diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88f9956..fbc5a7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.25
+
+- Keep manually forwarded Gmail messages visible in the reader while continuing to collapse genuine
+  quoted reply history.
+
 ## 0.1.24
 
 - Consolidate conversation, unread-count, and incoming-mail refreshes into one coordinated path.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30476bb..901e406 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hqbase",
-  "version": "0.1.24",
+  "version": "0.1.25",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@11.7.0",
diff --git a/test/unit/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.test.ts b/test/unit/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.test.ts
index a2da6c5..b831983 100644
--- a/test/unit/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ describe("email HTML sanitizer", () => {
       html: `<table style="width: 100%; color: #222; position: fixed">
         <tr><td><strong>Hello</strong></td></tr>
       </table><img src="cid:signature-logo%40example.com" onerror="alert(1)">`,
-      messageId: "msg-1"
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Hello"
     });
 
     expect(result.hasRemoteImages).toBe(false);
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ describe("email HTML sanitizer", () => {
         <a href="javascript:alert(1)" onclick="alert(1)">unsafe</a>
         <a href="https://example.com/path">safe</a>
         <p style="background-image:url(https://evil.example/pixel); color: red">Text</p>`,
-      messageId: "msg-1"
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Hello"
     });
 
     expect(result.hasRemoteImages).toBe(true);
@@ -67,14 +69,16 @@ describe("email HTML sanitizer", () => {
       attachments: [],
       origin: "https://mail.example.com",
       html: '<img src="https://images.example.com/open.gif" srcset="https://images.example.com/2x.png 2x">',
-      messageId: "msg-1"
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Hello"
     });
     const loaded = sanitizeMessageHtml({
       allowRemoteImages: true,
       attachments: [],
       origin: "https://mail.example.com",
       html: '<img src="//images.example.com/open.gif">',
-      messageId: "msg-1"
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Hello"
     });
 
     expect(blocked.hasRemoteImages).toBe(true);
@@ -90,7 +94,8 @@ describe("email HTML sanitizer", () => {
       attachments: [],
       origin: "https://mail.example.com",
       html: '<img srcset="https://images.example.com/open.gif 1x">',
-      messageId: "msg-1"
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Hello"
     });
 
     expect(result.hasRemoteImages).toBe(true);
@@ -103,7 +108,8 @@ describe("email HTML sanitizer", () => {
       attachments: [],
       origin: "https://mail.example.com",
       html: `<p>New reply</p><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div class="gmail_attr">On Tuesday, Pat wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote"><strong>Earlier reply</strong></blockquote></div>`,
-      messageId: "msg-1"
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Re: Hello"
     });
 
     expect(result.html).toBe("<p>New reply</p>");
@@ -111,6 +117,39 @@ describe("email HTML sanitizer", () => {
     expect(result.quotedHtml).not.toContain("gmail_quote");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ["without an authored introduction", ""],
+    ["after an authored introduction", "<p>For your information</p>"]
+  ])("keeps a Gmail forward visible %s", (_description, introduction) => {
+    const result = sanitizeMessageHtml({
+      allowRemoteImages: false,
+      attachments: [],
+      origin: "https://mail.example.com",
+      html: `${introduction}<div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: The Google Workspace Team &lt;workspace-noreply@google.com&gt;<br>Subject: Promotional access</div><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Forwarded promotion</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></div>`,
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Fwd: Promotional access"
+    });
+
+    expect(result.html).toContain("---------- Forwarded message ---------");
+    expect(result.html).toContain("<strong>Forwarded promotion</strong>");
+    if (introduction) expect(result.html).toContain("For your information");
+    expect(result.quotedHtml).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("still collapses forwarded content when it is quoted by a reply", () => {
+    const result = sanitizeMessageHtml({
+      allowRemoteImages: false,
+      attachments: [],
+      origin: "https://mail.example.com",
+      html: `<p>New reply</p><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------</div><strong>Earlier forward</strong></div>`,
+      messageId: "msg-1",
+      subject: "Re: Promotional access"
+    });
+
+    expect(result.html).toBe("<p>New reply</p>");
+    expect(result.quotedHtml).toContain("Earlier forward");
+  });
+
   it("preserves safe rich HTML, remote images, and referenced CID images for outbound quotes", () => {
     const result = sanitizeQuotedMessageHtml({
       attachments: [attachment],
diff --git a/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.ts b/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.ts
index 8a8019a..58739dd 100644
--- a/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.ts
+++ b/worker/features/messages/html-sanitizer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
 
