diff --git a/eval_protocol/log_utils/rollout_context.py b/eval_protocol/log_utils/rollout_context.py
index a7b5dcc2..a5e062bf 100644
--- a/eval_protocol/log_utils/rollout_context.py
+++ b/eval_protocol/log_utils/rollout_context.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import os
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ class ContextRolloutIdFilter(logging.Filter):
 
     def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:  # type: ignore[override]
         rollout_id = current_rollout_id.get()
+        if not rollout_id:
+            # Allow explicit rollout IDs on the record or via environment fallback.
+            rollout_id = getattr(record, "rollout_id", None) or os.getenv("EP_ROLLOUT_ID")
         if not rollout_id:
             # No correlation context → do not emit to external sink
             return False
diff --git a/tests/logging/test_rollout_context_logging.py b/tests/logging/test_rollout_context_logging.py
index 1c8fa37a..4be0d4b6 100644
--- a/tests/logging/test_rollout_context_logging.py
+++ b/tests/logging/test_rollout_context_logging.py
@@ -1,16 +1,64 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
+import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
+import importlib.util
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
 
-from eval_protocol.log_utils.fireworks_tracing_http_handler import (
-    FireworksTracingHttpHandler,
-)
-from eval_protocol.log_utils.rollout_context import (
-    ContextRolloutIdFilter,
-    rollout_logging_context,
+
+def _load_module(module_name: str, relative_path: str):
+    root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, root / relative_path)
+    if spec is None or spec.loader is None:  # pragma: no cover - defensive
+        raise ImportError(f"Unable to load module {module_name} from {relative_path}")
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    sys.modules[module_name] = module
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+FireworksTracingHttpHandler = _load_module(
+    "eval_protocol.log_utils.fireworks_tracing_http_handler",
+    "eval_protocol/log_utils/fireworks_tracing_http_handler.py",
+).FireworksTracingHttpHandler
+
+_rollout_context_module = _load_module(
+    "eval_protocol.log_utils.rollout_context", "eval_protocol/log_utils/rollout_context.py"
 )
+ContextRolloutIdFilter = _rollout_context_module.ContextRolloutIdFilter
+rollout_logging_context = _rollout_context_module.rollout_logging_context
+
+
+def _make_record(message: str = "msg") -> logging.LogRecord:
+    return logging.LogRecord(
+        name="test", level=logging.INFO, pathname=__file__, lineno=0, msg=message, args=(), exc_info=None
+    )
+
+
+def test_context_filter_respects_explicit_rollout_id() -> None:
+    record = _make_record()
+    record.rollout_id = "explicit-rid"
+
+    filt = ContextRolloutIdFilter()
+
+    assert filt.filter(record)
+    assert record.rollout_id == "explicit-rid"
+
+
+def test_context_filter_respects_environment_rollout_id(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("EP_ROLLOUT_ID", "env-rid")
+    record = _make_record()
+
+    filt = ContextRolloutIdFilter()
+
+    try:
+        assert filt.filter(record)
+        assert record.rollout_id == "env-rid"
+    finally:
+        monkeypatch.delenv("EP_ROLLOUT_ID", raising=False)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio