diff --git a/codex-rs/backend-client/src/client.rs b/codex-rs/backend-client/src/client.rs
index a5db25618b..9faaf421cb 100644
--- a/codex-rs/backend-client/src/client.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/backend-client/src/client.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::types::AccountsCheckResponse;
 use crate::types::CodeTaskDetailsResponse;
+use crate::types::CodexUserSettingsResponse;
 use crate::types::CodexWorkspaceMessagesResponse;
 use crate::types::ConfigBundleResponse;
 use crate::types::PaginatedListTaskListItem;
@@ -432,6 +433,24 @@ impl Client {
             .map_err(RequestError::from)
     }
 
+    /// Fetch authenticated Codex user settings from the active backend route.
+    ///
+    /// Uses `GET /api/codex/settings/user` for Codex API hosts and
+    /// `GET /wham/settings/user` for ChatGPT `backend-api` hosts.
+    pub async fn get_user_settings(
+        &self,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<CodexUserSettingsResponse, RequestError> {
+        let url = self.user_settings_url();
+        let req = self
+            .http
+            .get(&url)
+            .headers(self.headers())
+            .header(CACHE_CONTROL, HeaderValue::from_static("no-store"));
+        let (body, ct) = self.exec_request_detailed(req, "GET", &url).await?;
+        self.decode_json::<CodexUserSettingsResponse>(&url, &ct, &body)
+            .map_err(RequestError::from)
+    }
+
     pub async fn list_workspace_messages(
         &self,
     ) -> std::result::Result<CodexWorkspaceMessagesResponse, RequestError> {
@@ -593,6 +612,13 @@ impl Client {
         }
     }
 
+    fn user_settings_url(&self) -> String {
+        match self.path_style {
+            PathStyle::CodexApi => format!("{}/api/codex/settings/user", self.base_url),
+            PathStyle::ChatGptApi => format!("{}/wham/settings/user", self.base_url),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn map_rate_limit_window(
         window: Option<Option<Box<crate::types::RateLimitWindowSnapshot>>>,
     ) -> Option<RateLimitWindow> {
@@ -974,6 +1000,55 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn user_settings_uses_expected_paths() {
+        let codex_client = test_client("https://example.test", PathStyle::CodexApi);
+        assert_eq!(
+            codex_client.user_settings_url(),
+            "https://example.test/api/codex/settings/user"
+        );
+
+        let chatgpt_client = test_client("https://chatgpt.com/backend-api", PathStyle::ChatGptApi);
+        assert_eq!(
+            chatgpt_client.user_settings_url(),
+            "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/wham/settings/user"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn user_settings_missing_attribution_policy_defaults_to_disabled() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::from_value::<CodexUserSettingsResponse>(serde_json::json!({})).unwrap(),
+            CodexUserSettingsResponse {
+                commit_attribution_enabled: false,
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn authenticated_user_settings_client_uses_active_workspace_headers() {
+        let auth = CodexAuth::from_external_chatgpt_tokens(
+            "e30.e30.c2ln",
+            "workspace-123",
+            Some("enterprise"),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let client = Client::from_auth("https://chatgpt.com/backend-api", &auth).unwrap();
+        let headers = client.headers();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            [
+                headers
+                    .get("authorization")
+                    .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok()),
+                headers
+                    .get("chatgpt-account-id")
+                    .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok()),
+            ],
+            [Some("Bearer e30.e30.c2ln"), Some("workspace-123")]
+        );
+    }
+
     fn test_client(base_url: &str, path_style: PathStyle) -> Client {
         Client {
             base_url: base_url.to_string(),
diff --git a/codex-rs/backend-client/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/backend-client/src/lib.rs
index 1e244e7d03..91aa10488d 100644
--- a/codex-rs/backend-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/backend-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub use types::AccountEntry;
 pub use types::AccountsCheckResponse;
 pub use types::CodeTaskDetailsResponse;
 pub use types::CodeTaskDetailsResponseExt;
+pub use types::CodexUserSettingsResponse;
 pub use types::CodexWorkspaceMessage;
 pub use types::CodexWorkspaceMessageType;
 pub use types::CodexWorkspaceMessagesResponse;
diff --git a/codex-rs/backend-client/src/types.rs b/codex-rs/backend-client/src/types.rs
index 615fefd5fc..69185887ba 100644
--- a/codex-rs/backend-client/src/types.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/backend-client/src/types.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ pub struct CodexWorkspaceMessagesResponse {
     pub messages: Vec<CodexWorkspaceMessage>,
 }
 
+/// Authenticated Codex user settings used by CLI runtime policy.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CodexUserSettingsResponse {
+    /// Server-computed effective commit-attribution policy.
+    ///
+    /// Older backend responses omit this field, which safely defaults to disabled.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub commit_attribution_enabled: bool,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct CodexWorkspaceMessage {
     pub message_id: String,