 import { isSafeInlineImage } from "./inline-media";
+import { splitQuotedHtml } from "./quote-classifier";
 import type { StoredAttachment } from "./types";
 
 const allowedTags = [
@@ -142,8 +143,9 @@ export function sanitizeMessageHtml(input: {
   html: string;
   messageId: string;
   origin: string;
+  subject: string;
 }): SanitizedMessageHtml {
-  const parts = splitQuotedHtml(input.html);
+  const parts = splitQuotedHtml(input.html, input.subject);
   const body = sanitizeDisplayHtml({ ...input, html: parts.body });
   const quote = parts.quote ? sanitizeDisplayHtml({ ...input, html: parts.quote }) : null;
   return {
@@ -284,19 +286,6 @@ function sanitizerOptions(): sanitizeHtml.IOptions {
   };
 }
 
-function splitQuotedHtml(html: string): { body: string; quote: string | null } {
-  const match =
-    /<div\b[^>]*\bclass\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*\bgmail_quote(?:_container)?\b[^"]*"|'[^']*\bgmail_quote(?:_container)?\b[^']*')[^>]*>/i.exec(
-      html
-    );
-  if (!match) return { body: html, quote: null };
-  if (match.index === 0) return { body: "", quote: html };
-  return {
-    body: html.slice(0, match.index).trimEnd(),
-    quote: html.slice(match.index)
-  };
-}
-
 function boundedHtml(html: string): string {
   const maxCharacters = 200_000;
   if (html.length <= maxCharacters) return html;
diff --git a/worker/features/messages/quote-classifier.ts b/worker/features/messages/quote-classifier.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af80afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worker/features/messages/quote-classifier.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
+
+export function splitQuotedHtml(
+  html: string,
+  subject: string
+): { body: string; quote: string | null } {
+  const match =
+    /<div\b[^>]*\bclass\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*\bgmail_quote(?:_container)?\b[^"]*"|'[^']*\bgmail_quote(?:_container)?\b[^']*')[^>]*>/i.exec(
+      html
+    );
+  if (!match) return { body: html, quote: null };
+  if (
+    beginsWithForwardedMessage(html.slice(match.index)) &&
+    (isForwardSubject(subject) || !visibleText(html.slice(0, match.index)))
+  ) {
+    return { body: html, quote: null };
+  }
+  if (match.index === 0) return { body: "", quote: html };
+  return {
+    body: html.slice(0, match.index).trimEnd(),
+    quote: html.slice(match.index)
+  };
+}
+
+function beginsWithForwardedMessage(html: string): boolean {
+  return /^-{2,}\s*Forwarded message\s*-{2,}/i.test(visibleText(html.slice(0, 20_000)));
+}
+
+function isForwardSubject(subject: string): boolean {
+  return /^\s*fw(?:d)?\s*:/i.test(subject);
+}
+
+function visibleText(html: string): string {
+  return sanitizeHtml(html, {
+    allowedAttributes: {},
+    allowedTags: [],
+    disallowedTagsMode: "discard",
+    nonTextTags: ["script", "style", "textarea", "option", "noscript"]
+  })
+    .replace(/\u00a0/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+}
diff --git a/worker/features/messages/routes.ts b/worker/features/messages/routes.ts
index c870b11..c3b528c 100644
--- a/worker/features/messages/routes.ts
+++ b/worker/features/messages/routes.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ messageRoutes.get("/:id/html", async (c) => {
     attachments: message.attachments,
     html: await object.text(),
     messageId: message.id,
-    origin: new URL(c.req.url).origin
+    origin: new URL(c.req.url).origin,
+    subject: message.subject
   });
   return c.json({ ...rendered, remoteMediaTrusted: trusted });
 });