diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml
index 91e7764..941d6a2 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
         target_version: "{{ target_version | default('') }}"
         # preserve the original string verbatim for all subsequent retries
         target_version_full: "{{ target_version | default('') }}"
+        is_run_by_effective: "{{ is_run_by | default('manual') }}"
+
+
+    - name: Debug is_run_by mode
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg:
+          - "is_run_by={{ is_run_by | default('UNSET') }}"
+          - "is_run_by_effective={{ is_run_by_effective }}"
 
     - name: Derive effective target version (avoid extra-var masking)
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-rebootin224.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-rebootin224.yml
index 5e802de..ea89495 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-rebootin224.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-rebootin224.yml
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@
               correlation_id: "{{ au_correlation_id }}"
               original_emitted_at: "{{ au_original_emitted_at }}"
               schema_version: 1
+              is_run_by: "{{ is_run_by_effective }}"
           when: nbq2_payload_obj is defined
           delegate_to: localhost
 
diff --git a/files/rabbit-client.sh b/files/rabbit-client.sh
index ea409e1..15a0009 100644
--- a/files/rabbit-client.sh
+++ b/files/rabbit-client.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ dispatch_task() {
     target_ver="$(jq -r '.target_version // ""' <<<"$json")"
     tv_full="$(jq -r '.target_version_full // ""' <<<"$json")"
     schema="$(jq -r '.schema_version // ""' <<<"$json")"
+    is_run_by="$(jq -r '.is_run_by // ""' <<<"$json")"
 
     # Backfill target_version from target_version_full if missing (e.g., fox200-2.2.1-r6801.bin → 2.2.1-r6801)
     if [[ -z "$target_ver" && -n "$tv_full" ]]; then
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ dispatch_task() {
     task_options+=" -e target_version='$(esc "$target_ver")'"
     task_options+=" -e target_version_full='$(esc "$tv_full")'"
     task_options+=" -e schema_version='$(esc "$schema")'"
+    task_options+=" -e is_run_by='$(esc "$is_run_by")'"
   fi