diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index f763866..5778206 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ Start with the north star:
   port to **one seam** (`std.os.danos`), so we build `runtime.os` (→ that seam) plus a
   thin `runtime.fs`, retire the `posix` shim, and follow a phased path to
   `zig build-exe hello.zig` running on danos — **not** Linux-ABI emulation.
-- **[threading.md](threading.md) — threads, the std-shaped way.** A design note (not
-  built yet) on `runtime.Thread`: a type that mirrors `std.Thread`'s API (spawn/join,
-  Mutex/Condition) over a **private** thread ABI — several tasks sharing one address
-  space via a `thread_spawn` syscall, futex-backed blocking, aspace refcounting. Why
-  it's the native type and not literal `std.Thread` (the [private ABI](syscall.md)),
-  and why threads stay a narrow opt-in against the [resilience](resilience.md) default.
+- **[threading.md](threading.md) — threads, the std-shaped way.** **Built** (M1–M6):
+  `runtime.Thread` mirrors `std.Thread`'s API (spawn/join/detach, Mutex/Condition/
+  Semaphore) over a **private** thread ABI — several tasks sharing one address space via
+  a `thread_spawn` syscall, futex-backed blocking, aspace refcounting. Why it's the
+  native type and not literal `std.Thread` (the [private ABI](syscall.md)), and why
+  threads stay a narrow opt-in against the [resilience](resilience.md) default. Build
+  plan + gates: [threading-plan.md](threading-plan.md).
 - **[vdso.md](vdso.md) — the vDSO, the public system-call boundary.** A design note
   (not built yet) on keeping `abi.zig` genuinely private: a kernel-supplied, C-ABI
   entry blob mapped into every process as the *only* way into the kernel — so the
diff --git a/docs/threading-plan.md b/docs/threading-plan.md
index e46f884..04a0708 100644
--- a/docs/threading-plan.md
+++ b/docs/threading-plan.md
@@ -240,20 +240,38 @@ green.
 >   `thread-mutex` gate exercises them under real concurrency instead; a host-side mock is
 >   future work.
 
-## M6 — TLS, `getCurrentId` polish, docs, and CI wiring
+## M6 — `getCurrentId`, docs, and CI wiring ✅
 
-- [ ] Per-thread TLS: `thread_spawn` sets `fs.base` to a runtime-allocated per-thread
-      block; enough for `getCurrentId` and a `threadlocal` slot. Only expanded if a
-      consumer needs full `threadlocal`.
-- [ ] `RwLock` / `WaitGroup` if a consumer wants them (else deferred).
-- [ ] All `thread-*` cases wired into [test/qemu_test.py](../test/qemu_test.py);
-      threading.md status line updated to "built"; a short worked example in the doc.
-- [ ] `-Dtest-case=thread-tls`: two threads read `getCurrentId` (distinct) and each
-      writes its own `threadlocal` slot without cross-talk.
+- [x] `getCurrentId` via a small `thread_self = 42` syscall (`runtime.Thread.getCurrentId`
+      returns the kernel task id). **Per-thread `threadlocal` TLS is deferred** — no
+      consumer needs it, and it would require context-switching `fs.base` per task (real
+      kernel + per-switch cost) for an unused feature; threaded binaries have run fine
+      without it through M2–M5. threading.md's TLS reasoning already scoped it as
+      deferred-unless-needed. When a consumer appears, the shape is: `thread_spawn`
+      allocates a per-thread TLS block, sets `fs.base`, and the context switch saves/
+      restores it.
+- [x] `RwLock` / `WaitGroup` deferred (no consumer yet); they slot onto the same
+      `Futex`/`Mutex`/`Condition` when wanted.
+- [x] All `thread-*` cases wired into [test/qemu_test.py](../test/qemu_test.py)
+      (`thread-spawn`/`-join`/`-futex`/`-mutex`/`-id`); threading.md + docs/README.md
+      status updated to **built**; the worked example is threading.md's win-condition.
+- [x] `-Dtest-case=thread-id` (`smp: 4`): two workers read `getCurrentId`; the main
+      thread confirms all three ids are non-zero and distinct — each thread has its own
+      kernel identity. (Renamed from `thread-tls`, which implied `threadlocal`.)
 
