diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index eddebc5d6b26d..1e18290d84b6a 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -1186,9 +1186,9 @@ func (a *agent) createOrUpdateNetwork(manifestOK, networkOK *checkpoint) func(co
 		network := a.network
 		a.closeMutex.Unlock()
 		if network == nil {
-			keySeed, err := WorkspaceKeySeed(manifest.WorkspaceID, manifest.AgentName)
+			keySeed, err := SSHKeySeed(manifest.OwnerName, manifest.WorkspaceName, manifest.AgentName)
 			if err != nil {
-				return xerrors.Errorf("generate seed from workspace id: %w", err)
+				return xerrors.Errorf("generate SSH key seed: %w", err)
 			}
 			// use the graceful context here, because creating the tailnet is not itself tied to the
 			// agent API.
@@ -2068,12 +2068,31 @@ func PrometheusMetricsHandler(prometheusRegistry *prometheus.Registry, logger sl
 	})
 }
 
-// WorkspaceKeySeed converts a WorkspaceID UUID and agent name to an int64 hash.
+// SSHKeySeed converts an owner userName, workspaceName and agentName to an int64 hash.
 // This uses the FNV-1a hash algorithm which provides decent distribution and collision
 // resistance for string inputs.
-func WorkspaceKeySeed(workspaceID uuid.UUID, agentName string) (int64, error) {
+//
+// Why owner username, workspace name, and agent name? These are the components that are used in hostnames for the
+// workspace over SSH, and so we want the workspace to have a stable key with respect to these.  We don't use the
+// respective UUIDs.  The workspace UUID would be different if you delete and recreate a workspace with the same name.
+// The agent UUID is regenerated on each build. Since Coder's Tailnet networking is handling the authentication, we
+// should not be showing users warnings about host SSH keys.
+func SSHKeySeed(userName, workspaceName, agentName string) (int64, error) {
 	h := fnv.New64a()
-	_, err := h.Write(workspaceID[:])
+	_, err := h.Write([]byte(userName))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 42, err
+	}
+	// null separators between strings so that (dog, foodstuff) is distinct from (dogfood, stuff)
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte{0})
+	if err != nil {
+		return 42, err
+	}
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte(workspaceName))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 42, err
+	}
+	_, err = h.Write([]byte{0})
 	if err != nil {
 		return 42, err
 	}
diff --git a/cli/ssh_test.go b/cli/ssh_test.go
index 109733807849b..4bd7682067f94 100644
--- a/cli/ssh_test.go
+++ b/cli/ssh_test.go
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ func TestSSH(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testutil.WaitLong)
 		defer cancel()
 
+		user, err := client.User(ctx, codersdk.Me)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
 		inv, root := clitest.New(t, "ssh", "--stdio", workspace.Name)
 		clitest.SetupConfig(t, client, root)
 		inv.Stdin = clientOutput
@@ -490,7 +493,7 @@ func TestSSH(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 
-		keySeed, err := agent.WorkspaceKeySeed(workspace.ID, "dev")
+		keySeed, err := agent.SSHKeySeed(user.Username, workspace.Name, "dev")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		signer, err := agentssh.CoderSigner(keySeed)