diff --git a/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskWorkerBuilderExtensions.AzureBlobPayloads.cs b/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskWorkerBuilderExtensions.AzureBlobPayloads.cs
index b690d288..f4da0ac9 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskWorkerBuilderExtensions.AzureBlobPayloads.cs
+++ b/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/DependencyInjection/DurableTaskWorkerBuilderExtensions.AzureBlobPayloads.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static IDurableTaskWorkerBuilder UseExternalizedPayloadsCore(IDurableTaskWorkerB
                 }
 
                 opt.Capabilities.Add(P.WorkerCapability.LargePayloads);
+                opt.ExternalPayloadStoreUri = store.ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri?.ToString();
             });
 
         return builder;
diff --git a/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/BlobPayloadStore.cs b/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/BlobPayloadStore.cs
index e01d2e74..3388d509 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/BlobPayloadStore.cs
+++ b/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/BlobPayloadStore.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ public BlobPayloadStore(LargePayloadStorageOptions options)
         this.containerClient = serviceClient.GetBlobContainerClient(options.ContainerName);
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override Uri? ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri => new BlobUriBuilder(this.containerClient.Uri)
+    {
+        BlobContainerName = string.Empty,
+        BlobName = string.Empty,
+        Sas = null,
+        Query = string.Empty,
+    }.ToUri();
+
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public override async Task<string> UploadAsync(string payLoad, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
diff --git a/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/PayloadStore.cs b/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/PayloadStore.cs
index b0fe6f80..86f5b028 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/PayloadStore.cs
+++ b/src/Extensions/AzureBlobPayloads/PayloadStore/PayloadStore.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DurableTask;
 /// </summary>
 public abstract class PayloadStore
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the non-secret base URI (scheme+host[+account path for emulator]) of the external payload store, or
+    /// <c>null</c> if not applicable. Never contains a secret/SAS/key.
+    /// </summary>
+    public virtual Uri? ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri => null;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Uploads a payload and returns an opaque reference token that can be embedded in orchestration messages.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Grpc/orchestrator_service.proto b/src/Grpc/orchestrator_service.proto
index 3d9194ac..18806215 100644
--- a/src/Grpc/orchestrator_service.proto
+++ b/src/Grpc/orchestrator_service.proto
@@ -832,6 +832,10 @@ message GetWorkItemsRequest {
 
     repeated WorkerCapability capabilities = 10;
     WorkItemFilters workItemFilters = 11;
+
+    // Non-secret base URI of the external payload store (e.g. "https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/") where this
+    // worker externalizes large payloads. Empty when no external payload store is configured. Never contains a secret.
+    string external_payload_store_uri = 12 [json_name = "externalPayloadStoreUri"];
 }
 