-**Gate:** `python3 test/qemu_test.py thread-tls` logs `thread: per-thread id + tls ok`;
-the whole `thread-*` suite plus the full guardrail set pass; default `zig build` is
-clean and `zig build test` is green.
+**Gate (met):** `python3 test/qemu_test.py thread-id` passes; the whole `thread-*` suite
+(`thread-spawn`/`-join`/`-futex`/`-mutex`/`-id`) plus the full guardrail set pass; default
+`zig build` clean, `zig build test` green.
+
+---
+
+## Status: built
+
+M1–M6 complete. danos has `runtime.Thread` — `spawn`/`join`/`detach`, cross-core
+parallelism, futex, and `Mutex`/`Condition`/`Semaphore`, all over a private thread ABI
+behind the runtime. Deferred (with rationale, no consumer yet): `threadlocal` TLS,
+`RwLock`/`WaitGroup`, kernel clear-on-exit for a futex-completion `join`, a per-aspace
+mmap arena / thread-safe runtime heap, and host-side unit tests via a mockable `Futex`.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/threading.md b/docs/threading.md
index 4a9a828..abcd350 100644
--- a/docs/threading.md
+++ b/docs/threading.md
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 # Threading: `runtime.Thread`, a std-shaped API over a private thread ABI
 
-A design note (not built yet) for giving danos **threads** — several tasks sharing
-one address space — through a `runtime.Thread` type that mirrors the shape of Zig's
-`std.Thread` while keeping every kernel entry behind the [runtime](../library/runtime).
-It is forward-looking, like [zig-self-hosting.md](zig-self-hosting.md) and
-[vision.md](vision.md): it fixes the decisions now so the code we write bends toward
-them. The analysis is against **Zig 0.16** (the pinned toolchain); `std.Thread`'s
-internals move between releases, so treat upstream shapes as "0.16.x."
+A note on danos **threads** — several tasks sharing one address space — provided by a
+`runtime.Thread` type that mirrors the shape of Zig's `std.Thread` while keeping every
+kernel entry behind the [runtime](../library/runtime). **Built** (M1–M6, see
+[threading-plan.md](threading-plan.md)): `spawn`/`join`/`detach`, cross-core
+parallelism, a futex (`futex_wait`/`futex_wake`), and a futex-backed
+`Mutex`/`Condition`/`Semaphore`, plus `getCurrentId`/`currentCore`. Deferred by design
+(no consumer yet): per-thread `threadlocal` TLS, `RwLock`/`WaitGroup`, and migrating
+`join` to a futex completion word — see the plan's M5/M6 notes. The analysis is against
+**Zig 0.16** (the pinned toolchain); `std.Thread`'s internals move between releases, so
+treat upstream shapes as "0.16.x."
 
 ## The win condition
 
diff --git a/library/runtime/thread.zig b/library/runtime/thread.zig
index cba45e7..2f84ebb 100644
--- a/library/runtime/thread.zig
+++ b/library/runtime/thread.zig
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ pub const Thread = struct {
         _ = self;
     }
 
