diff --git a/sdk/API.md b/sdk/API.md
index 5da72b5dc..3ee61d7ee 100644
--- a/sdk/API.md
+++ b/sdk/API.md
@@ -534,6 +534,8 @@ interface OpFeedbackState {
 ```typescript
 interface BotWorldState {
   tick: number;
+  /** Version of nearby-player combat-target telemetry emitted by the Lite client. */
+  combatTargetTelemetryVersion?: number;
   /** Tick on which an updated Lite runner already emitted policy-gated KBD op2. */
   fastKbdAttackTick?: number;
   /** Prayer-on packets emitted in-process immediately before first-spawn KBD op2. */
diff --git a/sdk/types.ts b/sdk/types.ts
index 9cce62f2a..ec59cef4f 100644
--- a/sdk/types.ts
+++ b/sdk/types.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ export interface NearbyPlayer {
     distance: number;
     /** See NearbyNpc.reachable. */
     reachable?: boolean;
+    /** Current client-observed combat target. This is populated only while the
+     * target is corroborated by the entity's combat cycle. */
+    combatTargetType?: 'npc' | 'player' | 'none';
+    combatTargetIndex?: number;
+    inCombat?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -552,6 +557,8 @@ export interface OpFeedbackState {
 
 export interface BotWorldState {
     tick: number;
+    /** Version of nearby-player combat-target telemetry emitted by the Lite client. */
+    combatTargetTelemetryVersion?: number;
     /** Tick on which an updated Lite runner already emitted policy-gated KBD op2. */
     fastKbdAttackTick?: number;
     /** Prayer-on packets emitted in-process immediately before first-spawn KBD op2. */
diff --git a/server/webclient/src/bot/StateCollector.ts b/server/webclient/src/bot/StateCollector.ts
index 853d5ebc9..16c5fc55b 100644
--- a/server/webclient/src/bot/StateCollector.ts
+++ b/server/webclient/src/bot/StateCollector.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ export class BotStateCollector implements ScanProvider {
 
         return {
             tick: currentTick,
+            combatTargetTelemetryVersion: 1,
             revision: this.publicationRevision,
             player: this.collectPlayerState(currentTick, clientCycle),
             skills: this.collectSkills(),
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ export class BotStateCollector implements ScanProvider {
             equipment: this.collectInventory(EQUIPMENT_INTERFACE_ID),
             combatStyle: this.collectCombatStyle(),
             nearbyNpcs: this.collectNearbyNpcs(clientCycle),
-            nearbyPlayers: this.collectNearbyPlayers(),
+            nearbyPlayers: this.collectNearbyPlayers(clientCycle),
             nearbyLocs: this.collectNearbyLocs(),
             groundItems: this.collectGroundItems(),
             gameMessages: this.collectGameMessages(currentTick, publish),
@@ -996,7 +997,7 @@ export class BotStateCollector implements ScanProvider {
         return npcs;
     }
 
-    private collectNearbyPlayers(): NearbyPlayer[] {
+    private collectNearbyPlayers(clientCycle: number): NearbyPlayer[] {
         const c = this.client as any;
         const players: NearbyPlayer[] = [];
         const localPlayer = c.localPlayer;
@@ -1023,6 +1024,10 @@ export class BotStateCollector implements ScanProvider {
             // Convert fine-grained local coords (128 units/tile) to world coordinates
             const playerWorldX = baseX + ((player.x || 0) >> 7);
             const playerWorldZ = baseZ + ((player.z || 0) >> 7);
+            const facing = BotStateCollector.decodeFaceEntity(player.faceEntity ?? -1);
+            const combatCycle = player.combatCycle ?? -1000;
+            const corroborated = combatCycle > clientCycle;
+            const target = corroborated ? facing : { type: 'none' as const, index: -1 };
 
             players.push({
                 kind: 'player',
@@ -1032,6 +1037,9 @@ export class BotStateCollector implements ScanProvider {
                 x: playerWorldX,
                 z: playerWorldZ,
                 distance,
+                combatTargetType: target.type,
+                combatTargetIndex: target.index,
+                inCombat: corroborated,
                 reachable: this.reachProbeReady()
                     ? this.reachProbe.canReachEntity(player.routeX?.[0] ?? (player.x || 0) >> 7, player.routeZ?.[0] ?? (player.z || 0) >> 7, 1)
                     : undefined
diff --git a/server/webclient/src/bot/types.ts b/server/webclient/src/bot/types.ts
index de8cb40c6..b0f34db4b 100644
--- a/server/webclient/src/bot/types.ts
+++ b/server/webclient/src/bot/types.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ export interface OpFeedbackState {
 
 export interface BotState {
     tick: number;
+    /** Version of nearby-player combat-target telemetry emitted by the Lite client. */
+    combatTargetTelemetryVersion: number;
     /** Monotonic publication cursor; advances for each state sent to agents. */
     revision: number;
     player: PlayerState | null;