 enum WorkerCapability {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorker.Processor.cs b/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorker.Processor.cs
index 6d63f6af..fe1a8c61 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorker.Processor.cs
+++ b/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorker.Processor.cs
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ async ValueTask<OrchestrationRuntimeState> BuildRuntimeStateAsync(
                         workerOptions.Concurrency.MaximumConcurrentEntityWorkItems,
                     Capabilities = { this.worker.grpcOptions.Capabilities },
                     WorkItemFilters = this.worker.workItemFilters?.ToGrpcWorkItemFilters(),
+                    ExternalPayloadStoreUri = this.worker.grpcOptions.ExternalPayloadStoreUri ?? string.Empty,
                 },
                 cancellationToken: cancellation);
         }
diff --git a/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions.cs b/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions.cs
index 59c21a00..3e893aac 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Worker/Grpc/GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ public sealed class GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions : DurableTaskWorkerOptions
     /// </summary>
     public HashSet<P.WorkerCapability> Capabilities { get; } = new() { P.WorkerCapability.HistoryStreaming };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the non-secret external payload store base URI reported to the backend on the work-item
+    /// handshake. Empty/null when not using externalized payloads.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? ExternalPayloadStoreUri { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the maximum size of all actions in a complete orchestration work item chunk.
     /// The default value is 3.9MB. We leave some headroom to account for request size overhead.
diff --git a/test/Worker/Grpc.Tests/ExternalPayloadStoreUriTests.cs b/test/Worker/Grpc.Tests/ExternalPayloadStoreUriTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84b70974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Worker/Grpc.Tests/ExternalPayloadStoreUriTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using Azure.Core;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DurableTask.Worker.Grpc.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for the non-secret external payload store base URI that the worker reports on the work-item handshake.
+/// </summary>
+public class ExternalPayloadStoreUriTests
+{
+    // Well-known Azurite development storage account key. Used here only to prove it is never leaked into the base URI.
+    const string DevelopmentAccountKey =
+        "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==";
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri_EmulatorConnectionString_ReturnsAccountBaseUriWithoutContainerOrSas()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        LargePayloadStorageOptions options = new("UseDevelopmentStorage=true")
+        {
+            ContainerName = "my-payloads",
+        };
+        BlobPayloadStore store = new(options);
+
+        // Act
+        Uri? baseUri = store.ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri;
+
+        // Assert
+        baseUri.Should().NotBeNull();
+        baseUri!.AbsoluteUri.TrimEnd('/').Should().Be("http://127.0.0.1:10000/devstoreaccount1");
+        baseUri.Query.Should().BeEmpty();
+        baseUri.AbsoluteUri.Should().NotContain("my-payloads");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri_ConnectionStringWithAccountKey_ReturnsAccountBaseUriAndNeverLeaksKey()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        LargePayloadStorageOptions options = new(
+            $"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=myaccount;AccountKey={DevelopmentAccountKey};EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net")
+        {
+            ContainerName = "my-payloads",
+        };
+        BlobPayloadStore store = new(options);
+
+        // Act
+        Uri? baseUri = store.ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri;
+
+        // Assert
+        baseUri.Should().Be(new Uri("https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/"));
+        baseUri!.Query.Should().BeEmpty();
+        baseUri.AbsoluteUri.Should().NotContain(DevelopmentAccountKey);
+        baseUri.AbsoluteUri.Should().NotContain("my-payloads");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri_AccountUriAndCredential_ReturnsAccountBaseUriWithoutContainerOrSas()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        LargePayloadStorageOptions options = new(
+            new Uri("https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net"),
+            new FakeTokenCredential())
+        {
+            ContainerName = "my-payloads",
+        };
+        BlobPayloadStore store = new(options);
+
+        // Act
+        Uri? baseUri = store.ExternalPayloadStoreBaseUri;
+
+        // Assert
+        baseUri.Should().Be(new Uri("https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/"));
+        baseUri!.Query.Should().BeEmpty();
+        baseUri.AbsoluteUri.Should().NotContain("my-payloads");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void UseExternalizedPayloads_SetsExternalPayloadStoreUriFromStore()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        ServiceCollection services = new();
+        DefaultDurableTaskWorkerBuilder builder = new(null, services);
+        builder.UseGrpc(GrpcChannel.ForAddress("http://localhost:9001"));
+        builder.UseExternalizedPayloads(opt =>
+        {
+            opt.ContainerName = "my-payloads";
+            opt.ConnectionString = "UseDevelopmentStorage=true";
+        });
+
+        // Act
+        IServiceProvider provider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+        GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions options = provider.GetOptions<GrpcDurableTaskWorkerOptions>();
+
+        // Assert
+        options.ExternalPayloadStoreUri.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
+        options.ExternalPayloadStoreUri!.TrimEnd('/').Should().Be("http://127.0.0.1:10000/devstoreaccount1");
+    }
+
+    sealed class FakeTokenCredential : TokenCredential
+    {
+        public override AccessToken GetToken(TokenRequestContext requestContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            => new("fake-token", DateTimeOffset.MaxValue);
+
+        public override ValueTask<AccessToken> GetTokenAsync(
+            TokenRequestContext requestContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            => new(this.GetToken(requestContext, cancellationToken));
+    }
+}