diff --git a/gateway/relay/ws_transport.py b/gateway/relay/ws_transport.py
index f19b39405c00..a4bfc4f6b260 100644
--- a/gateway/relay/ws_transport.py
+++ b/gateway/relay/ws_transport.py
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ def _event_from_wire(raw: Dict[str, Any]) -> MessageEvent:
         # (_is_discord_auto_thread_lane's relay-aware sibling reads these).
         auto_thread_created=bool(src.get("auto_thread_created", False)),
         auto_thread_initial_name=src.get("auto_thread_initial_name"),
+        # Discord auto-thread session continuity: the connector stamps the
+        # thread id this channel message's reply WILL be auto-threaded into
+        # (== the message id) so the gateway keys the initiating channel message
+        # and its later in-thread follow-ups to ONE session. See
+        # build_session_key / SessionSource.prospective_thread_id.
+        prospective_thread_id=src.get("prospective_thread_id"),
         # Authentic upstream-trust signal: this event arrived over the
         # per-instance-authenticated relay WS, so the connector already resolved
         # it to this instance's owner-bound author. ``platform`` is the
diff --git a/gateway/session.py b/gateway/session.py
index cdddace0751a..ff086fe5badd 100644
--- a/gateway/session.py
+++ b/gateway/session.py
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ class SessionSource:
     auto_thread_created: bool = False
     auto_thread_initial_name: Optional[str] = None
 
+    # Discord auto-thread session-continuity signal. Set by the connector on an
+    # inbound CHANNEL message (no thread_id yet) that its auto-thread policy WILL
+    # deliver into a newly-created thread. A Discord thread created from a message
+    # reuses that message's id as the thread id, so the connector knows the id
+    # before the thread exists. The gateway keys the session on this so a
+    # channel message and its thread follow-ups share ONE session: the channel
+    # message INITIATES it (keyed on the prospective thread id), and later
+    # messages arriving in that thread (real thread_id == this value) CONTINUE
+    # it. Without this, every channel message collapses into one parent-channel
+    # session and only the first auto-thread ever gets an auto-title/rename.
+    prospective_thread_id: Optional[str] = None
+
     # Internal, wire-INVISIBLE trust signal: True when this event was delivered
     # to the gateway over the per-instance-authenticated relay WebSocket (the
     # Team Gateway connector). The connector authenticates the gateway's socket
@@ -268,6 +280,8 @@ def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             d["auto_thread_created"] = True
         if self.auto_thread_initial_name:
             d["auto_thread_initial_name"] = self.auto_thread_initial_name
+        if self.prospective_thread_id:
+            d["prospective_thread_id"] = self.prospective_thread_id
         return d
 
     @classmethod
@@ -291,6 +305,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "SessionSource":
             profile=data.get("profile"),
             auto_thread_created=bool(data.get("auto_thread_created", False)),
             auto_thread_initial_name=data.get("auto_thread_initial_name"),
+            prospective_thread_id=data.get("prospective_thread_id"),
         )
     
 
@@ -1111,20 +1126,37 @@ def build_session_key(
         # single group member gets two isolated per-user sessions when the
         # bridge reshuffles alias forms.
         participant_id = canonical_whatsapp_identifier(str(participant_id)) or participant_id
-    key_parts = [ns, platform, source.chat_type]
+    # Discord auto-thread continuity: a channel-initiating message carries no
+    # thread_id yet, but the connector tells us the thread its reply WILL be
+    # auto-threaded into (prospective_thread_id == the message id, which becomes
+    # the thread id). Key the session on that so the initiating channel message
+    # and every follow-up that later arrives IN that thread (real thread_id ==
+    # prospective_thread_id) resolve to the SAME session — "initiate in channel,
+    # continue in thread". A real thread_id always wins when present.
+    #
+    # The follow-up arrives with chat_type="thread" while the initiating message
+    # has chat_type="group"/"channel"; normalize the chat_type slot to "thread"
+    # when keying on a prospective id so the two byte-match. (Real-thread events
+    # already carry chat_type="thread", so this only rewrites the initiating
+    # channel message's slot.)
+    effective_thread_id = source.thread_id or source.prospective_thread_id
+    chat_type_slot = source.chat_type
+    if source.prospective_thread_id and not source.thread_id:
+        chat_type_slot = "thread"
+    key_parts = [ns, platform, chat_type_slot]
 
     if slack_scope_id:
         key_parts.append(slack_scope_id)
     if source.chat_id:
         key_parts.append(source.chat_id)
-    if source.thread_id:
-        key_parts.append(source.thread_id)
+    if effective_thread_id:
+        key_parts.append(effective_thread_id)
 
