diff --git a/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/githubIdentity.test.ts b/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/githubIdentity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ca14c620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/githubIdentity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import * as os from "node:os";
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+import { makeLoggerMock } from "@test/loggerMock";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("../../utils/logger.js", () => makeLoggerMock());
+
+import {
+  applyWorktreeIdentity,
+  computeNoreplyIdentity,
+  fetchGitHubUserInfo,
+} from "./githubIdentity";
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+describe("computeNoreplyIdentity", () => {
+  it("returns noreply identity when GitHub user has email privacy enabled", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeNoreplyIdentity({
+        id: 12345,
+        login: "octocat",
+        name: "Octo Cat",
+        email: null,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      name: "Octo Cat",
+      email: "12345+octocat@users.noreply.github.com",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to login when name is missing", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeNoreplyIdentity({ id: 12345, login: "octocat", email: null }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      name: "octocat",
+      email: "12345+octocat@users.noreply.github.com",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when GitHub user has a public email", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeNoreplyIdentity({
+        id: 12345,
+        login: "octocat",
+        email: "octo@example.com",
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when id or login is missing", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeNoreplyIdentity({
+        id: 0,
+        login: "octocat",
+        email: null,
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      computeNoreplyIdentity({
+        id: 12345,
+        login: "",
+        email: null,
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("fetchGitHubUserInfo", () => {
+  it("returns parsed user info when gh api user succeeds", async () => {
+    const runGh = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue(
+        '{"id":12345,"login":"octocat","name":"Octo Cat","email":null}',
+      );
+    const result = await fetchGitHubUserInfo({ runGh });
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      id: 12345,
+      login: "octocat",
+      name: "Octo Cat",
+      email: null,
+    });
+    expect(runGh).toHaveBeenCalledWith(["api", "user"]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when gh fails (not installed / not authenticated)", async () => {
+    const runGh = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("gh: command not found"));
+    expect(await fetchGitHubUserInfo({ runGh })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when response is malformed JSON", async () => {
+    const runGh = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("not json");
+    expect(await fetchGitHubUserInfo({ runGh })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when required fields are missing", async () => {
+    const runGh = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('{"login":"octocat"}');
+    expect(await fetchGitHubUserInfo({ runGh })).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("applyWorktreeIdentity (integration)", () => {
+  let mainRepo: string;
+  let worktreePath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    mainRepo = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "posthog-id-main-"));
+    await execFileAsync("git", ["init", "-q"], { cwd: mainRepo });
+    await execFileAsync(
+      "git",
+      ["config", "user.email", "private@example.com"],
+      { cwd: mainRepo },
+    );
+    await execFileAsync("git", ["config", "user.name", "Real Name"], {
+      cwd: mainRepo,
+    });
+    await execFileAsync("git", ["commit", "--allow-empty", "-m", "init"], {
+      cwd: mainRepo,
+    });
+
+    const worktreeBase = await fs.mkdtemp(
+      path.join(os.tmpdir(), "posthog-id-wt-"),
+    );
+    worktreePath = path.join(worktreeBase, "wt");
+    await execFileAsync("git", ["worktree", "add", "--detach", worktreePath], {
+      cwd: mainRepo,
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await fs.rm(mainRepo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await fs.rm(path.dirname(worktreePath), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("sets user.email and user.name only in the worktree, not the main repo", async () => {
+    await applyWorktreeIdentity(worktreePath, {
+      name: "Octo Cat",
+      email: "12345+octocat@users.noreply.github.com",
+    });
+
+    const { stdout: worktreeEmail } = await execFileAsync(
+      "git",
+      ["config", "user.email"],
+      { cwd: worktreePath },
+    );
+    expect(worktreeEmail.trim()).toBe("12345+octocat@users.noreply.github.com");
+
+    const { stdout: worktreeName } = await execFileAsync(
+      "git",
+      ["config", "user.name"],
+      { cwd: worktreePath },
+    );
+    expect(worktreeName.trim()).toBe("Octo Cat");
+
+    // Main repo must retain its original identity.
+    const { stdout: mainEmail } = await execFileAsync(
+      "git",
+      ["config", "--local", "user.email"],
+      { cwd: mainRepo },
+    );
+    expect(mainEmail.trim()).toBe("private@example.com");
+    const { stdout: mainName } = await execFileAsync(
+      "git",
+      ["config", "--local", "user.name"],
+      { cwd: mainRepo },
+    );
+    expect(mainName.trim()).toBe("Real Name");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/githubIdentity.ts b/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/githubIdentity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63a24add1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/githubIdentity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+import { logger } from "../../utils/logger";
+
+const log = logger.scope("workspace-github-identity");
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+export interface GitHubUserInfo {
+  id: number;
+  login: string;
+  name?: string | null;
+  email?: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface WorktreeIdentity {
+  name: string;
+  email: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a `<id>+<login>@users.noreply.github.com` identity for the user,
+ * but only when GitHub reports their email as private. When the user has a
+ * public email there is no GH007 push rejection to avoid, so we leave the
+ * worktree using whatever email the user has configured.
