diff --git a/internal/hotfix/finalize.go b/internal/hotfix/finalize.go
index b052553e..31a260de 100644
--- a/internal/hotfix/finalize.go
+++ b/internal/hotfix/finalize.go
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ func (gitStatePusher) CommitAndPush(path, branch, message string) error {
 // whatever trunk bytes the loop fetches.
 type apiStatePusher struct {
 	mutate statewrite.Mutate
+	author statewrite.Identity
 }
 
 func (p apiStatePusher) CommitAndPush(path, branch, message string) error {
@@ -159,9 +160,21 @@ func (p apiStatePusher) CommitAndPush(path, branch, message string) error {
 		Ref:     branch,
 		Message: message,
 		Mutate:  p.mutate,
+		Author:  p.author,
 	})
 }
 
+// gitIdentity resolves the author/committer for a Contents API state commit from
+// the manifest git config, defaulting to the github-actions[bot] identity when
+// the config is absent. This attributes the automated state commit to the bot
+// rather than the token owner GitHub would otherwise stamp.
+func gitIdentity(cfg *config.TrunkConfig) statewrite.Identity {
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return statewrite.Identity{}
+	}
+	return statewrite.Identity{Name: cfg.GetGitUserName(), Email: cfg.GetGitUserEmail()}
+}
+
 // isRealGitHub reports whether the workflow runs on github.com rather than an
 // act/gitea e2e environment, detected by GITHUB_SERVER_URL as the generated
 // dispatch steps do.
@@ -462,7 +475,7 @@ func (f *Finalizer) Finalize(targetEnv, mergeSHA string, fixSHAs []string, baseS
 		capturedTarget := targetEnv
 		capturedMerge := mergeSHA
 		key := f.manifestKey
-		pusher = apiStatePusher{mutate: func(current []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		pusher = apiStatePusher{author: gitIdentity(f.cicd.Config), mutate: func(current []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 			fresh, err := config.ParseManifestBytes(current, key)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing current manifest: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/promote/finalize.go b/internal/promote/finalize.go
index 42150e8a..7831c286 100644
--- a/internal/promote/finalize.go
+++ b/internal/promote/finalize.go
@@ -381,6 +381,17 @@ func isRealGitHub() bool {
 // loop fetches and overlays only this finalizer's owned env state, so two
 // concurrent env finalizers merge rather than clobber each other on the file
 // blob SHA.
+// gitIdentity resolves the author/committer for a Contents API state commit from
+// the manifest git config, defaulting to the github-actions[bot] identity when
+// the config is absent. This attributes the automated state commit to the bot
+// rather than the token owner GitHub would otherwise stamp.
+func gitIdentity(cfg *config.TrunkConfig) statewrite.Identity {
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return statewrite.Identity{}
+	}
+	return statewrite.Identity{Name: cfg.GetGitUserName(), Email: cfg.GetGitUserEmail()}
+}
+
 func (f *Finalizer) writeStateViaAPI(message string) error {
 	repo := os.Getenv("GITHUB_REPOSITORY")
 	if repo == "" {
@@ -397,6 +408,7 @@ func (f *Finalizer) writeStateViaAPI(message string) error {
 		Path:    f.configPath,
 		Ref:     branch,
 		Message: message,
+		Author:  gitIdentity(f.cicdFile.Config),
 		Mutate: func(current []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 			into, err := config.ParseManifestBytes(current, key)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/statewrite/apiwrite.go b/internal/statewrite/apiwrite.go
index 1d1bdd78..c6b17ff7 100644
--- a/internal/statewrite/apiwrite.go
+++ b/internal/statewrite/apiwrite.go
@@ -26,6 +26,39 @@ const maxAttempts = 5
 // waits N*retryBackoff so concurrent writers stagger rather than re-collide.
 const retryBackoff = 500 * time.Millisecond
 
