diff --git a/src/codex/auth-context.ts b/src/codex/auth-context.ts
index 660e4f61026..fb6d40e5259 100644
--- a/src/codex/auth-context.ts
+++ b/src/codex/auth-context.ts
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ export type CodexAuthContext =
       transientProbe?: TransientProbeGrant;
     }
   | {
-      // Main Codex account participating in rotation: token injected from ~/.codex/auth.json
-      // (Option A). Distinct from "main" (request-owned passthrough or Direct mode).
+      // Main account rotating in the Pool (Option A), token from ~/.codex/auth.json; never request-owned "main".
       kind: "main-pool";
       accountId: string;
       writerGeneration: number;
@@ -336,14 +335,14 @@ export type CodexAuthContext =
       chatgptAccountId: string;
       /** Bypass Pool selection and suppress quota/transient failover for an exact selector. */
       fixedAccount?: boolean;
-      /** See `pool.affinityKey`. */
-      affinityKey?: string;
+      affinityKey?: string; // See `pool.affinityKey`.
       /** See `pool.probeLeaseId`. */
       probeLeaseId?: string;
       quotaScope?: CodexQuotaScope;
       probeQuotaScope?: CodexQuotaScope;
       /** See `pool.transientProbe`. */
       transientProbe?: TransientProbeGrant;
+      affinityDecision?: CodexAffinityDecision;
     };
 
 /** Probe lease carried by this context, when it holds one. */
@@ -1733,6 +1732,7 @@ async function resolveCodexAuthContextUnannotated(
       ...(quotaScope ? { quotaScope } : {}),
       ...(probeLeaseId ? { probeLeaseId } : {}),
       ...(probeQuotaScope ? { probeQuotaScope } : {}),
+      ...(affinityDecision ? { affinityDecision } : {}),
       ...(transientProbe ? { transientProbe } : {}),
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/server/request-log.ts b/src/server/request-log.ts
index cf8feddc5b9..aeedf279e40 100644
--- a/src/server/request-log.ts
+++ b/src/server/request-log.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from "../lib/errors";
 import { CODEX_CONFIG_PATH, readRootTomlString } from "../codex/paths";
 import type { CodexAffinityMove, CodexAffinityReason } from "../codex/routing";
+import type { CodexAuthContext } from "../codex/auth-context";
 import { readCodexCatalogPath } from "../codex/catalog";
 import type { AttemptTierOutcome, OcxProviderConfig, OcxUsage } from "../types";
 import { normalizeRouteDecisionTrace, type RouteDecisionTraceV1 } from "../routing/trace";
@@ -1263,6 +1264,18 @@ export function noteAffinityMove(
   (logCtx.affinityMoveReasons ??= []).push(reason);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copy the selection's own affinity decision onto the request log. Both Pool-served kinds carry
+ * one: a stored Pool account and the main login rotating as `main-pool` (#4546, #7799). A move
+ * then reads as an event with its cause instead of something inferred from account labels.
+ */
+export function noteCodexSelectionAffinity(logCtx: RequestLogContext, authCtx: CodexAuthContext): void {
+  const decision = authCtx.kind === "pool" || authCtx.kind === "main-pool" ? authCtx.affinityDecision : undefined;
+  if (!decision) return;
+  logCtx.affinity = decision.move;
+  logCtx.affinityReason = decision.reason;
+}
+
 /**
  * The affinity scope a released binding belonged to: one thread, one model lane.
  *
diff --git a/src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts b/src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts
index 353823b43c2..637c3a74262 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ import { anthropicSessionKeyFromParts } from "../../oauth/anthropic-routing";
 import { configuredAnthropicInstance } from "../../providers/anthropic-instance";
 import { isTranslatorBudgetExceededError } from "../../lib/translator-budget";
 import { bindTurnTerminationScope, rememberDeliveredFinalAnswer } from "../../responses/turn-termination";
-import { observeCacheDiagnosticInbound, rebindCacheDiagnosticBody, requestLogSpeedLabel, readConfiguredCodexServiceTier } from "../request-log";
+import { noteCodexSelectionAffinity, observeCacheDiagnosticInbound, rebindCacheDiagnosticBody, requestLogSpeedLabel, readConfiguredCodexServiceTier } from "../request-log";
 import type { RouteResult } from "../../router";
 import {
   captureRouteStaticPolicy,
@@ -1585,10 +1585,7 @@ export async function prepareResponsesRequest(
   // A move is the expensive event: it discards the prefix warmed on the previous account. Record
   // it as an event with its cause, so the operator reads it off one line instead of inferring it
   // from account labels across many (#4546).
