diff --git a/src/components/PostControls/DiscoverDebug.tsx b/src/components/PostControls/DiscoverDebug.tsx
index e06c2d7a6..ed58faf28 100644
--- a/src/components/PostControls/DiscoverDebug.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostControls/DiscoverDebug.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as Clipboard from 'expo-clipboard'
 import {t} from '@lingui/macro'
 
 import {DISCOVER_DEBUG_DIDS} from '#/lib/constants'
+import {useDiscoverContextEnabled} from '#/state/preferences/discover-context-enabled'
 import {useSession} from '#/state/session'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
@@ -17,10 +18,12 @@ export function DiscoverDebug({
 }) {
   const ax = useAnalytics()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
+  const discoverContextEnabled = useDiscoverContextEnabled()
   const isDiscoverDebugUser =
     IS_INTERNAL ||
     DISCOVER_DEBUG_DIDS[currentAccount?.did || ''] ||
-    ax.features.enabled(ax.features.DebugFeedContext)
+    ax.features.enabled(ax.features.DebugFeedContext) ||
+    discoverContextEnabled
   const theme = useTheme()
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/screens/Settings/DeerSettings.tsx b/src/screens/Settings/DeerSettings.tsx
index 621a2a132..4222af5f9 100644
--- a/src/screens/Settings/DeerSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Settings/DeerSettings.tsx
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ import {
   useDisableViaRepostNotification,
   useSetDisableViaRepostNotification,
 } from '#/state/preferences/disable-via-repost-notification'
+import {
+  useDiscoverContextEnabled,
+  useSetDiscoverContextEnabled,
+} from '#/state/preferences/discover-context-enabled'
 import {
   useSetShowExternalShareButtons,
   useShowExternalShareButtons,
@@ -514,6 +518,9 @@ export function DeerSettingsScreen({}: Props) {
   const disableComposerPrompt = useDisableComposerPrompt()
   const setDisableComposerPrompt = useSetDisableComposerPrompt()
 
+  const discoverContextEnabled = useDiscoverContextEnabled()
+  const setDiscoverContextEnabled = useSetDiscoverContextEnabled()
+
   const disableLikesMetrics = useDisableLikesMetrics()
   const setDisableLikesMetrics = useSetDisableLikesMetrics()
 
@@ -889,6 +896,18 @@ export function DeerSettingsScreen({}: Props) {
                 access to features locked behind email verification.
               </Trans>
             </Admonition>
+
+            <Toggle.Item
+              name="discover_context"
+              label={_(msg`Show debug context for posts in Discover feed`)}
+              value={discoverContextEnabled}
+              onChange={value => setDiscoverContextEnabled(value)}
+              style={[a.w_full]}>
+              <Toggle.LabelText style={[a.flex_1]}>
+                <Trans>Show debug context for posts in Discover feed</Trans>
+              </Toggle.LabelText>
+              <Toggle.Platform />
+            </Toggle.Item>
           </SettingsList.Group>
 
           <SettingsList.Divider />
diff --git a/src/state/persisted/schema.ts b/src/state/persisted/schema.ts
index 7a6d9f939..ccfe8565a 100644
--- a/src/state/persisted/schema.ts
+++ b/src/state/persisted/schema.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ const schema = z.object({
   disableFollowedByMetrics: z.boolean().optional(),
   disablePostsMetrics: z.boolean().optional(),
   hideSimilarAccountsRecomm: z.boolean().optional(),
+  discoverContextEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
   enableSquareAvatars: z.boolean().optional(),
   enableSquareButtons: z.boolean().optional(),
   disableVerifyEmailReminder: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ export const defaults: Schema = {
   disableFollowedByMetrics: false,
   disablePostsMetrics: false,
   hideSimilarAccountsRecomm: true,
+  discoverContextEnabled: false,
   enableSquareAvatars: true,
   enableSquareButtons: true,
   disableVerifyEmailReminder: false,
diff --git a/src/state/preferences/discover-context-enabled.tsx b/src/state/preferences/discover-context-enabled.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90943ff0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/state/preferences/discover-context-enabled.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+import * as persisted from '#/state/persisted'
+
+// Preference: discoverContextEnabled – when true, shows debug context for discover feed
+
+type StateContext = persisted.Schema['discoverContextEnabled']
+// Same setter signature used across other preference modules
+type SetContext = (v: persisted.Schema['discoverContextEnabled']) => void
+
+const stateContext = React.createContext<StateContext>(
+  persisted.defaults.discoverContextEnabled,
+)
+const setContext = React.createContext<SetContext>(
+  (_: persisted.Schema['discoverContextEnabled']) => {},
+)
+
+export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
+  const [state, setState] = React.useState(
+    persisted.get('discoverContextEnabled'),
+  )
+
+  const setStateWrapped = React.useCallback(
+    (discoverContextEnabled: persisted.Schema['discoverContextEnabled']) => {
+      setState(discoverContextEnabled)
+      persisted.write('discoverContextEnabled', discoverContextEnabled)
+    },
+    [setState],
+  )
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    return persisted.onUpdate(
+      'discoverContextEnabled',
+      nextDiscoverContextEnabled => {
+        setState(nextDiscoverContextEnabled)
+      },
+    )
+  }, [setStateWrapped])
+
+  return (
+    <stateContext.Provider value={state}>
+      <setContext.Provider value={setStateWrapped}>
+        {children}
+      </setContext.Provider>
+    </stateContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
+export function useDiscoverContextEnabled() {
+  return React.useContext(stateContext)
+}
+
+export function useSetDiscoverContextEnabled() {
+  return React.useContext(setContext)
+}
diff --git a/src/state/preferences/index.tsx b/src/state/preferences/index.tsx
index c42eb0a86..a078d4695 100644
--- a/src/state/preferences/index.tsx
+++ b/src/state/preferences/index.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {Provider as DisableRepostsMetricsProvider} from './disable-reposts-metri
 import {Provider as DisableSavesMetricsProvider} from './disable-saves-metrics'
 import {Provider as DisableVerifyEmailReminderProvider} from './disable-verify-email-reminder'
 import {Provider as DisableViaRepostNotificationProvider} from './disable-via-repost-notification'
+import {Provider as DiscoverContextEnabledProvider} from './discover-context-enabled'
 import {Provider as EnableSquareAvatarsProvider} from './enable-square-avatars'
 import {Provider as EnableSquareButtonsProvider} from './enable-square-buttons'
 import {Provider as ExternalEmbedsProvider} from './external-embeds-prefs'
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ export {
   useSetDisableComposerPrompt,
 } from './disable-composer-prompt'
 export {useHapticsDisabled, useSetHapticsDisabled} from './disable-haptics'
+export {
+  useDiscoverContextEnabled,
+  useSetDiscoverContextEnabled,
+} from './discover-context-enabled'
 export {
   useExternalEmbedsPrefs,
   useSetExternalEmbedPref,
@@ -115,9 +120,11 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
                                                                                   <DisableVerifyEmailReminderProvider>
                                                                                     <TranslationServicePreferenceProvider>
                                                                                       <DisableComposerPromptProvider>
-                                                                                        {
-                                                                                          children
-                                                                                        }
+                                                                                        <DiscoverContextEnabledProvider>
+                                                                                          {
+                                                                                            children
+                                                                                          }
+                                                                                        </DiscoverContextEnabledProvider>
                                                                                       </DisableComposerPromptProvider>
                                                                                     </TranslationServicePreferenceProvider>
                                                                                   </DisableVerifyEmailReminderProvider>