diff --git a/init/action.yml b/init/action.yml
index 57d5a99402..6c36f79bc4 100644
--- a/init/action.yml
+++ b/init/action.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ inputs:
     description: >-
       Explicitly enable or disable caching of project build dependencies.
     required: false
+  check-run-id:
+    description: >-
+      [Internal] The ID of the check run, as provided by the Actions runtime environment. Do not set this value manually.
+    default: ${{ job.check_run_id }}
+    required: false
 outputs:
   codeql-path:
     description: The path of the CodeQL binary used for analysis
diff --git a/lib/init-action-post.js b/lib/init-action-post.js
index 67322ea200..cd49ab720a 100644
--- a/lib/init-action-post.js
+++ b/lib/init-action-post.js
@@ -166091,6 +166091,18 @@ function getStatusFilePath(languages) {
     STATUS_FILE_NAME
   );
 }
+function createOverlayStatus(attributes, checkRunId) {
+  const job = {
+    workflowRunId: getWorkflowRunID(),
+    workflowRunAttempt: getWorkflowRunAttempt(),
+    name: getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_JOB"),
+    checkRunId
+  };
+  return {
+    ...attributes,
+    job
+  };
+}
 async function saveOverlayStatus(codeql, languages, diskUsage, status, logger) {
   const cacheKey = await getCacheKey(codeql, languages, diskUsage);
   const statusFile = getStatusFilePath(languages);
@@ -170355,10 +170367,15 @@ async function recordOverlayStatus(codeql, config, features, logger) {
   if (config.overlayDatabaseMode !== "overlay-base" /* OverlayBase */ || process.env["CODEQL_ACTION_ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY" /* ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY */] === "true" || !await features.getValue("overlay_analysis_status_save" /* OverlayAnalysisStatusSave */)) {
     return;
   }
-  const overlayStatus = {
-    attemptedToBuildOverlayBaseDatabase: true,
-    builtOverlayBaseDatabase: false
-  };
+  const checkRunIdInput = getOptionalInput("check-run-id");
+  const checkRunId = checkRunIdInput !== void 0 ? parseInt(checkRunIdInput, 10) : void 0;
+  const overlayStatus = createOverlayStatus(
+    {
+      attemptedToBuildOverlayBaseDatabase: true,
+      builtOverlayBaseDatabase: false
+    },
+    checkRunId !== void 0 && checkRunId >= 0 ? checkRunId : void 0
+  );
   const diskUsage = await checkDiskUsage(logger);
   if (diskUsage === void 0) {
     logger.warning(
diff --git a/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts b/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts
index 1ddb702872..5bdb674a14 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ test("not uploading failed SARIF when `code-scanning` is not an enabled analysis
 test("saves overlay status when overlay-base analysis did not complete successfully", async (t) => {
   return await util.withTmpDir(async (tmpDir) => {
     process.env["GITHUB_REPOSITORY"] = "github/codeql-action-fake-repository";
+    process.env["GITHUB_RUN_ID"] = "12345";
+    process.env["GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT"] = "1";
+    process.env["GITHUB_JOB"] = "analyze";
     process.env["RUNNER_TEMP"] = tmpDir;
     // Ensure analyze did not complete successfully.
     delete process.env[EnvVar.ANALYZE_DID_COMPLETE_SUCCESSFULLY];
@@ -370,8 +373,14 @@ test("saves overlay status when overlay-base analysis did not complete successfu
       {
         attemptedToBuildOverlayBaseDatabase: true,
         builtOverlayBaseDatabase: false,
+        job: {
+          checkRunId: undefined,
+          workflowRunId: 12345,
+          workflowRunAttempt: 1,
+          name: "analyze",
+        },
       },
-      "fourth arg should be the overlay status recording an unsuccessful build attempt",
+      "fourth arg should be the overlay status recording an unsuccessful build attempt with job details",
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
index 90a4626654..a8f7a8731d 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ import { EnvVar } from "./environment";
 import { Feature, FeatureEnablement } from "./feature-flags";
 import { Logger } from "./logging";
 import { OverlayDatabaseMode } from "./overlay";
-import { OverlayStatus, saveOverlayStatus } from "./overlay/status";
+import {
+  createOverlayStatus,
+  OverlayStatus,
+  saveOverlayStatus,
+} from "./overlay/status";
 import { RepositoryNwo, getRepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
 import { JobStatus } from "./status-report";
 import * as uploadLib from "./upload-lib";
@@ -270,10 +274,17 @@ async function recordOverlayStatus(
     return;
   }
 
-  const overlayStatus: OverlayStatus = {
-    attemptedToBuildOverlayBaseDatabase: true,
-    builtOverlayBaseDatabase: false,
-  };
+  const checkRunIdInput = actionsUtil.getOptionalInput("check-run-id");
+  const checkRunId =
+    checkRunIdInput !== undefined ? parseInt(checkRunIdInput, 10) : undefined;
+
+  const overlayStatus: OverlayStatus = createOverlayStatus(
+    {
+      attemptedToBuildOverlayBaseDatabase: true,
+      builtOverlayBaseDatabase: false,
+    },
+    checkRunId !== undefined && checkRunId >= 0 ? checkRunId : undefined,
+  );
 
   const diskUsage = await checkDiskUsage(logger);
   if (diskUsage === undefined) {
diff --git a/src/overlay/status.ts b/src/overlay/status.ts
index ac3d6e7476..a57835ed1b 100644
--- a/src/overlay/status.ts
+++ b/src/overlay/status.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ import * as path from "path";
 
 import * as actionsCache from "@actions/cache";
 
-import { getTemporaryDirectory } from "../actions-util";
+import {
+  getTemporaryDirectory,
+  getWorkflowRunAttempt,
+  getWorkflowRunID,
+} from "../actions-util";
 import { type CodeQL } from "../codeql";
 import { Logger } from "../logging";
 import {
   DiskUsage,
   getErrorMessage,
+  getRequiredEnvParam,
   waitForResultWithTimeLimit,
 } from "../util";
 
@@ -38,12 +43,43 @@ function getStatusFilePath(languages: string[]): string {
   );
 }
 
+/** Details of the job that recorded an overlay status. */
+interface JobInfo {
+  /** The check run ID. This is optional since it is not always available. */
+  checkRunId?: number;
+  /** The workflow run ID. */
+  workflowRunId: number;
+  /** The workflow run attempt number. */
+  workflowRunAttempt: number;
+  /** The name of the job (from GITHUB_JOB). */
+  name: string;
+}
+
 /** Status of an overlay analysis for a group of languages. */
 export interface OverlayStatus {
   /** Whether the job attempted to build an overlay base database. */
   attemptedToBuildOverlayBaseDatabase: boolean;
   /** Whether the job successfully built an overlay base database. */
   builtOverlayBaseDatabase: boolean;
+  /** Details of the job that recorded this status. */
+  job?: JobInfo;
+}
+
+/** Creates an `OverlayStatus` populated with the details of the current job. */
+export function createOverlayStatus(
+  attributes: Omit<OverlayStatus, "job">,
+  checkRunId?: number,
+): OverlayStatus {
+  const job: JobInfo = {
+    workflowRunId: getWorkflowRunID(),
+    workflowRunAttempt: getWorkflowRunAttempt(),
+    name: getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_JOB"),
+    checkRunId,
+  };
+  return {
+    ...attributes,
+    job,
+  };
 }
 
 /**