diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/Destination.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/Destination.java
index 1c2bc94..c895763 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/Destination.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/Destination.java
@@ -803,11 +803,11 @@
   }
 
   List<URIish> getDistributedUris(Project.NameKey project, String urlMatch) {
-    return getDistributedUris(getURIs(project, urlMatch));
+    return getDistributedUris(project, getURIs(project, urlMatch));
   }
 
-  List<URIish> getDistributedUris(List<URIish> candidates) {
-    return urlDistributor.select(candidates);
+  List<URIish> getDistributedUris(Project.NameKey project, List<URIish> candidates) {
+    return urlDistributor.select(project, candidates);
   }
 
   URIish getURI(URIish template, Project.NameKey project) throws URISyntaxException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java
index 82f33d7..58ebed8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
           validUris.add(uri);
         }
       }
-      config.getDistributedUris(validUris).forEach(uri -> uris.put(config, uri));
+      config.getDistributedUris(projectName, validUris).forEach(uri -> uris.put(config, uri));
     }
     return uris;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategy.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategy.java
index 46183eb..ddff448 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategy.java
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@
   ALL("all") {
     @Override
     public Instance newInstance() {
-      return candidates -> candidates;
+      return (project, candidates) -> candidates;
     }
   },
 
@@ -47,13 +50,41 @@
     @Override
     public Instance newInstance() {
       final AtomicInteger index = new AtomicInteger();
-      return candidates -> {
+      return (project, candidates) -> {
         if (candidates.isEmpty()) {
           return List.of();
         }
         return List.of(candidates.get(Math.floorMod(index.getAndIncrement(), candidates.size())));
       };
     }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Push to exactly one URL, chosen by hashing the project name so that a given project always maps
+   * to the same URL. Like {@link #ROUND_ROBIN} this writes each push only once, which matters when
+   * the replica hosts share a single backend, but it additionally keeps consecutive updates for one
+   * project on the same URL. Because replication tasks are coalesced per (project, URI), rotating
+   * URLs would let successive updates for one project run as separate tasks racing against the same
+   * backend; pinning the project collapses them into a single task and keeps the receiving host's
+   * caches warm.
+   *
+   * <p>The candidates are sorted before indexing so that the mapping does not depend on the order
+   * in which the URLs happen to be configured. Together with {@link Project.NameKey#hashCode()},
+   * which is the specified {@link String#hashCode()} of the project name, this makes every host
+   * reading the same config agree on the mapping.
+   */
+  PROJECT_SHARDED("projectSharded") {
+    @Override
+    public Instance newInstance() {
+      return (project, candidates) -> {
+        if (candidates.isEmpty()) {
+          return List.of();
+        }
+        ImmutableList<URIish> sorted =
+            ImmutableList.sortedCopyOf(Comparator.comparing(URIish::toString), candidates);
+        return List.of(sorted.get(Math.floorMod(project.hashCode(), sorted.size())));
+      };
+    }
   };
 
   public final String configKey;
@@ -79,6 +110,13 @@
   /** A stateful executor for a {@link UrlDistributionStrategy} strategy. */
   @FunctionalInterface
   public interface Instance {
-    List<URIish> select(List<URIish> candidates);
+    /**
+     * Selects the URLs to push to out of the candidates for the given project.
+     *
+     * @param project project being replicated, used by project-affine strategies.
+     * @param candidates URLs the project could be pushed to.
+     * @return the subset of candidates to push to.
+     */
+    List<URIish> select(Project.NameKey project, List<URIish> candidates);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
index 73b3805..ac71ed6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
@@ -628,6 +628,24 @@
     distributes load evenly and ensures each push is written exactly once.
     Has no effect if only one URL is configured.
 
+  `projectSharded`
+  : Push to one URL, chosen so that a given project always maps to the same
+    URL. Like `roundRobin` each push is written exactly once, and load is
+    spread across the URLs, but consecutive updates for one project always
+    go to the same URL.
+
+    Prefer this over `roundRobin` when replica hosts share a single backend.
+    Replication tasks are coalesced per (project, URL), so rotating URLs
+    makes successive updates for one project run as separate tasks that race
+    against the same backend; pinning a project to one URL collapses them
+    into a single task and keeps the receiving host's caches warm.
+
+    The mapping is computed from a hash of the project name over the sorted
+    list of URLs, so it does not depend on the order in which the URLs are
+    configured and is identical on every host reading the same config.
+    Adding or removing a URL remaps projects across the remaining URLs.
+    Has no effect if only one URL is configured.
+
   Defaults to `all`.
 
