diff --git a/plugins/memory/honcho/session_peers.py b/plugins/memory/honcho/session_peers.py
index e9b44af0a6..c507212b34 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/honcho/session_peers.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/honcho/session_peers.py
@@ -123,11 +123,15 @@ class SessionPeersMixin:
 
     def resolve_author_peer_id(self, key: str, author_id: str | None, author_name: str | None = None) -> str | None:
         """Peer ID for the turn's author, or None to keep the session's peer: no author named, the
-        author IS the session's peer, or ``pinPeerName`` collapsing identities by operator request.
+        author IS the session's peer, or ``pinPeerName`` collapsing the operator's accounts. Bot authors
+        are never collapsed: pinned or not, a bot's words go under the bot's peer.
         ``author_name`` is a display name (attacker-influenceable), so it never becomes a peer ID."""
         runtime_id = str(author_id).strip() if author_id else ""
         if not runtime_id:
             return None
+        # The pin collapses the operator's own accounts onto one peer; a bot is never one of those.
+        if runtime_id.startswith(BOT_AUTHOR_PREFIX):
+            return self._peer_id_for_runtime_id(runtime_id)
         if self._config is not None and bool(getattr(self._config, "peer_name", None)) \
                 and getattr(self._config, "pin_peer_name", False) is True:
             return None
diff --git a/tests/honcho_plugin/test_a2a_sessions.py b/tests/honcho_plugin/test_a2a_sessions.py
index 619f07a50e..b3ff482eed 100644
--- a/tests/honcho_plugin/test_a2a_sessions.py
+++ b/tests/honcho_plugin/test_a2a_sessions.py
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ class TestA2aRouting:
 
         provider._manager.get_or_create.assert_not_called()
 
-    def test_collapsed_bot_peer_keeps_the_default_user_peer(self):
-        """pinUserPeer returns no author peer; the a2a session then falls back to the resolved peer."""
+    def test_unresolvable_bot_peer_keeps_the_default_user_peer(self):
+        """When no author peer resolves, the a2a session still opens under the resolved peer."""
         provider = _provider()
         provider._manager.resolve_author_peer_id.return_value = None
 
diff --git a/tests/honcho_plugin/test_turn_author_peers.py b/tests/honcho_plugin/test_turn_author_peers.py
index 2895356fc6..ddde59d353 100644
--- a/tests/honcho_plugin/test_turn_author_peers.py
+++ b/tests/honcho_plugin/test_turn_author_peers.py
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ class TestResolveAuthorPeerId:
         mgr = _manager(_config(), runtime_id="7654321")
         assert mgr.resolve_author_peer_id("telegram:dm1", "bot:") == "bot-"
 
-    def test_pin_peer_name_collapses_bot_authors_too(self):
+    def test_pin_peer_name_does_not_collapse_bot_authors(self):
+        """The pin unifies the operator's accounts; a bot's words never land under the human's peer."""
         mgr = _manager(_config(pin_peer_name=True), runtime_id="7654321")
-        assert mgr.resolve_author_peer_id("telegram:dm1", "bot:coder") is None
+        assert mgr.resolve_author_peer_id("telegram:dm1", "bot:coder") == "coder"
 
     def test_display_name_never_becomes_a_peer_id(self):
         """Display names are attacker-influenceable on most platforms."""