diff --git a/src/ManticoreSearch/Client.php b/src/ManticoreSearch/Client.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 059d281..957e6c2
--- a/src/ManticoreSearch/Client.php
+++ b/src/ManticoreSearch/Client.php
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ class Client {
 	/** @var ?string $authToken */
 	protected ?string $authToken = null;
 
+	/** @var ?string $delegatedUser */
+	protected ?string $delegatedUser = null;
+
 	/** @var string $buddyVersion */
 	protected string $buddyVersion;
 
@@ -90,6 +93,21 @@ function () {
 		$this->clientMap = new Map;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Ensure request-scoped cloned clients do not share mutable internals.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function __clone() {
+		$this->connectionPool = new ConnectionPool(
+			function () {
+				$client = new HttpClient($this->host, $this->port);
+				$client->set(['timeout' => -1]);
+				return $client;
+			}
+		);
+		$this->clientMap = new Map;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set server URL of Manticore searchd to send requests to
 	 * @param string $url it supports http:// prefixed and not
@@ -121,6 +139,30 @@ public function getServerUrl(): string {
 		return static::URL_PREFIX . $this->host . ':' . $this->port;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set delegated user context for outgoing daemon requests.
+	 *
+	 * Context is coroutine-scoped when running in coroutine mode.
+	 * In sync mode it falls back to the instance-local value.
+	 *
+	 * @param ?string $user
+	 * @return static
+	 */
+	public function setDelegatedUser(?string $user): static {
+		$normalizedUser = $user ? trim($user) : null;
+		// Empty string or null should be null
+		$this->delegatedUser = $normalizedUser ?: null;
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear delegated user context from current request scope.
+	 * @return static
+	 */
+	public function clearDelegatedUser(): static {
+		return $this->setDelegatedUser(null);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Send the request where request represents the SQL query to be send
 	 * @param string $request
@@ -134,7 +176,7 @@ public function sendRequest(
 		string $request,
 		?string $path = null,
 		bool $disableAgentHeader = false,
-		string $requestMethod = 'POST'
+		string $requestMethod = 'POST',
 	): Response {
 		$t = microtime(true);
 		if ($request === '') {
@@ -168,6 +210,15 @@ public function sendRequest(
 			'Content-Type' => $contentTypeHeader,
 			'User-Agent' => $userAgentHeader,
 		];
+
+		$delegatedUser = $this->resolveDelegatedUser();
+		$delegatedUserLog = $delegatedUser ?? '<empty>';
+		Buddy::debug("delegated user for daemon request on /{$path}: {$delegatedUserLog}");
+
+		if ($delegatedUser !== null) {
+			$headers['X-Manticore-User'] = $delegatedUser;
+		}
+
 		// Add authorization header if we have token
 		if (isset($this->authToken)) {
 			$headers['Authorization'] = "Bearer {$this->authToken}";
@@ -254,9 +305,24 @@ public function sendRequestToUrl(
 		bool $disableAgentHeader = false
 	): Response {
 		$client = $this->getClientForUrl($url);
+
+		$delegatedUser = $this->resolveDelegatedUser();
+		if ($delegatedUser === null) {
+			$client->clearDelegatedUser();
+		} else {
+			$client->setDelegatedUser($delegatedUser);
+		}
+
 		return $client->sendRequest($request, $path, $disableAgentHeader);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return ?string
+	 */
+	protected function resolveDelegatedUser(): ?string {
+		return $this->delegatedUser;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param string $url
 	 * @return Client