diff --git a/core/metadata/source.py b/core/metadata/source.py
index fcd69569..2be1444c 100644
--- a/core/metadata/source.py
+++ b/core/metadata/source.py
@@ -1122,6 +1122,60 @@ def extract_source_metadata(context: dict, artist: dict, album_info: dict) -> di
     return metadata
 
 
+def embed_known_source_ids(audio_file, metadata: dict) -> list:
+    """Embed ALREADY-KNOWN source IDs into a file's tags, no API re-fetch.
+
+    For the library re-tag / "Write Tags" paths: ``metadata`` carries flat id
+    keys already stored in the DB (``spotify_track_id``, ``spotify_album_id``,
+    ``itunes_track_id``, ``itunes_album_id``, ``musicbrainz_recording_id``,
+    ``musicbrainz_release_id``, …). Reuses the SAME canonical, format-specific,
+    Picard-compatible frame writer as the import post-process
+    (``_write_embedded_metadata``) so the frames never diverge — it just skips
+    the heavy multi-source re-search that ``embed_source_ids`` does.
+
+    The caller is responsible for saving the file. Returns the canonical tag
+    names written (for logging/diagnostics).
+    """
+    cfg = get_config_manager()
+    symbols = get_mutagen_symbols()
+    if not symbols or audio_file is None:
+        return []
+    try:
+        id_tags = _collect_source_ids(metadata, cfg)
+        # MusicBrainz ids aren't in _collect_source_ids (they come from the MB
+        # processor at import time); add them from the DB when present, using
+        # the canonical names the frame map already knows.
+        if cfg.get("musicbrainz.embed_tags", True) is not False:
+            if metadata.get("musicbrainz_recording_id"):
+                id_tags["MUSICBRAINZ_RECORDING_ID"] = metadata["musicbrainz_recording_id"]
+            if metadata.get("musicbrainz_release_id"):
+                id_tags["MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASE_ID"] = metadata["musicbrainz_release_id"]
+        if not id_tags:
+            return []
+        pp = _blank_post_process_state()
+        pp["id_tags"] = id_tags
+        _write_embedded_metadata(audio_file, metadata, pp, cfg, symbols)
+        return list(id_tags.keys())
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.debug("embed_known_source_ids failed: %s", exc)
+        return []
+
+
+def _blank_post_process_state() -> dict:
+    """A fully-defaulted post-process state so _write_embedded_metadata can run
+    with only id_tags set (every enrichment branch no-ops on the blanks)."""
+    return {
+        "id_tags": {}, "track_title": "", "artist_name": "", "batch_artist_name": None,
+        "metadata": {}, "recording_mbid": None, "artist_mbid": None, "release_mbid": "",
+        "mb_genres": [], "isrc": None, "deezer_bpm": None, "deezer_isrc": None,
+        "tidal_bpm": None, "hifi_bpm": None, "hifi_copyright": None, "audiodb_mood": None,
+        "audiodb_style": None, "audiodb_genre": None, "tidal_isrc": None,
+        "tidal_copyright": None, "hifi_isrc": None, "qobuz_isrc": None,
+        "qobuz_copyright": None, "qobuz_label": None, "lastfm_tags": [],
+        "lastfm_url": None, "genius_url": None, "release_year": None,
+    }
+
+
 def embed_source_ids(audio_file, metadata: dict, context: dict = None, runtime=None):
     cfg = get_config_manager()
     symbols = get_mutagen_symbols()
diff --git a/core/repair_jobs/library_retag.py b/core/repair_jobs/library_retag.py
index 4f013faf..c6f11353 100644
--- a/core/repair_jobs/library_retag.py
+++ b/core/repair_jobs/library_retag.py
@@ -45,6 +45,26 @@ def _read_current_tags(file_path):
         return {}
 
 
+def _add_source_ids(db_data, source, album_source_id, source_track):
+    """Stamp the album/track source IDs onto the write payload so the canonical
+    writer embeds them too (Spotify / iTunes / MusicBrainz)."""
+    album_key = {'spotify': 'spotify_album_id', 'itunes': 'itunes_album_id',
+                 'musicbrainz': 'musicbrainz_release_id'}.get(source)
+    track_key = {'spotify': 'spotify_track_id', 'itunes': 'itunes_track_id',
+                 'musicbrainz': 'musicbrainz_recording_id'}.get(source)
+    if album_key and album_source_id:
+        db_data[album_key] = album_source_id
+    if track_key:
+        tid = None
+        for k in ('id', 'track_id', 'source_track_id'):
+            v = source_track.get(k) if isinstance(source_track, dict) else getattr(source_track, k, None)
+            if v:
+                tid = v
+                break
+        if tid:
+            db_data[track_key] = tid
+
+
 def _track_list(result):
     """Normalize a get_album_tracks result into a plain list of track items."""
     if result is None:
@@ -222,12 +242,14 @@ class LibraryRetagJob(RepairJob):
             # Include a track when its tags change, OR when there's a cover action
             # to apply to it (db_data may be empty — apply embeds art either way).
             if plan['changes'] or cover_action:
+                db_data = plan['db_data']
+                _add_source_ids(db_data, source, album_source_id, src)
                 track_plans.append({
                     'file_path': lib['file_path'],
                     'track_id': lib['id'],
                     'title': lib['title'],
                     'changes': plan['changes'],
-                    'db_data': plan['db_data'],
+                    'db_data': db_data,
                 })
 
         tag_change_tracks = sum(1 for tp in track_plans if tp['changes'])
diff --git a/core/tag_writer.py b/core/tag_writer.py
index e6edbc12..02aa8d1e 100644
--- a/core/tag_writer.py
+++ b/core/tag_writer.py
@@ -294,6 +294,24 @@ def write_tags_to_file(file_path: str, db_data: Dict[str, Any],
                                  year, genre_str, track_num, total_tracks,
                                  disc_num, bpm, artists_list=artists_list)
 
+        # Embed already-known source IDs (Spotify / iTunes / MusicBrainz) from
+        # db_data, reusing the canonical import-time frame writer — no API
+        # re-fetch. Only fires when db_data carries id keys, so the plain
+        # "write the core tags" callers are unaffected.
+        _src_meta = {k: db_data[k] for k in (
+            'source', 'source_track_id', 'source_album_id', 'source_artist_id',
+            'spotify_track_id', 'spotify_album_id', 'spotify_artist_id',
+            'itunes_track_id', 'itunes_album_id', 'itunes_artist_id',
+            'musicbrainz_recording_id', 'musicbrainz_release_id',
+        ) if db_data.get(k)}
+        if _src_meta:
+            try:
+                from core.metadata.source import embed_known_source_ids
+                if embed_known_source_ids(audio, _src_meta):
+                    written.append('source_ids')
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug("source-id embed skipped for %s: %s", file_path, e)
+
         # Embed cover art if requested
         if embed_cover:
             art_ok = False
diff --git a/web_server.py b/web_server.py
index b107fccf..2dd699b9 100644
--- a/web_server.py
+++ b/web_server.py
@@ -9336,6 +9336,13 @@ def _build_library_tag_db_data(track_data, album_genres=None):
         if artists_list:
             db_data['artists_list'] = artists_list
 
+    # Carry the known source IDs through so they get embedded too (the writer
+    # only acts on the ones present). These come from t.* on the track row.
+    for _k in ('spotify_track_id', 'itunes_track_id', 'musicbrainz_recording_id'):
+        _v = track_data.get(_k)
+        if _v:
+            db_data[_k] = _v
+
     return db_data