+ */
+export function computeNoreplyIdentity(
+  user: GitHubUserInfo,
+): WorktreeIdentity | null {
+  if (!user.id || !user.login) return null;
+  if (user.email) return null;
+  return {
+    name: user.name?.trim() || user.login,
+    email: `${user.id}+${user.login}@users.noreply.github.com`,
+  };
+}
+
+export interface FetchGitHubUserInfoOptions {
+  /** Override for tests; defaults to invoking the local `gh` CLI. */
+  runGh?: (args: string[]) => Promise<string>;
+}
+
+const GH_API_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
+
+async function defaultRunGh(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
+  const { stdout } = await execFileAsync("gh", args, {
+    timeout: GH_API_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  });
+  return stdout;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch the authenticated GitHub user via the user's `gh` CLI. Returns null
+ * if `gh` is not installed, not authenticated, or returns an unexpected
+ * shape — pre-configuring the noreply is a best-effort optimization and
+ * must not fail workspace creation.
+ */
+export async function fetchGitHubUserInfo(
+  options: FetchGitHubUserInfoOptions = {},
+): Promise<GitHubUserInfo | null> {
+  const runGh = options.runGh ?? defaultRunGh;
+  let stdout: string;
+  try {
+    stdout = await runGh(["api", "user"]);
+  } catch (error) {
+    log.debug("gh api user failed; skipping noreply pre-configuration", {
+      error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(stdout) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    if (typeof parsed.id !== "number" || typeof parsed.login !== "string") {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return {
+      id: parsed.id,
+      login: parsed.login,
+      name: typeof parsed.name === "string" ? parsed.name : null,
+      email: typeof parsed.email === "string" ? parsed.email : null,
+    };
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set `user.name` and `user.email` on a worktree without affecting the main
+ * repo. Uses `git config --worktree`, which requires the repo extension
+ * `extensions.worktreeConfig` to be enabled — we toggle it here. The flag
+ * is purely an opt-in to per-worktree config storage and has no effect on
+ * any existing setting.
+ */
+export async function applyWorktreeIdentity(
+  worktreePath: string,
+  identity: WorktreeIdentity,
+): Promise<void> {
+  await execFileAsync(
+    "git",
+    ["config", "--local", "extensions.worktreeConfig", "true"],
+    { cwd: worktreePath },
+  );
+  await execFileAsync(
+    "git",
+    ["config", "--worktree", "user.email", identity.email],
+    { cwd: worktreePath },
+  );
+  await execFileAsync(
+    "git",
+    ["config", "--worktree", "user.name", identity.name],
+    { cwd: worktreePath },
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/service.ts b/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/service.ts
index 851b627d4..3b70abfa1 100644
--- a/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/service.ts
+++ b/apps/code/src/main/services/workspace/service.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ import type { ProcessTrackingService } from "../process-tracking/service";
 import type { ProvisioningService } from "../provisioning/service";
 import { getWorktreeLocation } from "../settingsStore";
 import type { SuspensionService } from "../suspension/service.js";
+import {
+  applyWorktreeIdentity,
+  computeNoreplyIdentity,
+  fetchGitHubUserInfo,
+} from "./githubIdentity";
 import type {
   BranchChangedPayload,
   CreateWorkspaceInput,
@@ -644,6 +649,12 @@ export class WorkspaceService extends TypedEventEmitter<WorkspaceServiceEvents>
           );
         }
       }
+
+      // Pre-configure the worktree with the user's GitHub noreply identity
+      // when they have email privacy enabled, so the first `git push` doesn't
+      // get rejected with GH007. Best-effort: any failure (gh not installed,
+      // not authenticated, public email, etc.) leaves the worktree untouched.
+      await this.preconfigureNoreplyIdentity(worktree.worktreePath);
     } catch (error) {
       log.error(`Failed to create worktree for task ${taskId}:`, error);
       throw new Error(`Failed to create worktree: ${String(error)}`);
@@ -1231,4 +1242,25 @@ export class WorkspaceService extends TypedEventEmitter<WorkspaceServiceEvents>
   ): void {
     this.emit(WorkspaceServiceEvent.Warning, { taskId, title, message });
   }
+
+  private async preconfigureNoreplyIdentity(
+    worktreePath: string,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const user = await fetchGitHubUserInfo();
+      if (!user) return;
+      const identity = computeNoreplyIdentity(user);
+      if (!identity) return;
+      await applyWorktreeIdentity(worktreePath, identity);
+      log.info("Pre-configured worktree with GitHub noreply identity", {
+        worktreePath,
+        email: identity.email,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      log.debug("Failed to pre-configure worktree noreply identity", {
+        worktreePath,
+        error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+      });
+    }
+  }
 }