 Directory `replication`
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfigurationTest.java
index c7b4174..f5118dd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfigurationTest.java
@@ -114,4 +114,16 @@
     assertThat(objectUnderTest.getUrlDistributionStrategy())
         .isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.ROUND_ROBIN);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldSetUrlDistributionToProjectShardedWhenConfigured() {
+    // given
+    when(cfgMock.getString("remote", REMOTE, "urlDistributionStrategy"))
+        .thenReturn("projectSharded");
+    objectUnderTest = new DestinationConfiguration(remoteConfigMock, cfgMock);
+
+    // when / then
+    assertThat(objectUnderTest.getUrlDistributionStrategy())
+        .isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
index 3b3686f..40f485f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationIT.java
@@ -551,6 +551,81 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void shouldReplicateToOnlyOneUrlWhenProjectShardedEnabled() throws Exception {
+    Project.NameKey replica1Project = createTestProject(project + "replica1");
+    Project.NameKey replica2Project = createTestProject(project + "replica2");
+
+    setReplicationDestination(
+        "foo", List.of("replica1", "replica2"), ALL_PROJECTS, TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY_SECONDS);
+    setUrlDistribution("foo", UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED);
+    reloadConfig();
+
+    String newRef = "refs/heads/newForTest";
+    createNewBranchWithoutPush("refs/heads/master", newRef);
+
+    plugin
+        .getSysInjector()
+        .getInstance(ReplicationQueue.class)
+        .scheduleFullSync(project, null, new ReplicationState(NO_OP), true);
+
+    // Wait for the push to land in at least one replica
+    try (Repository r1 = repoManager.openRepository(replica1Project);
+        Repository r2 = repoManager.openRepository(replica2Project)) {
+      waitUntil(() -> checkedGetRef(r1, newRef) != null || checkedGetRef(r2, newRef) != null);
+
+      // Exactly one replica should have received the push
+      boolean r1HasRef = checkedGetRef(r1, newRef) != null;
+      boolean r2HasRef = checkedGetRef(r2, newRef) != null;
+      assertThat(r1HasRef ^ r2HasRef).isTrue();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldReuseSameUrlOnConsecutivePushesWhenProjectShardedEnabled() throws Exception {
+    Project.NameKey replica1Project = createTestProject(project + "replica1");
+    Project.NameKey replica2Project = createTestProject(project + "replica2");
+
+    setReplicationDestination(
+        "foo", List.of("replica1", "replica2"), ALL_PROJECTS, TEST_REPLICATION_DELAY_SECONDS);
+    setUrlDistribution("foo", UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED);
+    reloadConfig();
+
+    String branch1 = "refs/heads/branch1";
+    String branch2 = "refs/heads/branch2";
+    createNewBranchWithoutPush("refs/heads/master", branch1);
+
+    ReplicationQueue queue = plugin.getSysInjector().getInstance(ReplicationQueue.class);
+
+    queue.scheduleFullSync(project, null, new ReplicationState(NO_OP), true);
+
+    // The project is pinned to one of the two replicas; discover which one.
+    Project.NameKey pinnedProject;
+    Project.NameKey otherProject;
+    try (Repository r1 = repoManager.openRepository(replica1Project);
+        Repository r2 = repoManager.openRepository(replica2Project)) {
+      waitUntil(() -> checkedGetRef(r1, branch1) != null || checkedGetRef(r2, branch1) != null);
+
+      boolean replica1IsPinned = checkedGetRef(r1, branch1) != null;
+      assertThat(replica1IsPinned ^ (checkedGetRef(r2, branch1) != null)).isTrue();
+      pinnedProject = replica1IsPinned ? replica1Project : replica2Project;
+      otherProject = replica1IsPinned ? replica2Project : replica1Project;
+    }
+
+    // Second sync must land on the same replica rather than rotating to the other one
+    createNewBranchWithoutPush("refs/heads/master", branch2);
+    queue.scheduleFullSync(project, null, new ReplicationState(NO_OP), true);
+
+    try (Repository pinnedRepo = repoManager.openRepository(pinnedProject)) {
+      waitUntil(() -> checkedGetRef(pinnedRepo, branch2) != null);
+    }
+
+    try (Repository otherRepo = repoManager.openRepository(otherProject)) {
+      assertThat(checkedGetRef(otherRepo, branch1)).isNull();
+      assertThat(checkedGetRef(otherRepo, branch2)).isNull();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void shouldReplicateToMatchingRemote() throws Exception {
     Project.NameKey targetProject = createTestProject(project + "replica");
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ded31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/UrlDistributionStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class UrlDistributionStrategyTest {
+  private static final Project.NameKey PROJECT = Project.nameKey("some/project");
+  private static final Project.NameKey OTHER_PROJECT = Project.nameKey("some/other/project");
+
+  private static ImmutableList<URIish> uris(String... hosts) throws URISyntaxException {
+    ImmutableList.Builder<URIish> uris = ImmutableList.builder();
+    for (String host : hosts) {
