diff --git a/packages/cli/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts
index 384a9d33d..235b3ff35 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ describe("reason reaches the event properties", () => {
     expect(canaryEventProperties()["canary_reason_test_gamma"]).toBe("excluded");
   });
 
+  // The PR body advertises no_unit_id as one of two values that pay for
+  // themselves; the resolver exercises it but the emission layer did not.
+  it("reports no_unit_id at the emission layer when the install has no id", () => {
+    configState.anonymousId = "";
+    configState.bucketSeed = undefined;
+    expect(canaryEventProperties()["canary_reason_test_gamma"]).toBe("no_unit_id");
+  });
+
   it("reports telemetry_opt_out when the preference is off", () => {
     configState.telemetryEnabled = false;
     // Emitted for completeness; by construction such an install sends nothing,
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts
index 802a4aaf2..d3681ff6c 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.test.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ describe("telemetry", () => {
     expect(canaryEventProperties()).toEqual({
       "$feature/canary-on-everywhere": "true",
       "$feature/canary-off-everywhere": "false",
+      canary_reason_on_everywhere: "in_cohort",
+      canary_reason_off_everywhere: "out_of_cohort",
     });
 
     __resetStudioCanaryCacheForTests();
@@ -235,6 +237,8 @@ describe("telemetry opt-out is canary opt-out", () => {
     expect(canaryEventProperties()).toEqual({
       "$feature/canary-on-everywhere": "false",
       "$feature/canary-off-everywhere": "false",
+      canary_reason_on_everywhere: "telemetry_opt_out",
+      canary_reason_off_everywhere: "telemetry_opt_out",
     });
   });
 });
@@ -323,3 +327,24 @@ describe("CLI-launched Studio adopts the CLI's decisions", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+// A CLI-launched Studio shares the CLI's bucket seed, so a cohort flip can
+// surface on either surface. Attribution on only one of them makes the two
+// flip counts irreconcilable — which is why this is not a CLI-only property.
+describe("Studio attribution matches the CLI", () => {
+  it("distinguishes a local URL override from a cohort roll at the same value", () => {
+    setSearch("?hf_canary_off_everywhere=on");
+    const props = canaryEventProperties();
+    expect(props["$feature/canary-off-everywhere"]).toBe("true");
+    expect(props["canary_reason_off_everywhere"]).toBe("forced_on");
+    // Same assignment `on-everywhere` reaches by an ordinary roll.
+    expect(props["$feature/canary-on-everywhere"]).toBe("true");
+    expect(props["canary_reason_on_everywhere"]).toBe("in_cohort");
+  });
+
+  it("never puts a reason inside the $feature namespace", () => {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(canaryEventProperties())) {
+      if (key.startsWith("$feature/")) expect(value).toMatch(/^(true|false)$/);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.ts b/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.ts
index d6240b2b7..c414d542d 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/telemetry/canary.ts
@@ -257,12 +257,22 @@ export function isCanaryEnabled(name: string): boolean {
 }
 
 /**
- * Canary assignments as PostHog flag properties (`$feature/canary-<name>`),
- * attached to every Studio event so any metric can be split by cohort —
- * identical shape to the CLI, so a rollout spanning both reads as one flag.
+ * Canary assignments as PostHog flag properties (`$feature/canary-<name>`)
+ * plus their `canary_reason_<name>`, attached to every Studio event so any
+ * metric can be split by cohort — identical shape to the CLI, so a rollout
+ * spanning both reads as one flag.
+ *
+ * The reason has to be here too, not just CLI-side. A CLI-launched Studio
+ * adopts the CLI's decisions and shares its bucket seed, so a cohort flip can
+ * surface on either surface; emitting attribution on only one of them makes
+ * the two flip counts irreconcilable and leaves Studio-observed flips
+ * unattributable — the exact ambiguity this property exists to remove.
  */
 export function canaryEventProperties(): Record<string, string> {
   return canaryFeatureProperties(
-    CANARIES.map((c) => ({ name: c.name, enabled: resolveCanary(c.name).enabled })),
+    CANARIES.map((c) => {
+      const { enabled, reason } = resolveCanary(c.name);
+      return { name: c.name, enabled, reason };
+    }),
   );
 }