+    /// The calling thread's id (its kernel task id). Mirrors `std.Thread.getCurrentId`.
+    pub fn getCurrentId() Id {
+        return @intCast(sc.systemCall0(.thread_self));
+    }
+
     /// The dense 0-based index of the core the calling thread is running on. A danos
     /// extension beyond `std.Thread`, used to observe genuine cross-core parallelism.
     pub fn currentCore() Id {
diff --git a/system/abi.zig b/system/abi.zig
index 509f441..d536237 100644
--- a/system/abi.zig
+++ b/system/abi.zig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ pub const SystemCall = enum(u64) {
     current_core = 39, // current_core() -> index: the dense 0-based index of the core the caller is running on (for parallelism/affinity introspection)
     futex_wait = 40, // futex_wait(addr, expected, timeout_ns) -> status: if *addr == expected, block until woken or the timeout; returns futex_woken/mismatch/timed_out (docs/threading.md)
     futex_wake = 41, // futex_wake(addr, count) -> woken: wake up to `count` tasks blocked in futex_wait on `addr` in this address space
+    thread_self = 42, // thread_self() -> tid: the calling thread's kernel task id (runtime.Thread.getCurrentId)
     _,
 };
 
diff --git a/system/kernel/process.zig b/system/kernel/process.zig
index f3a8762..4fbe9c0 100644
--- a/system/kernel/process.zig
+++ b/system/kernel/process.zig
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ fn system_call(state: *architecture.CpuState) void {
         .shm_physical => systemShmPhysical(state),
         .thread_spawn => systemThreadSpawn(state),
         .current_core => systemCurrentCore(state),
+        .thread_self => systemThreadSelf(state),
         .futex_wait => systemFutexWait(state),
         .futex_wake => systemFutexWake(state),
         .thread_exit => {
@@ -694,6 +695,11 @@ fn systemCurrentCore(state: *architecture.CpuState) void {
     architecture.setSystemCallResult(state, scheduler.currentCpuIndex());
 }
 
+/// thread_self() -> tid: the calling thread's kernel task id.
+fn systemThreadSelf(state: *architecture.CpuState) void {
+    architecture.setSystemCallResult(state, scheduler.currentId());
+}
+
 /// futex_wait(addr, expected, timeout_ns) -> status (docs/threading.md): if the 4-byte
 /// user word at `addr` still equals `expected`, block until a futex_wake on `addr` or
 /// (if timeout_ns > 0) the deadline. The compare and the block are one critical section,
diff --git a/system/kernel/tests.zig b/system/kernel/tests.zig
index 130553c..d1c0f61 100644
--- a/system/kernel/tests.zig
+++ b/system/kernel/tests.zig
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ pub fn run(case: []const u8, boot_information: *const BootInformation) void {
         threadFutexTest(boot_information);
     } else if (eql(case, "thread-mutex")) {
         threadMutexTest(boot_information);
+    } else if (eql(case, "thread-id")) {
+        threadIdTest(boot_information);
     } else if (eql(case, "args")) {
         argsTest(boot_information);
     } else if (eql(case, "init")) {
@@ -1646,6 +1648,47 @@ fn threadMutexTest(boot_information: *const BootInformation) void {
     result();
 }
 
+/// Thread identity (docs/threading-plan.md M6): `thread-test` in id mode spawns two
+/// workers that each read `runtime.Thread.getCurrentId`; the main thread confirms all
+/// three ids are non-zero and distinct — proof each thread has its own kernel identity.
+fn threadIdTest(boot_information: *const BootInformation) void {
+    log("DANOS-TEST-BEGIN: thread-id\n", .{});
+    if (boot_information.initial_ramdisk_len == 0) {
+        check("bootloader handed over an initial_ramdisk", false);
+        result();
+        return;
+    }
+    const image = @as([*]const u8, @ptrFromInt(boot_handoff.physicalToVirtual(boot_information.initial_ramdisk_base)))[0..boot_information.initial_ramdisk_len];
+    const rd = initial_ramdisk.Reader.init(image) orelse {
+        check("initial_ramdisk image is valid", false);
+        result();
+        return;
+    };
+
+    var started = false;
+    var i: u32 = 0;
+    while (i < rd.count) : (i += 1) {
+        const item = rd.entry(i) orelse continue;
+        if (!eql(item.name, "thread-test")) continue;
+        started = if (process.spawnProcess(item.blob, 4, &.{ "thread-test", "id" })) true else |_| false;
+        break;
+    }
+    check("thread-test (id mode) spawned", started);
+
+    const ok_marker = "thread-id: ok";
+    const fail_marker = "thread-id: FAIL";
+    scheduler.setPriority(1);
+    const deadline = architecture.millis() + 12000;
+    while (architecture.millis() < deadline) {
+        if (bufferHas(ok_marker) or bufferHas(fail_marker)) break;
+        scheduler.yield();
+    }
+    scheduler.setPriority(4);
+
+    check("each thread has a distinct, non-zero getCurrentId", bufferHas(ok_marker) and !bufferHas(fail_marker));
+    result();
+}
+
 /// The full PID-1 path: the bootloader read /system/services/init off the boot volume and
 /// handed it over; load it as a user ELF and spawn it as a real ring-3 process
 /// — the same call the normal boot path makes — then confirm it beats. init
diff --git a/system/services/thread-test/thread-test.zig b/system/services/thread-test/thread-test.zig
index e166bd7..bd15643 100644
--- a/system/services/thread-test/thread-test.zig
+++ b/system/services/thread-test/thread-test.zig
@@ -257,6 +257,43 @@ fn runMutexMode() void {
     write("thread-mutex: ok\n"); // the M5 verdict marker
 }
 