+      uris.add(new URIish("git://" + host + "/${name}.git"));
+    }
+    return uris.build();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldResolveConfigKeys() {
+    assertThat(UrlDistributionStrategy.fromConfig("all")).isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.ALL);
+    assertThat(UrlDistributionStrategy.fromConfig("roundRobin"))
+        .isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.ROUND_ROBIN);
+    assertThat(UrlDistributionStrategy.fromConfig("projectSharded"))
+        .isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldFallBackToAllForUnknownConfigKey() {
+    assertThat(UrlDistributionStrategy.fromConfig("bogus")).isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.ALL);
+    assertThat(UrlDistributionStrategy.fromConfig(null)).isEqualTo(UrlDistributionStrategy.ALL);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void allShouldSelectEveryCandidate() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2", "replica3");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor = UrlDistributionStrategy.ALL.newInstance();
+
+    assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).isEqualTo(candidates);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void roundRobinShouldRotateOnConsecutiveSelections() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.ROUND_ROBIN.newInstance();
+
+    assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).containsExactly(candidates.get(0));
+    assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).containsExactly(candidates.get(1));
+    assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).containsExactly(candidates.get(0));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void roundRobinShouldRotateRegardlessOfProject() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.ROUND_ROBIN.newInstance();
+
+    assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).containsExactly(candidates.get(0));
+    assertThat(distributor.select(OTHER_PROJECT, candidates)).containsExactly(candidates.get(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void projectShardedShouldSelectExactlyOneCandidate() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2", "replica3");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance();
+
+    List<URIish> selected = distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates);
+
+    assertThat(selected).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(candidates).containsAtLeastElementsIn(selected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void projectShardedShouldPinProjectToSameCandidateAcrossSelections() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2", "replica3");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance();
+
+    List<URIish> first = distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).isEqualTo(first);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void projectShardedShouldAgreeAcrossInstances() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2", "replica3");
+
+    List<URIish> first =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance().select(PROJECT, candidates);
+    List<URIish> second =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance().select(PROJECT, candidates);
+
+    assertThat(second).isEqualTo(first);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void projectShardedShouldIgnoreCandidateOrdering() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates =
+        uris("replica1", "replica2", "replica3", "replica4", "replica5");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance();
+
+    List<URIish> expected = distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates);
+
+    List<URIish> shuffled = new ArrayList<>(candidates);
+    Random random = new Random(42);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      Collections.shuffle(shuffled, random);
+      assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, shuffled)).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void projectShardedShouldSpreadProjectsOverAllCandidates() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1", "replica2", "replica3");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance();
+
+    Set<URIish> selected = new HashSet<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+      selected.addAll(distributor.select(Project.nameKey("project" + i), candidates));
+    }
+
+    assertThat(selected).containsExactlyElementsIn(candidates);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void projectShardedShouldSelectOnlyCandidateWhenSingleUrlConfigured() throws Exception {
+    ImmutableList<URIish> candidates = uris("replica1");
+    UrlDistributionStrategy.Instance distributor =
+        UrlDistributionStrategy.PROJECT_SHARDED.newInstance();
+
+    assertThat(distributor.select(PROJECT, candidates)).isEqualTo(candidates);
+    assertThat(distributor.select(OTHER_PROJECT, candidates)).isEqualTo(candidates);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldSelectNothingWhenThereAreNoCandidates() {
+    for (UrlDistributionStrategy strategy : UrlDistributionStrategy.values()) {
+      assertThat(strategy.newInstance().select(PROJECT, List.of())).isEmpty();
+    }
+  }
+}