diff --git a/internal/testrun/testrun.go b/internal/testrun/testrun.go
index acced71..1440f5a 100644
--- a/internal/testrun/testrun.go
+++ b/internal/testrun/testrun.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func buildRunMeta(options Options, bundleSHA256 string, seed int64, host string,
 		MaxSteps:          options.MaxSteps,
 		DurationMillis:    options.Duration.Milliseconds(),
 		Host:              host,
+		Device:            options.Device,
 	}
 	if options.Generator == "llm" && hasLLMConfig {
 		meta.Model = llmConfig.Model
diff --git a/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go b/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go
index f00bce2..2f7f4bb 100644
--- a/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go
+++ b/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver"
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/runner"
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/trace"
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/verifier"
 )
 
@@ -222,6 +223,35 @@ func TestBuildRunMeta_RecordsArmMembership(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// The device a run drove has to survive in the run's own artifact. Held only in
+// the campaign's runs.jsonl, a trace read on its own cannot say which emulator,
+// or which API level, produced it.
+func TestBuildRunMeta_RecordsTheDeviceInMetaJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	writer, err := trace.NewWriter(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer writer.Close()
+
+	options := Options{Platform: "android", Generator: "seeded", Duration: time.Minute, Device: "emulator-5556"}
+	if err := writer.WriteMeta(buildRunMeta(options, "deadbeef", 3, "farm-01", verifier.LLMConfig{}, false)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	body, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(directory, "meta.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var stored trace.Meta
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &stored); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("meta.json is not valid JSON: %v\n%s", err, body)
+	}
+	if stored.Device != "emulator-5556" {
+		t.Errorf("device in meta.json: got %q, want emulator-5556\n%s", stored.Device, body)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildRunMeta_OmitsModelWhenSeededPickerRuns(t *testing.T) {
 	options := Options{Platform: "android", Generator: "seeded", Duration: time.Minute}
 	meta := buildRunMeta(options, "deadbeef", 1, "farm-01",
diff --git a/internal/trace/writer.go b/internal/trace/writer.go
index 316e4b9..2d1cdd0 100644
--- a/internal/trace/writer.go
+++ b/internal/trace/writer.go
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ type Meta struct {
 	// several hosts, so a per-host effect has to be detectable rather than
 	// invisible.
 	Host string `json:"host,omitempty"`
+	// Device is the target the run drove, from --device. One host drives
+	// several emulators at different API levels, so without it a trace on its
+	// own cannot say what produced it and a per-device split can only be
+	// recovered by joining against the campaign manifest.
+	Device string `json:"device,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Writer struct {
diff --git a/internal/trace/writer_test.go b/internal/trace/writer_test.go
index cc5e6dd..cd71485 100644
--- a/internal/trace/writer_test.go
+++ b/internal/trace/writer_test.go
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ func TestWriteMeta_ArmMembershipRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxSteps:          300,
 		DurationMillis:    180000,
 		Host:              "emulator-farm-01",
+		Device:            "emulator-5556",
 	}
 	if err := writer.WriteMeta(meta); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ func TestWriteMeta_OmitsArmMembershipWhenUnset(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	for _, key := range []string{"arm", "generator", "label_source", "model", "instructions", "max_steps", "duration_millis", "host"} {
+	for _, key := range []string{"arm", "generator", "label_source", "model", "instructions", "max_steps", "duration_millis", "host", "device"} {
 		if strings.Contains(string(body), `"`+key+`"`) {
 			t.Errorf("meta.json carries %q when unset:\n%s", key, body)
 		}