diff --git a/.server-changes/external-deployment-id-dashboard.md b/.server-changes/external-deployment-id-dashboard.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b337b1fc12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.server-changes/external-deployment-id-dashboard.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: feature
+---
+
+Deployments and runs now show the external ID they were deployed or pinned with, so you can trace a run back to the release of your app that triggered it.
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentListPresenter.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentListPresenter.server.ts
index f73366a5da..9968324052 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentListPresenter.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentListPresenter.server.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export class DeploymentListPresenter {
         userDisplayName: string | null;
         userAvatarUrl: string | null;
         type: WorkerInstanceGroupType;
+        externalId: string | null;
         git: Prisma.JsonValue | null;
         integrationDeploymentId: string | null;
       }[]
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ export class DeploymentListPresenter {
   wd."builtAt",
   wd."deployedAt",
   wd."type",
+  wd."externalId",
   wd."git"
   ${vercelSelect}
 FROM
@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ LIMIT ${pageSize} OFFSET ${pageSize * (page - 1)};`;
                 avatarUrl: deployment.userAvatarUrl,
               }
             : undefined,
+          externalId: deployment.externalId,
           git: processGitMetadata(deployment.git),
           vercelDeploymentUrl,
         };
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentPresenter.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentPresenter.server.ts
index a990957588..3e5df60525 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentPresenter.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/DeploymentPresenter.server.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export class DeploymentPresenter {
         externalBuildData: true,
         projectId: true,
         type: true,
+        externalId: true,
         environment: {
           select: {
             id: true,
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ export class DeploymentPresenter {
         errorData: DeploymentPresenter.prepareErrorData(deployment.errorData),
         isBuilt: !!deployment.builtAt,
         type: deployment.type,
+        externalId: deployment.externalId,
         git: gitMetadata,
         triggeredVia: deployment.triggeredVia,
         vercelDeploymentUrl,
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/SpanPresenter.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/SpanPresenter.server.ts
index 11b923566c..8482bb39dc 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/SpanPresenter.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/presenters/v3/SpanPresenter.server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { readExternalDeploymentIdAnnotation } from "@internal/run-engine";
 import {
   type MachinePreset,
   prettyPrintPacket,
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ export class SpanPresenter extends BasePresenter {
       ttl: run.ttl,
       taskIdentifier: run.taskIdentifier,
       version: lockedWorker?.lockedToVersion?.version,
+      externalDeploymentId: readExternalDeploymentIdAnnotation(run.annotations),
       sdkVersion: lockedWorker?.lockedToVersion?.sdkVersion,
       runtime: lockedWorker?.lockedToVersion?.runtime,
       runtimeVersion: lockedWorker?.lockedToVersion?.runtimeVersion,
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments.$deploymentParam/route.tsx b/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments.$deploymentParam/route.tsx
index 320a3e66d0..15a9c3915e 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments.$deploymentParam/route.tsx
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments.$deploymentParam/route.tsx
@@ -180,6 +180,21 @@ function getTriggeredViaDisplay(triggeredVia: string | null | undefined): {
   }
 }
 
+const EXTERNAL_ID_DISPLAY_LENGTH = 24;
+
+function ExternalIdValue({ externalId }: { externalId: string | null }) {
+  if (!externalId) {
+    return <>–</>;
+  }
+
+  const display =
+    externalId.length > EXTERNAL_ID_DISPLAY_LENGTH
+      ? `${externalId.slice(0, EXTERNAL_ID_DISPLAY_LENGTH)}…`
+      : externalId;
+
+  return <CopyableText value={display} copyValue={externalId} className="font-mono text-sm" />;
+}
+
 export default function Page() {
   const { deployment, eventStream } = useTypedLoaderData<typeof loader>();
   const organization = useOrganization();
@@ -445,6 +460,12 @@ export default function Page() {
                 <Property.Label>Worker type</Property.Label>
                 <Property.Value>{capitalizeWord(deployment.type)}</Property.Value>
               </Property.Item>
+              <Property.Item>
+                <Property.Label>External ID</Property.Label>
+                <Property.Value>
+                  <ExternalIdValue externalId={deployment.externalId} />
+                </Property.Value>
+              </Property.Item>
               <Property.Item>
                 <Property.Label>Started at</Property.Label>
                 <Property.Value>
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments/route.tsx b/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments/route.tsx
index 66fdc0d964..06f4ded69d 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments/route.tsx
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/routes/_app.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.deployments/route.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   collapsibleHandleClassName,
 } from "~/components/primitives/Resizable";
 import {
+  CopyableTableCell,
   Table,
   TableBlankRow,
   TableBody,
@@ -256,8 +257,9 @@ export default function Page() {
                       <TableHeaderCell>Tasks</TableHeaderCell>
                       <TableHeaderCell>Deployed at</TableHeaderCell>
                       <TableHeaderCell>Deployed by</TableHeaderCell>
-                      <TableHeaderCell>Git</TableHeaderCell>
+                      <TableHeaderCell>External ID</TableHeaderCell>
                       {hasVercelIntegration && <TableHeaderCell>Linked</TableHeaderCell>}
+                      <TableHeaderCell>Git</TableHeaderCell>
                       <TableHeaderCell hiddenLabel>Go to page</TableHeaderCell>
                     </TableRow>
                   </TableHeader>
@@ -332,11 +334,11 @@ export default function Page() {
                                 "–"
                               )}
                             </TableCell>
-                            <TableCell isSelected={isSelected}>
-                              <div className="-ml-1 flex items-center">
-                                <GitMetadata git={deployment.git} />
-                              </div>
-                            </TableCell>
+                            <DeploymentExternalIdCell
+                              externalId={deployment.externalId}
+                              path={path}
+                              isSelected={isSelected}
+                            />
                             {hasVercelIntegration && (
                               <TableCell isSelected={isSelected}>
                                 {deployment.vercelDeploymentUrl ? (
@@ -353,6 +355,11 @@ export default function Page() {
                                 )}
                               </TableCell>
                             )}
+                            <TableCell isSelected={isSelected}>
+                              <div className="-ml-1 flex items-center">
+                                <GitMetadata git={deployment.git} />
+                              </div>
+                            </TableCell>
                             <DeploymentActionsCell
                               deployment={deployment}
                               path={path}
@@ -364,7 +371,7 @@ export default function Page() {
                         );
                       })
                     ) : (
-                      <TableBlankRow colSpan={hasVercelIntegration ? 9 : 8}>
+                      <TableBlankRow colSpan={hasVercelIntegration ? 11 : 10}>
                         <Paragraph className="flex items-center justify-center">
                           No deploys match your filters
                         </Paragraph>
@@ -602,6 +609,30 @@ function DeploymentActionsCell({
   );
 }
 
