diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts
index 83a22407ec3..c951fe69f4d 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts
@@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ export async function runPreparedReply(
       ? (internalOpts?.queuedFollowupAbortSignal ?? opts?.abortSignal)
       : undefined;
   const userTurnMediaForPersistence = buildPersistedUserTurnMediaInputsFromFields(ctx);
+  const inputProvenance = ctx.InputProvenance ?? sessionCtx.InputProvenance;
   const userTurnTranscriptText = resolvePersistedUserTurnText(transcriptBody, {
     hasMedia: userTurnMediaForPersistence.length > 0,
   });
@@ -1152,6 +1153,7 @@ export async function runPreparedReply(
     userTurnTranscriptText !== undefined || userTurnMediaForPersistence.length > 0
       ? {
           text: userTurnTranscriptText,
+          ...(inputProvenance ? { provenance: inputProvenance } : {}),
           ...(userTurnMediaForPersistence.length > 0
             ? {
                 media: userTurnMediaForPersistence,
@@ -1265,7 +1267,7 @@ export async function runPreparedReply(
       timeoutMs,
       blockReplyBreak: resolvedBlockStreamingBreak,
       ownerNumbers: command.ownerList.length > 0 ? command.ownerList : undefined,
-      inputProvenance: ctx.InputProvenance ?? sessionCtx.InputProvenance,
+      inputProvenance,
       extraSystemPrompt: extraSystemPromptParts.join("\n\n") || undefined,
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: isRoomEvent ? "message_tool_only" : opts?.sourceReplyDeliveryMode,
       silentReplyPromptMode,
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
index f91527d967d..3d47de50fc5 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
@@ -2600,6 +2600,7 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
         text: rawMessage,
         timestamp: now,
         idempotencyKey: `${clientRunId}:user`,
+        ...(systemInputProvenance ? { provenance: systemInputProvenance } : {}),
       };
       const userTurnInputPromise: Promise<UserTurnInput> = userTurnMediaPromise.then((media) => ({
         ...baseUserTurnInput,
diff --git a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.test.ts b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.test.ts
index eb07d0ef88d..7feeca42a29 100644
--- a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.test.ts
+++ b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.test.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ describe("user turn transcript persistence", () => {
           text: "What is in this image?",
           media: [{ path: "/tmp/image.png", contentType: "image/png" }],
           timestamp: 123,
+          provenance: {
+            kind: "inter_session",
+            sourceSessionKey: "source-main",
+            sourceTool: "sessions_send",
+          },
         },
         updateMode: "none",
       });
@@ -245,6 +250,11 @@ describe("user turn transcript persistence", () => {
           role: "user",
           content: "What is in this image?",
           MediaPath: "/tmp/image.png",
+          provenance: {
+            kind: "inter_session",
+            sourceSessionKey: "source-main",
+            sourceTool: "sessions_send",
+          },
           MediaType: "image/png",
         }),
       ]);
diff --git a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
index 714e73f03cd..72048839145 100644
--- a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
+++ b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import type { AgentMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
 import { appendSessionTranscriptMessage } from "../config/sessions/transcript-append.js";
 import { mimeTypeFromFilePath } from "../media/mime.js";
+import { applyInputProvenanceToUserMessage, type InputProvenance } from "./input-provenance.js";
 import { emitSessionTranscriptUpdate } from "./transcript-events.js";
 
 type TranscriptAppendConfig = Parameters<typeof appendSessionTranscriptMessage>[0]["config"];
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export type UserTurnInput = {
   media?: readonly PersistedUserTurnMediaInput[] | null;
   timestamp?: number;
   idempotencyKey?: string;
+  provenance?: InputProvenance;
   mediaOnlyText?: string;
 };
 
@@ -285,13 +287,14 @@ function buildPersistedUserTurnMessage(params: UserTurnInput): PersistedUserTurn
   const hasMedia = Boolean(mediaFields.MediaPath);
   const text = normalizeTranscriptText(params.text);
   const content = text || (hasMedia ? (params.mediaOnlyText ?? "") : "");
-  return {
+  const message = {
     role: "user",
     content,
     timestamp: params.timestamp ?? Date.now(),
     ...(params.idempotencyKey ? { idempotencyKey: params.idempotencyKey } : {}),
     ...mediaFields,
   } as PersistedUserTurnMessage;
+  return applyInputProvenanceToUserMessage(message, params.provenance) as PersistedUserTurnMessage;
 }
 
 function resolvePersistedUserTurnMessage(