+// --- M6: id mode (getCurrentId identity) ------------------------------------
+
+var worker_ids: [2]std.atomic.Value(u32) = .{ std.atomic.Value(u32).init(0), std.atomic.Value(u32).init(0) };
+
+fn idWorker(slot: usize) void {
+    worker_ids[slot].store(runtime.Thread.getCurrentId(), .release);
+}
+
+fn runIdMode() void {
+    write("thread-id: starting\n");
+    const main_id = runtime.Thread.getCurrentId();
+
+    const t0 = runtime.Thread.spawn(.{}, idWorker, .{@as(usize, 0)}) catch {
+        write("thread-id: FAIL spawn\n");
+        return;
+    };
+    const t1 = runtime.Thread.spawn(.{}, idWorker, .{@as(usize, 1)}) catch {
+        write("thread-id: FAIL spawn\n");
+        return;
+    };
+    t0.join();
+    t1.join();
+
+    const id0 = worker_ids[0].load(.acquire);
+    const id1 = worker_ids[1].load(.acquire);
+    // Each thread has its own kernel task id: all three distinct and non-zero.
+    if (main_id == 0 or id0 == 0 or id1 == 0) {
+        write("thread-id: FAIL a thread reported id 0\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (id0 == id1 or id0 == main_id or id1 == main_id) {
+        write("thread-id: FAIL thread ids collided\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    write("thread-id: ok\n"); // the M6 verdict marker
+}
+
 pub fn main(init: runtime.process.Init) void {
     const mode = init.arguments.get(1) orelse "spawn";
     if (std.mem.eql(u8, mode, "join")) {
@@ -265,6 +302,8 @@ pub fn main(init: runtime.process.Init) void {
         runFutexMode();
     } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, mode, "mutex")) {
         runMutexMode();
+    } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, mode, "id")) {
+        runIdMode();
     } else {
         runSpawnMode();
     }
diff --git a/test/qemu_test.py b/test/qemu_test.py
index 0c0b2f7..f5753ec 100644
--- a/test/qemu_test.py
+++ b/test/qemu_test.py
@@ -331,6 +331,14 @@ CASES = [
      "timeout": 60,
      "expect": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: PASS",
      "fail":   r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},
+
+    # docs/threading-plan.md M6: thread identity — getCurrentId is distinct and non-zero
+    # for the main thread and two workers.
+    {"name": "thread-id",
+     "smp":    4,
+     "timeout": 60,
+     "expect": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: PASS",
+     "fail":   r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},
     # Process arguments: argv arrives on the SysV entry stack (argv[0] = the spawned
     # name, argv[1..] = the system_spawn argument blob) and echoes back intact.
     {"name": "args",