+function DeploymentExternalIdCell({
+  externalId,
+  path,
+  isSelected,
+}: {
+  externalId: string | null;
+  path: string;
+  isSelected: boolean;
+}) {
+  if (!externalId) {
+    return (
+      <TableCell to={path} isSelected={isSelected}>
+        –
+      </TableCell>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <CopyableTableCell to={path} isSelected={isSelected} className="font-mono" value={externalId}>
+      {externalId.length > 12 ? `${externalId.slice(0, 12)}…` : externalId}
+    </CopyableTableCell>
+  );
+}
+
 type RollbackDeploymentDialogProps = {
   projectId: string;
   deploymentShortCode: string;
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/routes/resources.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.runs.$runParam.spans.$spanParam/route.tsx b/apps/webapp/app/routes/resources.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.runs.$runParam.spans.$spanParam/route.tsx
index 807e527793..bcfabb8449 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/routes/resources.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.runs.$runParam.spans.$spanParam/route.tsx
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/routes/resources.orgs.$organizationSlug.projects.$projectParam.env.$envParam.runs.$runParam.spans.$spanParam/route.tsx
@@ -872,6 +872,12 @@ function RunBody({
                     )}
                   </Property.Value>
                 </Property.Item>
+                <Property.Item>
+                  <Property.Label>External deployment ID</Property.Label>
+                  <Property.Value>
+                    <ExternalDeploymentIdValue externalDeploymentId={run.externalDeploymentId} />
+                  </Property.Value>
+                </Property.Item>
                 <Property.Item>
                   <Property.Label>SDK version</Property.Label>
                   <Property.Value>
@@ -1274,6 +1280,27 @@ function MiniStat({
   );
 }
 
+const EXTERNAL_DEPLOYMENT_ID_DISPLAY_LENGTH = 24;
+
+function ExternalDeploymentIdValue({
+  externalDeploymentId,
+}: {
+  externalDeploymentId: string | undefined;
+}) {
+  if (!externalDeploymentId) {
+    return <>–</>;
+  }
+
+  const display =
+    externalDeploymentId.length > EXTERNAL_DEPLOYMENT_ID_DISPLAY_LENGTH
+      ? `${externalDeploymentId.slice(0, EXTERNAL_DEPLOYMENT_ID_DISPLAY_LENGTH)}…`
+      : externalDeploymentId;
+
+  return (
+    <CopyableText value={display} copyValue={externalDeploymentId} className="font-mono" asChild />
+  );
+}
+
 // A compact "mini queue" for a waiting run: the queue page's stat blocks + charts, scaled down.
 function WaitingInQueueBlock({
   queueName,
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/mollifier/syntheticSpanRun.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/mollifier/syntheticSpanRun.server.ts
index f36d5a5d28..11aa7c85ba 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/mollifier/syntheticSpanRun.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/mollifier/syntheticSpanRun.server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { readExternalDeploymentIdAnnotation } from "@internal/run-engine";
 import { prettyPrintPacket, RunAnnotations } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3";
 import { getMaxDuration } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/isomorphic";
 import {
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ export async function buildSyntheticSpanRun(args: {
     ttl: run.ttl ?? null,
     taskIdentifier: run.taskIdentifier ?? "",
     version: undefined,
+    externalDeploymentId: readExternalDeploymentIdAnnotation(run.annotations),
     sdkVersion: undefined,
     runtime: undefined,
     runtimeVersion: undefined,
diff --git a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/index.ts b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/index.ts
index b7898e6433..2c54e4c20c 100644
--- a/internal-packages/run-engine/src/index.ts
+++ b/internal-packages/run-engine/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type {
   PendingVersionRunIdLookupResult,
 } from "./engine/services/pendingVersionLookup.js";
 export { NoopPendingVersionRunIdLookup } from "./engine/services/pendingVersionLookup.js";
+export { readExternalDeploymentIdAnnotation } from "./engine/systems/pendingVersionSystem.js";
 export { PassthroughControlPlaneResolver } from "./engine/controlPlaneResolver.js";
 export type {
   ControlPlaneResolver,