diff --git a/changelog.d/transport-context-only.added.md b/changelog.d/transport-context-only.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71faf9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/transport-context-only.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- A transport can declare an incoming message or push event **context-only** with `metadata.suppressWake: true` (channels/incoming) or `origin.suppressWake: true` (push events): it is stored and routed as usual but never triggers inference. The check runs before the optional EventGate, so a permissive gate (small setups that wake on every message) cannot turn a continuation chunk, a batch's non-final message, or a replay into a wake. It only ever removes a wake; transports that never set it are unaffected.
diff --git a/src/mcpl/channel-registry.ts b/src/mcpl/channel-registry.ts
index 636e032..4ad36c5 100644
--- a/src/mcpl/channel-registry.ts
+++ b/src/mcpl/channel-registry.ts
@@ -882,8 +882,11 @@ export class ChannelRegistry {
       }
 
       // Determine whether to trigger inference
-      let triggerInference = true;
-      if (this.shouldTriggerInference) {
+      // A transport may explicitly mark a message as context-only. This is a
+      // hard suppression, evaluated before the optional gate, so a permissive
+      // gate cannot accidentally turn a continuation chunk into a wake.
+      let triggerInference = message.metadata?.suppressWake !== true;
+      if (triggerInference && this.shouldTriggerInference) {
         const textContent = message.content
           .filter((b): b is { type: 'text'; text: string } => b.type === 'text')
           .map((b) => b.text)
diff --git a/src/mcpl/push-handler.ts b/src/mcpl/push-handler.ts
index a9cde38..69fc4a3 100644
--- a/src/mcpl/push-handler.ts
+++ b/src/mcpl/push-handler.ts
@@ -234,8 +234,10 @@ export class PushHandler {
     const content: ContentBlock[] = params.payload.content.map(convertBlock);
 
     // 4. Check shouldTriggerInference callback
-    let triggerInference = true;
-    if (this.shouldTriggerInference) {
+    // Same context-only contract as channels/incoming: a transport may mark
+    // an event (e.g. a continuation chunk) as context-only.
+    let triggerInference = params.origin?.suppressWake !== true;
+    if (triggerInference && this.shouldTriggerInference) {
       const textContent = content
         .filter((b): b is ContentBlock & { type: 'text' } => b.type === 'text')
         .map((b) => b.text)
diff --git a/test/mcpl-gate-roundtrip.test.ts b/test/mcpl-gate-roundtrip.test.ts
index 3ede04d..5784bd2 100644
--- a/test/mcpl-gate-roundtrip.test.ts
+++ b/test/mcpl-gate-roundtrip.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 
 import { EventGate } from '../src/gate/event-gate.js';
 import { ChannelRegistry } from '../src/mcpl/channel-registry.js';
+import { PushHandler } from '../src/mcpl/push-handler.js';
 import type { GateConfig } from '../src/gate/types.js';
 import type { ChannelsIncomingParams } from '../src/mcpl/types.js';
 import type { ProcessEvent } from '../src/types/index.js';
@@ -83,6 +84,19 @@ describe('ChannelRegistry → shouldTriggerInference contract', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(seen[0].serverId, 'zulip');
     assert.strictEqual(seen[0].channelId, 'zulip:tracker-miner-f');
   });
+
+  it('honors transport context-only suppression before a permissive gate', () => {
+    const { registry, pushed } = makeRegistry(() => true);
+    const params = incomingParams('zulip:tracker-miner-f', '🧵 first half');
+    params.messages[0].metadata = { suppressWake: true };
+
+    registry.handleIncoming('zulip', params);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(pushed.length, 1);
+    const event = pushed[0] as { triggerInference?: boolean; metadata?: Record<string, unknown> };
+    assert.strictEqual(event.triggerInference, false);
+    assert.strictEqual(event.metadata?.suppressWake, true);
+  });
 });
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -345,3 +359,41 @@ describe('ChannelRegistry durable lifecycle', () => {
     };
   }
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Push-event lane: same context-only contract (origin.suppressWake)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('PushHandler → context-only suppression', () => {
+  const run = (origin: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+    const pushed: Array<{ triggerInference?: boolean }> = [];
+    let gateCalls = 0;
+    const handler = new PushHandler(
+      { validateInbound: () => {} } as never,
+      (event) => { pushed.push(event as { triggerInference?: boolean }); },
+      () => {},
+      () => { gateCalls++; return true; }, // permissive gate: wake on everything
+    );
+    handler.handlePushEvent('discord', {
+      featureSet: 'discord.messaging',
+      eventId: `e-${Math.random()}`,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      origin,
+      payload: { content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'replayed message' }] },
+    } as never);
+    return { pushed, gateCalls };
+  };
+
+  it('a context-only push event is stored without inference, before the gate is consulted', () => {
+    const { pushed, gateCalls } = run({ source: 'discord', suppressWake: true });
+    assert.strictEqual(pushed.length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(pushed[0].triggerInference, false);
+    assert.strictEqual(gateCalls, 0);
+  });
+
+  it('without the flag the same event still wakes under a permissive gate', () => {
+    const { pushed, gateCalls } = run({ source: 'discord' });
+    assert.strictEqual(pushed[0].triggerInference, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(gateCalls, 1);
+  });
+});