+// defaultBotName and defaultBotEmail are the identity stamped on a state commit
+// when the manifest git config supplies no override. They match the identity the
+// git-based state writers use, so a Contents API commit is attributed to the
+// automation bot rather than the token owner.
+const (
+	defaultBotName  = "github-actions[bot]"
+	defaultBotEmail = "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+)
+
+// Identity is the name and email stamped as both the author and the committer of
+// a Contents API state commit. State writers populate it from the manifest git
+// config (GetGitUserName/GetGitUserEmail) so automated commits are attributed to
+// the bot identity rather than the token owner that GitHub would otherwise use.
+type Identity struct {
+	// Name is the commit author/committer name. Empty falls back to the bot default.
+	Name string
+	// Email is the commit author/committer email. Empty falls back to the bot default.
+	Email string
+}
+
+// orDefault returns the identity with any empty field filled from the bot
+// default, so a commit is always attributed to a concrete identity and behavior
+// is never worse than before this attribution was threaded through.
+func (id Identity) orDefault() Identity {
+	if id.Name == "" {
+		id.Name = defaultBotName
+	}
+	if id.Email == "" {
+		id.Email = defaultBotEmail
+	}
+	return id
+}
+
 // ContentsClient is the minimal GitHub Contents API surface the retry loop
 // needs. The production implementation shells out to the gh CLI; tests inject a
 // fake that returns a 409 on the first PUT and succeeds on the second.
@@ -37,7 +70,7 @@ const retryBackoff = 500 * time.Millisecond
 // when the blob SHA no longer matches.
 type ContentsClient interface {
 	GetContent(repo, path, ref string) (content []byte, sha string, err error)
-	PutContent(repo, path, ref, sha, message string, content []byte) error
+	PutContent(repo, path, ref, sha, message string, content []byte, author Identity) error
 }
 
 // ConflictError reports an optimistic-lock (HTTP 409) failure from the Contents
@@ -114,6 +147,11 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Mutate derives the bytes to write from the current manifest bytes. It is
 	// re-applied on every retry. Required.
 	Mutate Mutate
+	// Author is the identity stamped as both author and committer of the state
+	// commit. Callers populate it from the manifest git config so the commit is
+	// attributed to the bot identity. An empty field falls back to the
+	// github-actions[bot] default.
+	Author Identity
 	// Sleep is called between retries. Defaults to time.Sleep; tests inject a
 	// no-op so no real time passes.
 	Sleep func(time.Duration)
@@ -136,6 +174,7 @@ func CommitWithRetry(opts Options) error {
 	if sleep == nil {
 		sleep = time.Sleep
 	}
+	author := opts.Author.orDefault()
 
 	var lastErr error
 	for attempt := 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++ {
@@ -149,7 +188,7 @@ func CommitWithRetry(opts Options) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("applying state mutation: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		err = opts.Client.PutContent(opts.Repo, opts.Path, opts.Ref, sha, opts.Message, next)
+		err = opts.Client.PutContent(opts.Repo, opts.Path, opts.Ref, sha, opts.Message, next, author)
 		if err == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/internal/statewrite/apiwrite_test.go b/internal/statewrite/apiwrite_test.go
index 4df5d0ca..06216e75 100644
--- a/internal/statewrite/apiwrite_test.go
+++ b/internal/statewrite/apiwrite_test.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ type fakeContents struct {
 	// past the slice default to applying successfully.
 	putErrs []error
 
-	puts    int      // number of PutContent calls
-	gets    int      // number of GetContent calls
-	putSeen []string // content bytes presented to each PutContent
-	shaSeen []string // sha presented to each PutContent
+	puts    int        // number of PutContent calls
+	gets    int        // number of GetContent calls
+	putSeen []string   // content bytes presented to each PutContent
+	shaSeen []string   // sha presented to each PutContent
+	idSeen  []Identity // author/committer identity presented to each PutContent
 }
 
 func (f *fakeContents) GetContent(_, _, _ string) ([]byte, string, error) {
@@ -34,10 +35,11 @@ func (f *fakeContents) GetContent(_, _, _ string) ([]byte, string, error) {
 	return []byte(f.content), f.sha, nil
 }
 
-func (f *fakeContents) PutContent(_, _, _, sha, _ string, content []byte) error {
+func (f *fakeContents) PutContent(_, _, _, sha, _ string, content []byte, author Identity) error {
 	f.puts++
 	f.putSeen = append(f.putSeen, string(content))
 	f.shaSeen = append(f.shaSeen, sha)
+	f.idSeen = append(f.idSeen, author)
 	if f.puts-1 < len(f.putErrs) {
 		if err := f.putErrs[f.puts-1]; err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -167,6 +169,85 @@ func TestCommitWithRetry_NonConflictErrorIsNotRetried(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, slept, "a non-409 error must not back off")
 }
 
