diff --git a/server/internal/service/resolve_originator_test.go b/server/internal/service/resolve_originator_test.go
index 3e71f43329..cd27a789a7 100644
--- a/server/internal/service/resolve_originator_test.go
+++ b/server/internal/service/resolve_originator_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/multica-ai/multica/server/internal/attribution"
 	"github.com/multica-ai/multica/server/internal/events"
 	"github.com/multica-ai/multica/server/internal/featureflags"
 	"github.com/multica-ai/multica/server/internal/runtimeapps"
@@ -268,6 +269,58 @@ func TestResolveOriginatorFromTriggerComment_AgentAuthoredInheritsFromParent(t *
 	}
 }
 
+// TestAttributionForIssueTask_SystemCommentFallsThroughToIssueProvenance covers
+// the Stage-completion cascade (MUL-4302; raised by Bohan). Closing the last
+// sub-issue in a Stage wakes the parent's assignee agent through a SYSTEM-authored
+// child-done comment that threads no actor. That system comment carries no human,
+// so attribution must NOT stop at it (which would degrade to owner_fallback, the
+// agent's own owner) — it must fall through to the PARENT issue's own provenance
+// and attribute to the human who caused the parent issue to exist. Here the parent
+// was created by an agent on behalf of userID (agent_create origin), so the woken
+// run is delegation-accountable to userID.
+func TestAttributionForIssueTask_SystemCommentFallsThroughToIssueProvenance(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := newResolveOriginatorPool(t)
+	_, _, parentTaskID, userID := seedOriginatorFanout(t, pool)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Plant a system-authored comment on the seed's issue (mirrors the child-done
+	// comment). Its issue/workspace are derived from the origin task's issue.
+	var issueIDStr, workspaceIDStr string
+	if err := pool.QueryRow(ctx, `
+		SELECT i.id::text, i.workspace_id::text
+		FROM agent_task_queue t JOIN issue i ON i.id = t.issue_id
+		WHERE t.id = $1
+	`, util.UUIDToString(parentTaskID)).Scan(&issueIDStr, &workspaceIDStr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load issue/workspace: %v", err)
+	}
+	var systemCommentIDStr string
+	if err := pool.QueryRow(ctx, `
+		INSERT INTO comment (issue_id, workspace_id, author_type, author_id, content, type)
+		VALUES ($1, $2, 'system', '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000', 'child done', 'system')
+		RETURNING id
+	`, issueIDStr, workspaceIDStr).Scan(&systemCommentIDStr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed system comment: %v", err)
+	}
+	systemCommentID := util.MustParseUUID(systemCommentIDStr)
+
+	svc := &TaskService{Queries: db.New(pool)}
+	// Parent issue created by an agent on behalf of userID (agent_create origin).
+	issue := db.Issue{
+		CreatorType: "agent",
+		OriginType:  pgtype.Text{String: "agent_create", Valid: true},
+		OriginID:    parentTaskID,
+	}
+
+	got := svc.attributionForIssueTask(ctx, issue, systemCommentID, attribution.SourceDelegation, pgtype.UUID{})
+	if got.Source != attribution.SourceDelegation {
+		t.Fatalf("source = %q, want delegation (system comment must fall through to issue provenance, not owner_fallback)", got.Source)
+	}
+	if !got.UserID.Valid || got.UserID.Bytes != userID.Bytes {
+		t.Errorf("accountable = %s, want %s (the human who caused the parent issue to exist)",
+			util.UUIDToString(got.UserID), util.UUIDToString(userID))
+	}
+}
+
 // TestResolveOriginatorForIssueTask_MemberCreatedNoComment covers direct issue
 // assignment/creation: there is no trigger comment to inspect, but the issue's
 // human creator is still the run originator for Composio overlay gating.
diff --git a/server/internal/service/task.go b/server/internal/service/task.go
index 047024c4ed..2847e9c8ec 100644
--- a/server/internal/service/task.go
+++ b/server/internal/service/task.go
@@ -298,8 +298,16 @@ func (s *TaskService) attributionFromTriggerComment(ctx context.Context, comment
 	if err != nil {
 		return attribution.Result{Source: attribution.SourceUnattributed}
 	}
+	return s.attributionFromComment(ctx, comment, agentAuthoredSource)
+}
+
+// attributionFromComment classifies a run from an already-loaded trigger comment,
+// so a caller that already has the row (e.g. to inspect author_type) does not
+// re-read it. Kept byte-identical to the inline logic attributionFromTriggerComment
+// used before, so authorization behavior is unchanged.
+func (s *TaskService) attributionFromComment(ctx context.Context, comment db.Comment, agentAuthoredSource attribution.Source) attribution.Result {
 	facts := attribution.CommentFacts{
-		CommentID:  commentID,
+		CommentID:  comment.ID,
 		AuthorType: comment.AuthorType,
 		AuthorID:   comment.AuthorID,
 	}
@@ -347,7 +355,28 @@ func (s *TaskService) attributionForIssueTask(ctx context.Context, issue db.Issu
 		return attribution.ClassifyDirect(attribution.DirectFacts{IssueID: issue.ID, ActorUserID: actorUserID})
 	}
 	if triggerCommentID.Valid {
-		return s.attributionFromTriggerComment(ctx, triggerCommentID, agentAuthoredSource)
+		if s == nil || s.Queries == nil {
+			return attribution.Result{Source: attribution.SourceUnattributed}
+		}
+		comment, err := s.Queries.GetComment(ctx, triggerCommentID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return attribution.Result{Source: attribution.SourceUnattributed}
+		}
+		// A member/agent trigger comment resolves the human (direct_human / delegation
+		// / comment_source). A SYSTEM-authored comment — today the Stage-completion
+		// child-done comment (issue_child_done.go), which wakes the parent assignee
+		// and threads no actor — carries no human and is not part of any delegation
+		// chain. Classifying it would degrade straight to owner_fallback (the agent's
+		// own owner), which is wrong for a Stage cascade: the woken run should be
+		// accountable to whoever caused the PARENT issue to exist. So for a system
+		// comment we skip the comment branch and fall through to the parent issue's
+		// own provenance below — the same creator / agent_create-origin /
+		// autopilot-origin chain a direct enqueue resolves — reaching owner_fallback
+		// only if that provenance itself has no human (MUL-4302; raised by Bohan on
+		// the stage-cascade fallback).
+		if comment.AuthorType != "system" {
+			return s.attributionFromComment(ctx, comment, agentAuthoredSource)
+		}
 	}
 	// Autopilot-origin issues (origin_id is the autopilot id) from a schedule /
 	// webhook trigger: no human authorized the run, so originator stays NULL, but it