diff --git a/Sources/Testing/EntryPoints/ABIv0/Encoded/ABIv0.EncodedIssue.swift b/Sources/Testing/EntryPoints/ABIv0/Encoded/ABIv0.EncodedIssue.swift
index 05478645c..3c4a8043e 100644
--- a/Sources/Testing/EntryPoints/ABIv0/Encoded/ABIv0.EncodedIssue.swift
+++ b/Sources/Testing/EntryPoints/ABIv0/Encoded/ABIv0.EncodedIssue.swift
@@ -22,13 +22,49 @@ extension ABIv0 {
     /// The location in source where this issue occurred, if available.
     var sourceLocation: SourceLocation?
 
+    /// Any tool-specific context about the issue including the name of the tool
+    /// that recorded it.
+    ///
+    /// When decoding using `JSONDecoder`, the value of this property is set to
+    /// `nil`. Tools that need access to their context values should not use
+    /// ``ABIv0/EncodedIssue`` to decode issues.
+    var toolContext: (any Issue.Kind.ToolContext)?
+
     init(encoding issue: borrowing Issue) {
       isKnown = issue.isKnown
       sourceLocation = issue.sourceLocation
+      if case let .recordedByTool(toolContext) = issue.kind {
+        self.toolContext = toolContext
+      }
     }
   }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Codable
 
-extension ABIv0.EncodedIssue: Codable {}
+extension ABIv0.EncodedIssue: Codable {
+  private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+    case isKnown
+    case sourceLocation
+    case toolContext
+  }
+
+  func encode(to encoder: any Encoder) throws {
+    var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+    try container.encode(isKnown, forKey: .isKnown)
+    try container.encode(sourceLocation, forKey: .sourceLocation)
+    if let toolContext {
+      func encodeToolContext(_ toolContext: some Issue.Kind.ToolContext) throws {
+        try container.encode(toolContext, forKey: .toolContext)
+      }
+      try encodeToolContext(toolContext)
+    }
+  }
+
+  init(from decoder: any Decoder) throws {
+    let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+    isKnown = try container.decode(Bool.self, forKey: .isKnown)
+    sourceLocation = try container.decode(SourceLocation.self, forKey: .sourceLocation)
+    toolContext = nil // not decoded
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift b/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift
index f074f6d7e..78c9780cf 100644
--- a/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift
+++ b/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift
@@ -115,6 +115,32 @@ extension Issue {
     let issue = Issue(kind: .unconditional, comments: Array(comment), sourceContext: sourceContext)
     return issue.record()
   }
+
+  /// Record an issue on behalf of a tool or library.
+  ///
+  /// - Parameters:
+  ///   - comment: A comment describing the expectation.
+  ///   - toolContext: Any tool-specific context about the issue including the
+  ///     name of the tool that recorded it.
+  ///   - sourceLocation: The source location to which the issue should be
+  ///     attributed.
+  ///
+  /// - Returns: The issue that was recorded.
+  ///
+  /// Test authors do not generally need to use this function. Rather, a tool
+  /// or library based on the testing library can use it to record a
+  /// domain-specific issue and to propagatre additional information about that
+  /// issue to other layers of the testing library's infrastructure.
+  @_spi(Experimental)
+  @discardableResult public static func record(
+    _ comment: Comment? = nil,
+    context toolContext: some Issue.Kind.ToolContext,
+    sourceLocation: SourceLocation = #_sourceLocation
+  ) -> Self {
+    let sourceContext = SourceContext(backtrace: .current(), sourceLocation: sourceLocation)
+    let issue = Issue(kind: .recordedByTool(toolContext), comments: Array(comment), sourceContext: sourceContext)
+    return issue.record()
+  }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Recording issues for errors
diff --git a/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue.swift b/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue.swift
index 297510335..d3fdcdab6 100644
--- a/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue.swift
+++ b/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue.swift
@@ -66,6 +66,33 @@ public struct Issue: Sendable {
     /// An issue due to a failure in the underlying system, not due to a failure
     /// within the tests being run.
     case system
+
+    /// A protocol describing additional context provided by an external tool or
+    /// library that recorded an issue of kind
+    /// ``Issue/Kind/recordedByTool(_:)``.
+    ///
+    /// Test authors do not generally need to use this protocol. Rather, a tool
+    /// or library based on the testing library can use it to propagate
+    /// additional information about an issue to other layers of the testing
+    /// library's infrastructure.
+    ///
+    /// A tool or library may conform as many types as it needs to this
+    /// protocol. Instances of types conforming to this protocol must be
+    /// encodable as JSON so that they can be included in event streams produced
+    /// by the testing library.
+    public protocol ToolContext: Sendable, Encodable {
+      /// The human-readable name of the tool that recorded the issue.
+      var toolName: String { get }
+    }
+
+    /// An issue recorded by an external tool or library that uses the testing
+    /// library.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - toolContext: Any tool-specific context about the issue including the
+    ///     name of the tool that recorded it.
+    @_spi(Experimental)
+    indirect case recordedByTool(_ toolContext: any ToolContext)
   }
 
   /// The kind of issue this value represents.
@@ -135,7 +162,11 @@ extension Issue: CustomStringConvertible, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
     let joinedComments = comments.lazy
       .map(\.rawValue)
       .joined(separator: "\n")
-    return "\(kind): \(joinedComments)"
+    if case let .recordedByTool(toolContext) = kind {
+      return "\(joinedComments) (from '\(toolContext.toolName)')"
+    } else {
+      return "\(kind): \(joinedComments)"
+    }
   }
 
   public var debugDescription: String {
@@ -172,6 +203,8 @@ extension Issue.Kind: CustomStringConvertible {
       "An API was misused"
     case .system:
       "A system failure occurred"
+    case let .recordedByTool(toolContext):
+      "'\(toolContext.toolName)' recorded an issue"
     }
   }
 }
@@ -310,6 +343,8 @@ extension Issue.Kind {
           .apiMisused
       case .system:
           .system
+      case .recordedByTool:
+          .unconditional // TBD
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift b/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift
index ce2022d52..38f396665 100644
--- a/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift
@@ -994,6 +994,41 @@ final class IssueTests: XCTestCase {
     }.run(configuration: configuration)
   }
 
+  func testFailBecauseOfToolSpecificIssue() async throws {
+    struct ToolContext: Issue.Kind.ToolContext {
+      var value: Int
+      var toolName: String {
+        "Swift Testing Itself"
+      }
+    }
+
+    var configuration = Configuration()
+    configuration.eventHandler = { event, _ in
+      guard case let .issueRecorded(issue) = event.kind else {
+        return
+      }
+      XCTAssertFalse(issue.isKnown)
+      guard case let .recordedByTool(toolContext) = issue.kind else {
+        XCTFail("Unexpected issue kind \(issue.kind)")
+        return
+      }
+      guard let toolContext = toolContext as? ToolContext else {
+        XCTFail("Unexpected tool context \(toolContext)")
+        return
+      }
+      XCTAssertEqual(toolContext.toolName, "Swift Testing Itself")
+      XCTAssertEqual(toolContext.value, 12345)
+
+      XCTAssertEqual(String(describingForTest: issue), "Something went wrong (from 'Swift Testing Itself')")
+      XCTAssertEqual(String(describingForTest: issue.kind), "'Swift Testing Itself' recorded an issue")
+    }
+
+    await Test {
+      let toolContext = ToolContext(value: 12345)
+      Issue.record("Something went wrong", context: toolContext)
+    }.run(configuration: configuration)
+  }
+
   func testErrorPropertyValidForThrownErrors() async throws {
     var configuration = Configuration()
     configuration.eventHandler = { event, _ in