diff --git a/lib/l10n/app_de.arb b/lib/l10n/app_de.arb
index b6c5cd7ab..fe1fa7f57 100644
--- a/lib/l10n/app_de.arb
+++ b/lib/l10n/app_de.arb
@@ -3323,6 +3323,8 @@
   "reportTitleHint": "Eine Zeile dazu, was schiefging",
   "reportDescriptionLabel": "Was passiert ist",
   "reportDescriptionHint": "Was du getan hast, was du erwartet hast, was du gesehen hast",
+  "reportContactLabel": "Kontakt (optional)",
+  "reportContactHint": "E-Mail oder Discord, nur wenn du eine Antwort möchtest",
   "reportAttachGroup": "Anhänge",
   "reportScreenshotRow": "Screenshot hinzufügen",
   "reportScreenshotRemove": "Screenshot entfernen",
diff --git a/lib/l10n/app_en.arb b/lib/l10n/app_en.arb
index 5a99c0202..4ea800171 100644
--- a/lib/l10n/app_en.arb
+++ b/lib/l10n/app_en.arb
@@ -15689,6 +15689,14 @@
   "@reportDescriptionHint": {
     "description": "Issue report: description field hint."
   },
+  "reportContactLabel": "Contact (optional)",
+  "@reportContactLabel": {
+    "description": "Issue report: optional contact field label."
+  },
+  "reportContactHint": "Email or Discord, only if you want a reply",
+  "@reportContactHint": {
+    "description": "Issue report: optional contact field hint. Only shared so the developer can reply."
+  },
   "reportAttachGroup": "Attachments",
   "@reportAttachGroup": {
     "description": "Issue report: heading over screenshot and database options."
diff --git a/lib/l10n/app_ru.arb b/lib/l10n/app_ru.arb
index 72cd0bc6b..c86544a36 100644
--- a/lib/l10n/app_ru.arb
+++ b/lib/l10n/app_ru.arb
@@ -7500,6 +7500,8 @@
   "reportTitleHint": "Одной строкой: что пошло не так",
   "reportDescriptionLabel": "Что произошло",
   "reportDescriptionHint": "Что вы делали, чего ожидали и что увидели",
+  "reportContactLabel": "Контакт (необязательно)",
+  "reportContactHint": "Email или Discord, если хотите получить ответ",
   "reportAttachGroup": "Вложения",
   "reportScreenshotRow": "Добавить снимок экрана",
   "reportScreenshotRemove": "Убрать снимок экрана",
diff --git a/lib/l10n/app_th.arb b/lib/l10n/app_th.arb
index 798460b54..924d3dbf9 100644
--- a/lib/l10n/app_th.arb
+++ b/lib/l10n/app_th.arb
@@ -15689,6 +15689,8 @@
   "@reportDescriptionHint": {
     "description": "Issue report: description field hint."
   },
+  "reportContactLabel": "ช่องทางติดต่อ (ไม่บังคับ)",
+  "reportContactHint": "อีเมลหรือ Discord หากต้องการให้ตอบกลับ",
   "reportAttachGroup": "ไฟล์แนบ",
   "@reportAttachGroup": {
     "description": "Issue report: heading over screenshot and database options."
diff --git a/lib/support/issue_report.dart b/lib/support/issue_report.dart
index 351fba304..ad213331f 100644
--- a/lib/support/issue_report.dart
+++ b/lib/support/issue_report.dart
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ String describeReportFile(AppLocalizations l, String path) => switch (path) {
 class ReportDraft {
   final ReportCategory category;
   final String title, description;
+
+  /// Email or handle for a reply. Only in the encrypted user.txt, never in
+  /// the plaintext server meta.
+  final String contact;
   final String? screenshotPath;
   /// The last-2-weeks slice (uploadable).
   final bool includeDatabase;
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ class ReportDraft {
     required this.category,
     required this.title,
     required this.description,
+    this.contact = '',
     this.screenshotPath,
     this.includeDatabase = false,
     this.fullDatabase = false,
@@ -146,7 +151,9 @@ Future<File> writeReportZip(
     'logs/sync.log': utf8.encode(syncLog),
     'logs/telemetry.json': utf8.encode(pretty.convert(telemetry)),
     'user.txt': utf8.encode('Category: ${draft.category.name}\n'
-        'Title: ${draft.title}\n\n${draft.description}\n'),
+        'Title: ${draft.title}\n'
+        '${draft.contact.isEmpty ? '' : 'Contact: ${draft.contact}\n'}'
+        '\n${draft.description}\n'),
     'screenshot.${draft.screenshotExt}': ?screenshot,
   };
   final zip = ZipFileEncoder()..create(path);
diff --git a/lib/ui2/profile/report_issue.dart b/lib/ui2/profile/report_issue.dart
index d924331ca..fcab87436 100644
--- a/lib/ui2/profile/report_issue.dart
+++ b/lib/ui2/profile/report_issue.dart
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class ReportIssueScreen extends StatefulWidget {
 class _ReportIssueScreenState extends State<ReportIssueScreen> {
   final _title = TextEditingController();
   final _body = TextEditingController();
+  final _contact = TextEditingController();
   ReportCategory _category = ReportCategory.other;
   String? _shot;
   bool _db = false; // OFF by default: 2 weeks of the user's health record
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class _ReportIssueScreenState extends State<ReportIssueScreen> {
   void dispose() {
     _title.dispose();
     _body.dispose();
+    _contact.dispose();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ class _ReportIssueScreenState extends State<ReportIssueScreen> {
         category: _category,
         title: _title.text.trim(),
         description: _body.text.trim(),
+        contact: _contact.text.trim(),
         screenshotPath: _shot,
         includeDatabase: _db,
         fullDatabase: _full,
@@ -285,6 +288,8 @@ class _ReportIssueScreenState extends State<ReportIssueScreen> {
                 _field(c, _body, l.reportDescriptionLabel,
                     l.reportDescriptionHint,
                     lines: 4, max: 4000),
+                _field(c, _contact, l.reportContactLabel, l.reportContactHint,
+                    max: 200),
                 settingsGroup(c, l.reportAttachGroup, [
                   SetRow(LucideIcons.image, C.blue,
                       _shot == null
diff --git a/test/issue_report_test.dart b/test/issue_report_test.dart
index 7a850b3f5..41af38fd0 100644
--- a/test/issue_report_test.dart
+++ b/test/issue_report_test.dart
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Future<Uint8List> _zip(
         category: ReportCategory.sync,
         title: 'Sync stuck',
         description: 'It never finishes',
+        contact: 'me@example.com',
         screenshotPath: shot ? '/tmp/x/Shot.PNG' : null,
         includeDatabase: db,
         fullDatabase: full,
@@ -124,6 +125,16 @@ void main() {
         {'rawDays': 7}).containsKey('rawDays'), isFalse);
   });
 
+  test('contact rides only in the encrypted user.txt', () async {
+    final a = ZipDecoder().decodeBytes(await _zip());
+    expect(utf8.decode(a.findFile('user.txt')!.content as List<int>),
+        contains('Contact: me@example.com\n'));
+    const d = ReportDraft(
+        category: ReportCategory.sync, title: 't', description: 'd',
+        contact: 'me@example.com');
+    expect(jsonEncode(reportServerMeta(d, {})), isNot(contains('example.com')));
+  });
+
   test('manifest lists exactly the files in the archive, same as the screen',
       () async {
     for (final (shot, db, full) in [