-  if (admissionState.authCtx.kind === "pool" && admissionState.authCtx.affinityDecision) {
-    logCtx.affinity = admissionState.authCtx.affinityDecision.move;
-    logCtx.affinityReason = admissionState.authCtx.affinityDecision.reason;
-  }
+  noteCodexSelectionAffinity(logCtx, admissionState.authCtx);
   {
     const binding = conversationStateBindingFromAuth(admissionState.authCtx, poolAffinityKey);
     if (binding) {
diff --git a/tests/codex-integration/codex-auth-context.test.ts b/tests/codex-integration/codex-auth-context.test.ts
index b26014ff727..f6bdc2fb2eb 100644
--- a/tests/codex-integration/codex-auth-context.test.ts
+++ b/tests/codex-integration/codex-auth-context.test.ts
@@ -696,6 +696,32 @@ describe("Codex auth context", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("main-pool selection carries the same affinity decision as a stored-pool selection (#7799)", async () => {
+    const cfg = config();
+    cfg.activeCodexAccountId = MAIN_CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID;
+    writeFileSync(join(testDir, "auth.json"), JSON.stringify({
+      tokens: { access_token: "main-token", account_id: "main-account" },
+    }));
+    // Thread and session ids give the request a bindable conversation identity.
+    const headers = { "thread-id": "affinity-7799", "session-id": "affinity-7799" };
+    const resolve = () => resolveCodexAuthContext(new Headers(headers), cfg, "pool", {
+      isMainAccountTokenLive: () => true,
+      getMainAccountToken: () => ({ accessToken: "main-token", chatgptAccountId: "main-account" }),
+      primeCodexPoolQuotas: async () => {},
+    });
+
+    await expect(resolve()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      kind: "main-pool",
+      accountId: MAIN_CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID,
+      affinityDecision: { move: "new_bind", reason: "healthy" },
+    });
+    await expect(resolve()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      kind: "main-pool",
+      accountId: MAIN_CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID,
+      affinityDecision: { move: "reused", reason: "healthy" },
+    });
+  });
+
   test("account-gated routing distinguishes an unavailable grant from no grant", async () => {
     const cfg = config();
     saveCodexAccountCredential("pool-a", {
diff --git a/tests/codex-integration/codex-main-rotation.test.ts b/tests/codex-integration/codex-main-rotation.test.ts
index bfc114c935d..4c9c86665e3 100644
--- a/tests/codex-integration/codex-main-rotation.test.ts
+++ b/tests/codex-integration/codex-main-rotation.test.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ describe("main account rotation (Option A)", () => {
         identityKey: expect.stringMatching(/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/),
         identityGeneration: expect.any(Number),
       },
+      affinityDecision: { move: "new_bind", reason: "healthy" },
     });
     expect(isCodexAuthContextUsable(ctx, config)).toBe(true);
     const headers = headersForCodexAuthContext(new Headers(), ctx);
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ describe("main account rotation (Option A)", () => {
         identityKey: expect.stringMatching(/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/),
         identityGeneration: expect.any(Number),
       },
+      affinityDecision: { move: "new_bind", reason: "healthy" },
     });
     expect(isCodexAccountInCooldown(MAIN_CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID)).toBe(false);
     expect(isAccountNeedsReauth(MAIN_CODEX_ACCOUNT_ID)).toBe(false);
diff --git a/tests/server/spend-instrumentation-log.test.ts b/tests/server/spend-instrumentation-log.test.ts
index acf7c3eaa67..eeaaa2bdcaa 100644
--- a/tests/server/spend-instrumentation-log.test.ts
+++ b/tests/server/spend-instrumentation-log.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   finishRequestAttempt,
   noteAffinityMove,
   noteAttemptSend,
+  noteCodexSelectionAffinity,
   noteNoAccountAffinityReason,
   recordNoAccountAffinityFailure,
   requestLogEntryFromPersistedUsage,
@@ -201,3 +202,31 @@ describe("no-account failures explain themselves", () => {
     clearNoAccountAffinityReasonsForTests();
   });
 });
+
+describe("Pool selections report their affinity decision on the request log (#7799)", () => {
+  const decision = { move: "rebound", reason: "quota_refusal" } as const;
+  const base = { accountId: "acct", writerGeneration: 0, accessToken: "token", chatgptAccountId: "chatgpt" };
+
+  test("a main-pool selection reports the same decision fields as a stored-pool selection", () => {
+    const mainPool: RequestLogContext = { provider: "openai", model: "gpt-5.6-sol" };
+    noteCodexSelectionAffinity(mainPool, { kind: "main-pool", ...base, affinityDecision: decision });
+    expect(mainPool.affinity).toBe("rebound");
+    expect(mainPool.affinityReason).toBe("quota_refusal");
+
+    const pool: RequestLogContext = { provider: "openai", model: "gpt-5.6-sol" };
+    noteCodexSelectionAffinity(pool, { kind: "pool", ...base, generation: 1, affinityDecision: decision });
+    expect({ affinity: pool.affinity, affinityReason: pool.affinityReason })
+      .toEqual({ affinity: mainPool.affinity, affinityReason: mainPool.affinityReason });
+  });
+
+  test("a selection without a decision, or a request-owned main context, leaves the fields unset", () => {
+    const noDecision: RequestLogContext = { provider: "openai", model: "gpt-5.6-sol" };
+    noteCodexSelectionAffinity(noDecision, { kind: "main-pool", ...base });
+    expect(noDecision.affinity).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(noDecision.affinityReason).toBeUndefined();
+
+    const requestOwned: RequestLogContext = { provider: "openai", model: "gpt-5.6-sol" };
+    noteCodexSelectionAffinity(requestOwned, { kind: "main", accountId: null });
+    expect(requestOwned.affinity).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});