diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8563b05..4ad1905 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5034,6 +5034,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pwd",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "rumors",
+ "serde_json",
  "sha3",
  "sled-hardware-types",
  "slog",
diff --git a/server/src/executor.rs b/server/src/executor.rs
index 1fbf2da..ba51127 100644
--- a/server/src/executor.rs
+++ b/server/src/executor.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use rustix::io::close;
 use rustix::process::{Pid, Signal, ioctl_tiocsctty, kill_process_group, setsid};
 use slog::{Logger, debug, error, o, warn};
 use tokio::fs::{DirBuilder, OpenOptions};
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt as _;
 use tokio::process::{Child, Command};
 use tokio::spawn;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, watch};
@@ -258,6 +259,27 @@ async fn job_spawn(
         format!("creating job stderr file `{}`", stderr_path.display())
     );
 
+    // Record the signed request beside the output it produces, so
+    // the job directory attests what ran even after gossip forgets.
+    let job_path = job_dir.join("job.json");
+    let json = with_io_err!(
+        serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&*request).map_err(io::Error::other),
+        format!("encoding job request file `{}`", job_path.display())
+    );
+    let mut job_file = with_io_err!(
+        OpenOptions::new()
+            .create_new(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .mode(file_mode)
+            .open(&job_path)
+            .await,
+        format!("creating job request file `{}`", job_path.display())
+    );
+    with_io_err!(
+        job_file.write_all(&json).await,
+        format!("writing job request file `{}`", job_path.display())
+    );
+
     // Set up the job command.
     let mut cmd = Command::new("bash");
     cmd.kill_on_drop(true);
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index f528e61..9d49115 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ libc.workspace = true
 pwd.workspace = true
 rand_core.workspace = true
 rumors.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 sha3.workspace = true
 sled-hardware-types.workspace = true
 slog.workspace = true
diff --git a/tests/src/manager_tests.rs b/tests/src/manager_tests.rs
index c0c81d6..8eac120 100644
--- a/tests/src/manager_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/src/manager_tests.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use pwd::Passwd;
 use sled_hardware_types::BaseboardId;
 use slog::{Discard, Logger, o};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
-use tokio::fs::{metadata, write};
+use tokio::fs::{metadata, read, write};
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tokio::time::{sleep, timeout};
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use sush_client::context::Authz;
 use sush_common::authn::{Challenge, ChallengeResponse, Credentials, Identity, Nonce, RequestKey};
 use sush_common::jobs::{
     Access, JobId, JobLimits, JobOutputState, JobOutputStream::*, JobStartRequest, JobStatus,
-    ProcessError, Session, SessionId,
+    ProcessError, Session, SessionId, SignedJob,
 };
 use sush_common::keys::{EphemeralKey, KeyError, KeyId, KeyType, Signer as _, pem_cert_chain};
 use sush_common::targets::{Cubbies, Target};
@@ -2130,3 +2130,37 @@ async fn interactive_target_required() {
         Err(JobError::InteractiveTarget)
     ));
 }
+
+/// Each job's directory records the signed request beside its output.
+#[named]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn job_json() {
+    let log = test_logger(function_name!());
+    let (mgr, mut root, dir, _shutdown) = manager_and_test_root(log).await;
+    let authn = fake_identity(&mut root).await;
+    let session_id = SessionId::random();
+    let mut session = Session::new(session_id);
+    mgr.session_start(&authn, session_id, true).await.unwrap();
+
+    let job_id = session.next_job_id();
+    let job = root.sign_job_request(&job_id, "true", false).await;
+    mgr.job_start(
+        &authn,
+        job.clone().into_signed(),
+        JobStartParams {
+            wait: JobWait::Stop,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    session.job_started(job.clone().into_signed());
+
+    let path = dir
+        .path()
+        .join("jobs")
+        .join(job_id.to_string())
+        .join("job.json");
+    let recorded: SignedJob = serde_json::from_slice(&read(&path).await.unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(recorded, job.into_signed());
+}