diff --git a/codex-rs/analytics/src/analytics_client_tests.rs b/codex-rs/analytics/src/analytics_client_tests.rs
index 5736abe3e6..4f3f4504d1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/analytics/src/analytics_client_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/analytics/src/analytics_client_tests.rs
@@ -1674,6 +1674,7 @@ fn thread_initialized_event_serializes_expected_shape() {
             },
             model: "gpt-5".to_string(),
             ephemeral: true,
+            is_worktree: Some(true),
             thread_source: Some(ThreadSource::Feature("automation".to_string())),
             initialization_mode: ThreadInitializationMode::New,
             subagent_source: None,
@@ -1707,6 +1708,7 @@ fn thread_initialized_event_serializes_expected_shape() {
                 },
                 "model": "gpt-5",
                 "ephemeral": true,
+                "is_worktree": true,
                 "thread_source": "automation",
                 "initialization_mode": "new",
                 "subagent_source": null,
@@ -1718,6 +1720,65 @@ fn thread_initialized_event_serializes_expected_shape() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn thread_initialized_classifies_validated_linked_worktrees() {
+    let root = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+        "codex-analytics-worktree-{}",
+        codex_protocol::ThreadId::new()
+    ));
+    let primary = root.join("primary");
+    let linked = root.join("linked");
+    let admin = primary.join(".git/worktrees/linked");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&admin).expect("worktree administrative directory");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&linked).expect("linked checkout");
+    std::fs::write(primary.join(".git/HEAD"), "ref: refs/heads/main\n")
+        .expect("primary repository HEAD");
+    std::fs::write(admin.join("commondir"), "../..\n").expect("common directory");
+    std::fs::write(
+        admin.join("gitdir"),
+        format!("{}\n", linked.join(".git").display()),
+    )
+    .expect("linked checkout backlink");
+    std::fs::write(
+        linked.join(".git"),
+        format!("gitdir: {}\n", admin.display()),
+    )
+    .expect("linked checkout git file");
+
+    let mut reducer = AnalyticsReducer::default();
+    let mut events = Vec::new();
+    ingest_initialize(&mut reducer, &mut events).await;
+    for (cwd, expected) in [
+        (primary.as_path(), json!(false)),
+        (linked.as_path(), json!(true)),
+        (root.as_path(), serde_json::Value::Null),
+    ] {
+        events.clear();
+        let mut response =
+            sample_thread_start_response("thread-1", /*ephemeral*/ false, "gpt-5");
+        let ClientResponsePayload::ThreadStart(start) = &mut response else {
+            panic!("expected thread/start response");
+        };
+        start.thread.cwd = codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf::from_absolute_path(cwd)
+            .expect("absolute checkout path");
+        reducer
+            .ingest(
+                AnalyticsFact::ClientResponse {
+                    connection_id: 7,
+                    request_id: RequestId::Integer(1),
+                    response: Box::new(response),
+                    thread_originator: None,
+                },
+                &mut events,
+            )
+            .await;
+        let payload = serde_json::to_value(&events).expect("serialize thread event");
+        assert_eq!(payload[0]["event_params"]["is_worktree"], expected);
+    }
+
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(root).expect("remove test checkout");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn command_execution_event_serializes_expected_shape() {
     let event = TrackEventRequest::CommandExecution(CodexCommandExecutionEventRequest {
diff --git a/codex-rs/analytics/src/events.rs b/codex-rs/analytics/src/events.rs
index 613d1eb0ab..e2b13d60b9 100644
--- a/codex-rs/analytics/src/events.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/analytics/src/events.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ pub(crate) struct ThreadInitializedEventParams {
     pub(crate) runtime: CodexRuntimeMetadata,
     pub(crate) model: String,
     pub(crate) ephemeral: bool,
+    /// Whether the thread's checkout is a validated linked Git worktree, if known.
+    pub(crate) is_worktree: Option<bool>,
     pub(crate) thread_source: Option<ThreadSource>,
     pub(crate) initialization_mode: ThreadInitializationMode,
     pub(crate) subagent_source: Option<String>,
@@ -1465,6 +1467,7 @@ pub(crate) fn subagent_thread_started_event_request(
         runtime: current_runtime_metadata(),
         model: input.model,
         ephemeral: input.ephemeral,
+        is_worktree: None,
         thread_source: input.thread_source,
         initialization_mode: ThreadInitializationMode::New,
         subagent_source: Some(subagent_source_name(&input.subagent_source)),
diff --git a/codex-rs/analytics/src/reducer.rs b/codex-rs/analytics/src/reducer.rs
index 27558c5560..5dfa55f690 100644
--- a/codex-rs/analytics/src/reducer.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/analytics/src/reducer.rs
@@ -2102,6 +2102,11 @@ impl AnalyticsReducer {
         out: &mut Vec<TrackEventRequest>,
     ) {
         let session_source: SessionSource = thread.source.into();
+        let is_worktree =
+            codex_git_utils::repository_identity(thread.cwd.as_path()).and_then(|_| {
+                codex_git_utils::get_git_repo_root(thread.cwd.canonicalize().ok()?.as_path())
+                    .map(|root| root.join(".git").is_file())
+            });
         let session_id = thread.session_id;
         let thread_id = thread.id;
         let parent_thread_id = thread.parent_thread_id;
@@ -2133,6 +2138,7 @@ impl AnalyticsReducer {
                     runtime: connection_state.runtime.clone(),
                     model,
                     ephemeral: thread.ephemeral,
+                    is_worktree,
                     thread_source: thread_metadata.thread_source,
                     initialization_mode,
                     subagent_source: thread_metadata.subagent_source.clone(),
diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/otel.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/otel.rs
index 70690a3b04..bbaa3692be 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/otel.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/otel.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ async fn account_switch_reloads_telemetry_collectors_and_preserves_trace_context
         next_metrics.contains("codex.thread.started"),
         "the next account's metrics did not reach its collector: {next_metrics}"
     );
+    assert!(
+        next_metrics.contains("is_worktree"),
+        "the thread-start worktree tag did not reach its collector: {next_metrics}"
+    );
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/session/session.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/session/session.rs
index a7206faa6d..c43e21de2e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/session/session.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/session/session.rs
@@ -1130,17 +1130,25 @@ impl Session {
                 slug: Some(session_model),
             };
             config.features.emit_metrics(&session_telemetry);
+            let is_worktree = session_configuration.cwd().canonicalize().ok().and_then(|cwd| {
+                codex_git_utils::repository_identity(&cwd).and_then(|_| {
+                    get_git_repo_root(&cwd).map(|root| root.join(".git").is_file())
+                })
+            });
+            let is_worktree_tag = match is_worktree {
+                Some(true) => "true",
+                Some(false) => "false",
+                None => "unknown",
+            };
+            let is_git_tag = if get_git_repo_root(session_configuration.cwd()).is_some() {
+                "true"
+            } else {
+                "false"
+            };
             session_telemetry.counter(
                 THREAD_STARTED_METRIC,
                 /*inc*/ 1,
-                &[(
-                    "is_git",
-                    if get_git_repo_root(session_configuration.cwd()).is_some() {
-                        "true"
-                    } else {
-                        "false"
-                    },
-                )],
+                &[("is_git", is_git_tag), ("is_worktree", is_worktree_tag)],
             );
 
             let mcp_server_names =