diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDump.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDump.kt
index a34d1ccf4..cacb6e3f9 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDump.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDump.kt
@@ -211,9 +211,24 @@ object LogDump {
             }
         }
         // Long high-entropy runs (hashes, visitor data, unlabeled
-        // tokens): 20+ [A-Za-z0-9_-] chars containing a digit. Scrubbed
-        // in BOTH profiles — visitorData & friends are creds, not signal.
-        s = LONG_TOKEN_RE.replace(s, "<token>")
+        // tokens): 20+ [A-Za-z0-9_-] chars containing a digit. Scrubbed in
+        // BOTH profiles — visitorData & friends are creds, not signal. On the
+        // dogfood profile a token that is exactly a channel/playlist id
+        // (UC…, PL…/UU…/LL…/RD…/OLAK5uy_…) is KEPT — those ride past the
+        // skipped id passes above but LONG_TOKEN would otherwise redact them,
+        // and they're the same triage signal as the video id we keep. Every
+        // other high-entropy run (visitorData, hashes) still redacts.
+        s = if (keepIdentifiers) {
+            LONG_TOKEN_RE.replace(s) { m ->
+                if (CHANNEL_ID_RE.matches(m.value) || PLAYLIST_ID_RE.matches(m.value)) {
+                    m.value
+                } else {
+                    "<token>"
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            LONG_TOKEN_RE.replace(s, "<token>")
+        }
         // IP addresses (v4 + v6 — v6 patterns are shaped so threadtime
         // HH:MM:SS timestamps can never match).
         s = IPV4_RE.replace(s, "<ip>")
diff --git a/strawApp/src/test/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDumpScrubTest.kt b/strawApp/src/test/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDumpScrubTest.kt
index 1a3b7d0b1..a59a667d8 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/test/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDumpScrubTest.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/test/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/util/LogDumpScrubTest.kt
@@ -72,6 +72,28 @@ class LogDumpScrubTest {
         assertFalse(LogDump.scrubLine(line).contains("dQw4w9WgXcQ"))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun dogfoodKeepsChannelAndPlaylistIdFullScrubs() {
+        // These are ≥20 chars so LONG_TOKEN would otherwise redact them even
+        // on the dogfood profile; the channel/playlist exemption keeps them.
+        val channelId = "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw" // UC + 22, has digits
+        val playlistId = "PLbpi6ZahtOH6Blw3RGYpWkSByi_T7Rygb"
+        assertEquals(channelId, LogDump.scrubLineDogfood(channelId))
+        assertEquals(playlistId, LogDump.scrubLineDogfood(playlistId))
+        // Full profile redacts them to their labelled placeholders.
+        assertEquals("<channelId>", LogDump.scrubLine(channelId))
+        assertEquals("<playlistId>", LogDump.scrubLine(playlistId))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun dogfoodStillScrubsGenericHighEntropyToken() {
+        // visitorData-shaped: ≥20 chars with a digit, NOT a channel/playlist
+        // prefix → still `<token>` on the dogfood profile (it's a cred).
+        val visitorData = "CgtVQzEyMzQ1Njc4OTBhYg"
+        assertEquals("<token>", LogDump.scrubLineDogfood(visitorData))
+        assertEquals("<token>", LogDump.scrubLine(visitorData))
+    }
+
     // ---- B2: dogfood profile STILL scrubs real credentials / PII ---------
 
     @Test