diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/CommonBatchCollisionException.java b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/CommonBatchCollisionException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4c83515b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/route/CommonBatchCollisionException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to JumpMind Inc under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed
+ * with this work for additional information regarding
+ * copyright ownership.  JumpMind Inc licenses this file
+ * to you under the GNU General Public License, version 3.0 (GPLv3)
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 3.0 (GPLv3) along with this library; if not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * 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 org.jumpmind.symmetric.route;
+
+public class CommonBatchCollisionException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public CommonBatchCollisionException() {
+    }
+
+    public CommonBatchCollisionException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/service/impl/RouterService.java b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/service/impl/RouterService.java
index fa1f6897b8..e66a75d05f 100644
--- a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/service/impl/RouterService.java
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/service/impl/RouterService.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.CSVRouter;
 import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.ChannelRouterContext;
 import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.ColumnMatchDataRouter;
+import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.CommonBatchCollisionException;
 import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.ConfigurationChangedDataRouter;
 import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.ConvertToReloadRouter;
 import org.jumpmind.symmetric.route.DBFRouter;
@@ -552,6 +553,10 @@ protected long routeDataForChannel(ProcessInfo processInfo, final NodeChannel no
                 long dataCountWithBigLob = routeDataForChannel(processInfo, nodeChannel, sourceNode, true, batchesByNodes, batchesByGroups);
                 return context.getCommittedDataEventCount() + dataCountWithBigLob;
             }
+        } catch (CommonBatchCollisionException e) {
+            gapDetector.setIsAllDataRead(false);
+            dataCount = 1; // we prevented writing the collision, so commit what we have
+            throw e;
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
             log.error(
                     String.format("Failed to route and batch data on '%s' channel",
@@ -924,6 +929,7 @@ protected int insertDataEvents(ProcessInfo processInfo, ChannelRouterContext con
         long loadId = -1;
         boolean dataEventAdded = false;
         boolean useCommonMode = context.isProduceCommonBatches() || context.isProduceGroupBatches();
+        boolean firstTimeForGroup = false;
         int numberOfDataEventsInserted = 0;
 
         if (nodeIds == null || nodeIds.size() == 0) {
@@ -938,6 +944,7 @@ protected int insertDataEvents(ProcessInfo processInfo, ChannelRouterContext con
             if (batches == null) {
                 batches = new HashMap<String, OutgoingBatch>();
                 batchesByGroups.put(groupKey, batches);
+                firstTimeForGroup = true;
             }
             useCommonMode = nodeIds.size() > 1;
         } else {
@@ -977,6 +984,10 @@ protected int insertDataEvents(ProcessInfo processInfo, ChannelRouterContext con
                         log.debug("About to insert a new batch for node {} on the '{}' channel.  Batches in progress are: {}.",
                                 nodeId, batch.getChannelId(), batches.values());
                     }
+                    
+                    if (useCommonMode && !firstTimeForGroup) {
+                        throw new CommonBatchCollisionException("Collision detected for common batch group");
+                    }
 
                     engine.getOutgoingBatchService().insertOutgoingBatch(batch);
                     processInfo.incrementBatchCount();