diff --git a/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/context.rs b/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/context.rs
index 4d4ebebe0..475c58cd9 100644
--- a/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/context.rs
+++ b/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/context.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ pub mod keys {
     // --- Prefix constants (for filtering and dynamic keys) ---
     pub const GRAPH_PREFIX: &str = "graph.";
     pub const INTERNAL_PREFIX: &str = "internal.";
-    pub const CURRENT_PREFIX: &str = "current";
+    /// Engine-reserved key names starting with "current": the singular
+    /// `current_node` plus the dotted `current.*` namespace. Deliberately NOT
+    /// the bare prefix "current" — user keys like `current_seed_id` or
+    /// `current_task` are natural names and must not be swallowed by the
+    /// engine-internal filter (observed in run 01M0NJ3QZ1FK53X9DK3BBAN2ED:
+    /// planner-emitted `current_seed_id`/`current_seed_brief` never reached
+    /// the next stage's preamble at any fidelity).
+    pub const CURRENT_NODE_KEY: &str = "current_node";
+    pub const CURRENT_PREFIX: &str = "current.";
     pub const THREAD_PREFIX: &str = "thread.";
     pub const RESPONSE_PREFIX: &str = "response.";
     pub const INTERNAL_RETRY_COUNT_PREFIX: &str = "internal.retry_count.";
@@ -110,6 +118,7 @@ pub mod keys {
         key.starts_with(INTERNAL_PREFIX)
             || key.starts_with(GRAPH_PREFIX)
             || key.starts_with(THREAD_PREFIX)
+            || key == CURRENT_NODE_KEY
             || key.starts_with(CURRENT_PREFIX)
     }
 
@@ -149,6 +158,10 @@ pub mod keys {
             assert!(is_engine_internal_key("thread.main.current_node"));
             assert!(is_engine_internal_key("current.preamble"));
             assert!(is_engine_internal_key("current_node"));
+            // Natural user keys starting with "current" are NOT internal
+            assert!(!is_engine_internal_key("current_seed_id"));
+            assert!(!is_engine_internal_key("current_task"));
+            assert!(!is_engine_internal_key("currently_running"));
 
             // Keys that are NOT engine-internal (should propagate)
             assert!(!is_engine_internal_key("response.plan"));
diff --git a/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/handler/llm/preamble.rs b/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/handler/llm/preamble.rs
index 87a43dca7..7a6de7ad7 100644
--- a/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/handler/llm/preamble.rs
+++ b/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/handler/llm/preamble.rs
@@ -2252,6 +2252,60 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    // Regression (fabro-6a78): run 01M0NJ3QZ1FK53X9DK3BBAN2ED — an LLM
+    // stage emitted routing context_updates (current_seed_id/brief) and the
+    // next stage's COMPACT preamble showed '## Completed stages' with the
+    // model line and nothing else: no '## Context' section, no values. The
+    // implementer re-derived the seed blind (17 wasted tool calls, re-claimed
+    // the seed: role violation). context_updates values are the inter-stage
+    // contract; compact must render them.
+    #[test]
+    fn compact_renders_custom_context_updates_values() {
+        let graph = Graph::new("test");
+        let context = Context::new();
+        let completed_nodes = vec!["planner".to_string()];
+        let mut node_outcomes: HashMap<String, Outcome> = HashMap::new();
+        let mut outcome = Outcome::success();
+        outcome.context_updates.insert(
+            "current_seed_id".to_string(),
+            serde_json::json!("fabro-0879"),
+        );
+        outcome.context_updates.insert(
+            "current_seed_brief".to_string(),
+            serde_json::json!("- add -pretty flag\n- both flags combine"),
+        );
+        node_outcomes.insert("planner".to_string(), outcome);
+
+        // Mirror the real pipeline: record_result applies the planner's
+        // context_updates into the shared Context BEFORE the next node's
+        // preamble is built (fabro-core state.rs record_result).
+        let context = Context::new();
+        for (k, v) in &node_outcomes.get("planner").unwrap().context_updates {
+            context.set(k.clone(), v.clone());
+        }
+
+        let preamble = build_preamble(
+            keys::Fidelity::Compact,
+            &context,
+            &graph,
+            &completed_nodes,
+            &node_outcomes,
+        );
+
+        assert!(
+            preamble.contains("current_seed_id"),
+            "compact must name custom context keys, got:\n{preamble}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            preamble.contains("fabro-0879"),
+            "compact must render the VALUE of custom context keys, got:\n{preamble}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            preamble.contains("current_seed_brief"),
+            "compact must render brief keys, got:\n{preamble}"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn summary_high_command_stage_truncates_long_output() {
         let mut graph = Graph::new("test");