     # In threads, default to shared sessions (all participants see the same
     # conversation).  Per-user isolation only applies when explicitly enabled
     # via thread_sessions_per_user, or when there is no thread (regular group).
     isolate_user = group_sessions_per_user
-    if source.thread_id and not thread_sessions_per_user:
+    if effective_thread_id and not thread_sessions_per_user:
         isolate_user = False
 
     if isolate_user and participant_id:
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_session.py b/tests/gateway/test_session.py
index 4e598aa53f4b..5b48ddd22da5 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_session.py
@@ -742,6 +742,90 @@ def test_group_thread_sessions_are_shared_by_default(self):
         assert build_session_key(alice) == build_session_key(bob)
 
 
+    def test_discord_prospective_thread_initiates_and_continues_one_session(self):
+        """Discord auto-thread continuity: a channel-initiating message (no
+        thread_id, but a connector-supplied prospective_thread_id) and the later
+        follow-ups that arrive IN that thread (real thread_id == the prospective
+        id) must resolve to ONE session — "initiate in channel, continue in
+        thread". This is the fix for every-thread-after-the-first never getting
+        an auto-title/rename (staging 2026-08-02)."""
+        # The channel-initiating message: no thread yet, connector says it will
+        # be threaded into thread id "msg-100" (== the message id).
+        initiating = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="group",
+            user_id="cthulhu",
+            prospective_thread_id="msg-100",
+        )
+        # A follow-up that actually arrives inside that thread.
+        follow_up = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="thread",
+            thread_id="msg-100",
+            user_id="cthulhu",
+        )
+        key_init = build_session_key(initiating)
+        key_follow = build_session_key(follow_up)
+        assert key_init.endswith(":msg-100")
+        assert key_init == key_follow
+
+    def test_discord_distinct_prospective_threads_are_distinct_sessions(self):
+        """Two different channel messages each initiate their OWN thread/session,
+        so each gets its own auto-title/rename (the reported bug: only the first
+        thread per channel was ever named)."""
+        first = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="group",
+            user_id="cthulhu",
+            prospective_thread_id="msg-100",
+        )
+        second = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="group",
+            user_id="cthulhu",
+            prospective_thread_id="msg-200",
+        )
+        assert build_session_key(first) != build_session_key(second)
+        assert build_session_key(first).endswith(":msg-100")
+        assert build_session_key(second).endswith(":msg-200")
+
+    def test_real_thread_id_wins_over_prospective(self):
+        """A real thread_id always takes precedence over prospective_thread_id
+        (they normally match; if both are somehow set, the real one wins)."""
+        source = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="thread",
+            thread_id="real-thread",
+            prospective_thread_id="ignored",
+            user_id="cthulhu",
+        )
+        assert build_session_key(source).endswith(":real-thread")
+
+    def test_prospective_thread_shares_across_participants(self):
+        """A prospective-thread session is shared across participants, same as a
+        real thread (thread sessions are not per-user by default)."""
+        alice = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="group",
+            user_id="alice",
+            prospective_thread_id="msg-100",
+        )
+        bob = SessionSource(
+            platform=Platform.DISCORD,
+            chat_id="channel-1",
+            chat_type="group",
+            user_id="bob",
+            prospective_thread_id="msg-100",
+        )
+        assert build_session_key(alice) == build_session_key(bob)
+
+
     def test_non_thread_group_sessions_still_isolated_per_user(self):
         """Regular group messages (no thread_id) remain per-user by default."""
         alice = SessionSource(