const originAConflicts = yield* Ref.get(seenOriginA)
+    assert.isDefined(originAConflicts)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(originAConflicts.map((entry) => entry.idString), [])
+    const originBConflicts = yield* Ref.get(seenOriginB)
+    assert.isDefined(originBConflicts)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(originBConflicts.map((entry) => entry.idString), [newerSameKey.idString])
+  }).pipe(Effect.provide(EventLogEncryption.layerSubtle)))