diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21f87824b..ce82fe6b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.4.0
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.73
 	github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.4
-	github.com/mulgadc/bluebottle v1.20.0
+	github.com/mulgadc/bluebottle v1.20.1-0.20260916040751-5a5ca6f0fb33
 	github.com/mulgadc/northstar v1.20.0
 	github.com/mulgadc/predastore v1.20.0
 	github.com/mulgadc/viperblock v1.20.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 869702be1..eee62b8da 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1329,6 +1329,8 @@ github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 h1:S5AlUN9dENB57rsbnkPyfdGuWIlkmzJjbFf0Tf5FWUc
 github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0/go.mod h1:ZRfOIKPFDYQoDFF4Olj7/QJbW60Ol/kL1pU3VfY/Cnk=
 github.com/mulgadc/bluebottle v1.20.0 h1:Udi+aOA14CgDLfhanw4Rsa5HqkVt+/9e6mxoQWTRCNs=
 github.com/mulgadc/bluebottle v1.20.0/go.mod h1:4rjLL3B0xZBPmxacaXPkw6sPOZZgyuCDBFmPSOC81yE=
+github.com/mulgadc/bluebottle v1.20.1-0.20260916040751-5a5ca6f0fb33 h1:Rw3mnRF2YrhVZgHpCsOi6La8cOu/V3xnhB000iWcdr8=
+github.com/mulgadc/bluebottle v1.20.1-0.20260916040751-5a5ca6f0fb33/go.mod h1:4rjLL3B0xZBPmxacaXPkw6sPOZZgyuCDBFmPSOC81yE=
 github.com/mulgadc/northstar v1.20.0 h1:nkWTuJv1aagrJUQiZHruo7xzu9RBtLHEzrQGABElwls=
 github.com/mulgadc/northstar v1.20.0/go.mod h1:3GB49VUE9rA2idp88se5jAMv3ql1Oq9kIcT29WAZwDU=
 github.com/mulgadc/predastore v1.20.0 h1:BBk02ZWWbCGqy0PkYEXh5Yk5lbOUuDEcMS++voxSc6E=
diff --git a/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_completeness_test.go b/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_completeness_test.go
index 9b4875425..8e65fb99f 100644
--- a/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_completeness_test.go
+++ b/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_completeness_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var gatewayDoorKeys = []string{
 	iampolicy.KeyUserID,
 	iampolicy.KeyPrincipalAccount,
 	iampolicy.KeySourceIP,
+	iampolicy.KeyPrincipalType,
 }
 
 // Every condition key the evaluator names, so the write-path gate below covers
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ var allConditionKeys = []string{
 	iampolicy.KeyUsername,
 	iampolicy.KeyPrincipalAccount,
 	iampolicy.KeyUserID,
+	iampolicy.KeyPrincipalType,
 	// Deliberately outside the allowlist: there is no MFA in the stack, so the
 	// key could never be true. It is here to prove the validator says no.
 	"aws:MultiFactorAuthPresent",
diff --git a/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_test.go b/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_test.go
index 471978704..1e328ef5f 100644
--- a/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_test.go
+++ b/spinifex/gateway/conditionkeys_test.go
@@ -40,9 +40,37 @@ func TestRequestConditionKeys_PopulatesAvailableKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		iampolicy.KeyUsername:         "alice",
 		iampolicy.KeyUserID:           "AIDAALICE",
 		iampolicy.KeyPrincipalAccount: "000000000001",
+		iampolicy.KeyPrincipalType:    iampolicy.PrincipalTypeUser,
 	}, keys)
 }
 
+// Every principal type this door recognizes maps to the canonical AWS spelling,
+// and an unrecognized one omits the key rather than supplying an empty string.
+func TestRequestConditionKeys_PrincipalType(t *testing.T) {
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		principalType string
+		want          string
+		omitted       bool
+	}{
+		{principalType: principalTypeUser, want: iampolicy.PrincipalTypeUser},
+		{principalType: principalTypeAssumedRole, want: iampolicy.PrincipalTypeAssumedRole},
+		{principalType: principalTypeRoot, want: iampolicy.PrincipalTypeAccount},
+		{principalType: "", omitted: true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		keys := requestConditionKeys(r, principalContext{
+			identity: "alice", accountID: "000000000001", principalType: tt.principalType,
+		})
+		if tt.omitted {
+			assert.NotContains(t, keys, iampolicy.KeyPrincipalType, "principalType %q", tt.principalType)
+			continue
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, tt.want, keys[iampolicy.KeyPrincipalType], "principalType %q", tt.principalType)
+	}
+}
+
 // A role session's aws:userid is the ID STS minted for it. Both halves come from
 // the resolved role, so unlike aws:username it can carry a decision.
 func TestRequestConditionKeys_UserIDForAssumedRole(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/spinifex/gateway/gateway.go b/spinifex/gateway/gateway.go
index 92ca5dad4..35a5addde 100644
--- a/spinifex/gateway/gateway.go
+++ b/spinifex/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -651,9 +651,32 @@ func requestConditionKeys(r *http.Request, principal principalContext) iampolicy
 	if ip := utils.ClientIP(r.RemoteAddr); ip != "" {
 		keys[iampolicy.KeySourceIP] = ip
 	}
+	// Resolved from the credential record, never from anything the caller
+	// supplies, so unlike aws:username it is safe for a role session too.
+	if v, ok := principalTypeCondition(principal.principalType); ok {
+		keys[iampolicy.KeyPrincipalType] = v
+	}
 	return keys
 }
 
+// principalTypeCondition maps this gateway's internal principal-type spelling
+// to the canonical aws:PrincipalType value AWS documents, so a policy written
+// against the documented value applies here and at predastore identically. An
+// empty or unrecognized principal type reports false so the door omits the
+// key rather than supplying an empty string.
+func principalTypeCondition(principalType string) (string, bool) {
+	switch principalType {
+	case principalTypeUser:
+		return iampolicy.PrincipalTypeUser, true
+	case principalTypeAssumedRole:
+		return iampolicy.PrincipalTypeAssumedRole, true
+	case principalTypeRoot:
+		return iampolicy.PrincipalTypeAccount, true
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	}
+}
+
 // principalUserID resolves aws:userid: an IAM user's unique ID, the role ID and
 // session name STS minted for a role session, or the account ID for root. Both
 // halves of a session's ID come from the resolved role, so unlike aws:username