diff --git a/gateway/authz_mixin.py b/gateway/authz_mixin.py
index b98118eb5d6..ad3aa854982 100644
--- a/gateway/authz_mixin.py
+++ b/gateway/authz_mixin.py
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ class GatewayAuthorizationMixin:
         if platform_allow_all_var and os.getenv(platform_allow_all_var, "").lower() in {"true", "1", "yes"}:
             return True
 
+        # Adapter-verified role auth: the Discord adapter already confirmed the
+        # user holds a role in DISCORD_ALLOWED_ROLES before dispatching the message.
+        if getattr(source, "role_authorized", False):
+            return True
+
         if getattr(source, "is_bot", False):
             allow_bots_var = platform_allow_bots_map.get(source.platform)
             if allow_bots_var and os.getenv(allow_bots_var, "none").lower().strip() in {"mentions", "all"}:
diff --git a/gateway/platforms/base.py b/gateway/platforms/base.py
index 50ca91df263..5e00c9f1ddd 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/base.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/base.py
@@ -4651,6 +4651,7 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
         guild_id: Optional[str] = None,
         parent_chat_id: Optional[str] = None,
         message_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        role_authorized: bool = False,
     ) -> SessionSource:
         """Helper to build a SessionSource for this platform."""
         # Normalize empty topic to None
@@ -4671,6 +4672,7 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
             guild_id=str(guild_id) if guild_id else None,
             parent_chat_id=str(parent_chat_id) if parent_chat_id else None,
             message_id=str(message_id) if message_id else None,
+            role_authorized=role_authorized,
         )
     
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/gateway/session.py b/gateway/session.py
index 4d1d26b6467..19aa0cdb776 100644
--- a/gateway/session.py
+++ b/gateway/session.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class SessionSource:
     guild_id: Optional[str] = None  # Discord guild / Slack workspace / Matrix server scope
     parent_chat_id: Optional[str] = None  # Parent channel when chat_id refers to a thread
     message_id: Optional[str] = None  # ID of the triggering message (for pin/reply/react)
+    role_authorized: bool = False  # True when adapter granted access via role (not user ID)
     
     @property
     def description(self) -> str:
diff --git a/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py b/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py
index c0dd7221718..d9db208fc4f 100644
--- a/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py
+++ b/plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                 # Must run BEFORE the user allowlist check so that bots
                 # permitted by DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS are not rejected for
                 # not being in DISCORD_ALLOWED_USERS (fixes #4466).
+                _role_authorized = False
                 if getattr(message.author, "bot", False):
                     allow_bots = os.getenv("DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS", "none").lower().strip()
                     if allow_bots == "none":
@@ -817,6 +818,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                         is_dm=_is_dm,
                     ):
                         return
+                    _role_authorized = bool(getattr(self, "_allowed_role_ids", set()))
                 
                 # Multi-agent filtering: if the message mentions specific bots
                 # but NOT this bot, the sender is talking to another agent —
@@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                         if "*" not in _free_channels and not (_channel_ids & _free_channels):
                             return
 
-                await self._handle_message(message)
+                await self._handle_message(message, role_authorized=_role_authorized)
 
             @self._client.event
             async def on_voice_state_update(member, before, after):
@@ -4726,7 +4728,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                     raise Exception(f"HTTP {resp.status}")
                 return await resp.read()
 
-    async def _handle_message(self, message: DiscordMessage) -> None:
+    async def _handle_message(self, message: DiscordMessage, role_authorized: bool = False) -> None:
         """Handle incoming Discord messages."""
         # In server channels (not DMs), require the bot to be @mentioned
         # UNLESS the channel is in the free-response list or the message is
@@ -4910,6 +4912,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
             guild_id=str(guild.id) if guild else None,
             parent_chat_id=parent_channel_id,
             message_id=str(message.id),
+            role_authorized=role_authorized,
         )
 
         # Build media URLs -- download image attachments to local cache so the