diff --git a/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/create/create_saver.py b/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/create/create_saver.py
index 39edca4de3..fccd8b2965 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/create/create_saver.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/create/create_saver.py
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ class CreateSaver(NewCreator):
     def _imprint(self, tool, data):
         # Save all data in a "openpype.{key}" = value data
 
+        # Instance id is the tool's name so we don't need to imprint as data
+        data.pop("instance_id", None)
+
         active = data.pop("active", None)
         if active is not None:
             # Use active value to set the passthrough state
@@ -188,6 +191,10 @@ class CreateSaver(NewCreator):
         passthrough = attrs["TOOLB_PassThrough"]
         data["active"] = not passthrough
 
+        # Override publisher's UUID generation because tool names are
+        # already unique in Fusion in a comp
+        data["instance_id"] = tool.Name
+
         return data
 
     def get_pre_create_attr_defs(self):
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
index 730a627dc3..a0a7dcc2e4 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
@@ -187,13 +187,14 @@ class HoudiniCreator(NewCreator, HoudiniCreatorBase):
             self.customize_node_look(instance_node)
 
             instance_data["instance_node"] = instance_node.path()
+            instance_data["instance_id"] = instance_node.path()
             instance = CreatedInstance(
                 self.family,
                 subset_name,
                 instance_data,
                 self)
             self._add_instance_to_context(instance)
-            imprint(instance_node, instance.data_to_store())
+            self.imprint(instance_node, instance.data_to_store())
             return instance
 
         except hou.Error as er:
@@ -222,25 +223,41 @@ class HoudiniCreator(NewCreator, HoudiniCreatorBase):
         self.cache_subsets(self.collection_shared_data)
         for instance in self.collection_shared_data[
                 "houdini_cached_subsets"].get(self.identifier, []):
+
+            node_data = read(instance)
+
+            # Node paths are always the full node path since that is unique
+            # Because it's the node's path it's not written into attributes
+            # but explicitly collected
+            node_path = instance.path()
+            node_data["instance_id"] = node_path
+            node_data["instance_node"] = node_path
+
             created_instance = CreatedInstance.from_existing(
-                read(instance), self
+                node_data, self
             )
             self._add_instance_to_context(created_instance)
 
     def update_instances(self, update_list):
         for created_inst, changes in update_list:
             instance_node = hou.node(created_inst.get("instance_node"))
-
             new_values = {
                 key: changes[key].new_value
                 for key in changes.changed_keys
             }
-            imprint(
+            self.imprint(
                 instance_node,
                 new_values,
                 update=True
             )
 
+    def imprint(self, node, values, update=False):
+        # Never store instance node and instance id since that data comes
+        # from the node's path
+        values.pop("instance_node", None)
+        values.pop("instance_id", None)
+        imprint(node, values, update=update)
+
     def remove_instances(self, instances):
         """Remove specified instance from the scene.
 
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/plugin.py
index 79fcf9bc8b..8468985178 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/plugin.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class MayaCreatorBase(object):
         # We never store the instance_node as value on the node since
         # it's the node name itself
         data.pop("instance_node", None)
+        data.pop("instance_id", None)
 
         # Don't store `families` since it's up to the creator itself
         # to define the initial publish families - not a stored attribute of
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ class MayaCreatorBase(object):
 
         # Explicitly re-parse the node name
         node_data["instance_node"] = node
+        node_data["instance_id"] = node
 
         # If the creator plug-in specifies
         families = self.get_publish_families()
diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/repository/custom/plugins/Ayon/Ayon.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/repository/custom/plugins/Ayon/Ayon.py
index a29acf9823..2c55e7c951 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/repository/custom/plugins/Ayon/Ayon.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/repository/custom/plugins/Ayon/Ayon.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class AyonDeadlinePlugin(DeadlinePlugin):
         for path in exe_list.split(";"):
             if path.startswith("~"):
                 path = os.path.expanduser(path)
-                expanded_paths.append(path)
+            expanded_paths.append(path)
         exe = FileUtils.SearchFileList(";".join(expanded_paths))
 
         if exe == "":