diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/escalation.ts b/src/resources/extensions/sf/escalation.ts
index 963ed007b..63ddd03fc 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/escalation.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/escalation.ts
@@ -328,9 +328,13 @@ export function resolveEscalation(
 		};
 	}
 	if (art.respondedAt) {
+		const wasAuto = art.userRationale?.startsWith("auto-mode:");
+		const detail = wasAuto
+			? ` (auto-accepted in auto-mode → choice="${art.userChoice}"; the carry-forward was already injected into the downstream task, so this can't be retroactively changed via /sf escalate resolve. Capture the corrective decision as \`/sf memory note "..."\` so future tasks pick it up.)`
+			: ` (resolved by user → choice="${art.userChoice}").`;
 		return {
 			status: "already-resolved",
-			message: `Escalation for ${taskId} was already resolved at ${art.respondedAt}.`,
+			message: `Escalation for ${taskId} was already resolved at ${art.respondedAt}${detail}`,
 		};
 	}