+func TestCommitWithRetry_StampsBotAuthorAndCommitter(t *testing.T) {
+	// State commits must be attributed to the bot identity (both author and
+	// committer) so GitHub does not stamp them with the token owner. With no
+	// override the identity defaults to github-actions[bot]; a manifest git
+	// override flows through verbatim.
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		give Identity
+		want Identity
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "defaults to github-actions[bot] when unset",
+			give: Identity{},
+			want: Identity{
+				Name:  "github-actions[bot]",
+				Email: "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "honors a manifest git override",
+			give: Identity{Name: "release-bot", Email: "release-bot@example.com"},
+			want: Identity{Name: "release-bot", Email: "release-bot@example.com"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "fills only the missing field from the default",
+			give: Identity{Name: "release-bot"},
+			want: Identity{Name: "release-bot", Email: "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fake := &fakeContents{content: "ci.state.test: A\n", sha: "sha-0"}
+
+			err := CommitWithRetry(Options{
+				Client:  fake,
+				Repo:    "owner/name",
+				Path:    ".github/manifest.yaml",
+				Ref:     "main",
+				Message: "chore: update state [skip ci]",
+				Mutate:  appendLine("ci.state.staging: B"),
+				Author:  tc.give,
+				Sleep:   noSleep(new(int)),
+			})
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Len(t, fake.idSeen, 1, "exactly one PUT must be issued")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, fake.idSeen[0], "the PUT must carry the resolved bot identity")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCommitWithRetry_IdentityPersistsAcrossRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	// A 409 retry re-fetches and re-PUTs; the resolved identity must accompany
+	// every attempt, not just the first.
+	fake := &fakeContents{
+		content: "ci.state.test: A\n",
+		sha:     "sha-0",
+		putErrs: []error{rawConflict()},
+	}
+
+	err := CommitWithRetry(Options{
+		Client:  fake,
+		Repo:    "owner/name",
+		Path:    ".github/manifest.yaml",
+		Ref:     "main",
+		Message: "chore: update state [skip ci]",
+		Mutate:  appendLine("ci.state.staging: B"),
+		Author:  Identity{Name: "release-bot", Email: "release-bot@example.com"},
+		Sleep:   noSleep(new(int)),
+	})
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, fake.idSeen, 2, "the 409 must drive a second PUT")
+	for i, got := range fake.idSeen {
+		assert.Equal(t, Identity{Name: "release-bot", Email: "release-bot@example.com"}, got,
+			"attempt %d must carry the configured identity", i+1)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsConflict(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
diff --git a/internal/statewrite/ghclient.go b/internal/statewrite/ghclient.go
index 24700332..56ed5572 100644
--- a/internal/statewrite/ghclient.go
+++ b/internal/statewrite/ghclient.go
@@ -43,15 +43,22 @@ func (ghContents) GetContent(repo, path, ref string) ([]byte, string, error) {
 
 // PutContent writes content at ref through the Contents API. When sha is
 // non-empty the write is an update guarded by that optimistic-lock token; an
-// empty sha creates the file. It classifies a 409 optimistic-lock failure as a
+// empty sha creates the file. It stamps author with both the commit author and
+// committer so the state commit is attributed to the bot identity rather than
+// the token owner, and classifies a 409 optimistic-lock failure as a
 // ConflictError so the retry loop recognizes it.
-func (ghContents) PutContent(repo, path, ref, sha, message string, content []byte) error {
+func (ghContents) PutContent(repo, path, ref, sha, message string, content []byte, author Identity) error {
+	author = author.orDefault()
 	b64 := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(content)
 	args := []string{
 		"api", fmt.Sprintf("repos/%s/contents/%s", repo, path), "-X", "PUT",
 		"-f", "message=" + message,
 		"-f", "content=" + b64,
 		"-f", "branch=" + ref,
+		"-f", "author[name]=" + author.Name,
+		"-f", "author[email]=" + author.Email,
+		"-f", "committer[name]=" + author.Name,
+		"-f", "committer[email]=" + author.Email,
 	}
 	if sha != "" {
 		args = append(args, "-f", "sha="+sha)