diff --git a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryCommit.php b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryCommit.php
--- a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryCommit.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepositoryCommit.php
@@ -466,6 +466,18 @@
     return $data->getCommitDetail('authorPHID');
   }
 
+  public function getEffectiveAuthorPHID() {
+    if ($this->hasAuthorIdentity()) {
+      $identity = $this->getAuthorIdentity();
+      if ($identity->hasEffectiveUser()) {
+        return $identity->getCurrentEffectiveUserPHID();
+      }
+    }
+
+    $data = $this->getCommitData();
+    return $data->getCommitDetail('authorPHID');
+  }
+
   public function getAuditStatusObject() {
     $status = $this->getAuditStatus();
     return DiffusionCommitAuditStatus::newForStatus($status);
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitPublishWorker.php b/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitPublishWorker.php
--- a/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitPublishWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/worker/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitPublishWorker.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
     $data = $commit->getCommitData();
 
-    $author_phid = $data->getCommitDetail('authorPHID');
+    $author_phid = $commit->getEffectiveAuthorPHID();
 
     $revision = DiffusionCommitRevisionQuery::loadRevisionForCommit(
       $viewer,