diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
index 6177868303..b19218647b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export async function trigger(ctx: UserCtx) {
         automation,
         {
           fields: ctx.request.body.fields,
+          user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
           timeout:
             ctx.request.body.timeout * 1000 || env.AUTOMATION_THREAD_TIMEOUT,
         },
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ export async function trigger(ctx: UserCtx) {
     await triggers.externalTrigger(automation, {
       ...ctx.request.body,
       appId: ctx.appId,
+      user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
     })
     ctx.body = {
       message: `Automation ${automation._id} has been triggered.`,
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ export async function test(ctx: UserCtx) {
     {
       ...testInput,
       appId: ctx.appId,
+      user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
     },
     { getResponses: true }
   )
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
index 60775ce628..4d40476b7c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ export async function patch(
     }
     ctx.status = 200
     ctx.eventEmitter &&
-      ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow(`row:update`, appId, row, table, oldRow)
+      ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow({
+        eventName: `row:update`,
+        appId,
+        row,
+        table,
+        oldRow,
+        user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
+      })
     ctx.message = `${table.name} updated successfully.`
     ctx.body = row
     gridSocket?.emitRowUpdate(ctx, row)
@@ -96,7 +103,14 @@ export const save = async (ctx: UserCtx<Row, Row>) => {
         sdk.rows.save(sourceId, ctx.request.body, ctx.user?._id)
       )
   ctx.status = 200
-  ctx.eventEmitter && ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow(`row:save`, appId, row, table)
+  ctx.eventEmitter &&
+    ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow({
+      eventName: `row:save`,
+      appId,
+      row,
+      table,
+      user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
+    })
   ctx.message = `${table.name} saved successfully`
   // prefer squashed for response
   ctx.body = row || squashed
@@ -168,10 +182,15 @@ async function deleteRows(ctx: UserCtx<DeleteRowRequest>) {
   }
 
   for (let row of rows) {
-    ctx.eventEmitter && ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow(`row:delete`, appId, row)
+    ctx.eventEmitter &&
+      ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow({
+        eventName: `row:delete`,
+        appId,
+        row,
+        user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
+      })
     gridSocket?.emitRowDeletion(ctx, row)
   }
-
   return rows
 }
 
@@ -184,7 +203,13 @@ async function deleteRow(ctx: UserCtx<DeleteRowRequest>) {
     await quotas.removeRow()
   }
 
-  ctx.eventEmitter && ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow(`row:delete`, appId, resp.row)
+  ctx.eventEmitter &&
+    ctx.eventEmitter.emitRow({
+      eventName: `row:delete`,
+      appId,
+      row: resp.row,
+      user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
+    })
   gridSocket?.emitRowDeletion(ctx, resp.row)
 
   return resp
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/run.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/run.ts
index c4b6a276bf..05bdb7bace 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/run.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/run.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ export async function run(ctx: Ctx<RowActionTriggerRequest, void>) {
   const { tableId, actionId } = ctx.params
   const { rowId } = ctx.request.body
 
-  await sdk.rowActions.run(tableId, actionId, rowId)
+  await sdk.rowActions.run(tableId, actionId, rowId, ctx.user)
   ctx.status = 200
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts
index 7140f3486e..9f9a33c73b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts
@@ -767,7 +767,6 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
     it("can trigger an automation given valid data", async () => {
       expect(await getAutomationLogs()).toBeEmpty()
       await config.api.rowAction.trigger(viewId, rowAction.id, { rowId })
-
       const automationLogs = await getAutomationLogs()
       expect(automationLogs).toEqual([
         expect.objectContaining({
@@ -783,6 +782,10 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
                 ...(await config.api.table.get(tableId)),
                 views: expect.anything(),
               },
+              user: expect.objectContaining({
+                _id: "ro_ta_users_" + config.getUser()._id,
+              }),
+
               automation: expect.objectContaining({
                 _id: rowAction.automationId,
               }),
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/scenarios/scenarios.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/scenarios/scenarios.spec.ts
index 850a04a95a..358aba35c8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/scenarios/scenarios.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/scenarios/scenarios.spec.ts
@@ -482,4 +482,38 @@ describe("Automation Scenarios", () => {
       }
     )
   })
+
+  it("Check user is passed through from row trigger", async () => {
+    const table = await config.createTable()
+
+    const builder = createAutomationBuilder({
+      name: "Test a user is successfully passed from the trigger",
+    })
+
+    const results = await builder
+      .rowUpdated(
+        { tableId: table._id! },
+        {
+          row: { name: "Test", description: "TEST" },
+          id: "1234",
+        }
+      )
+      .serverLog({ text: "{{ [user].[email] }}" })
+      .run()
+
+    expect(results.steps[0].outputs.message).toContain("example.com")
+  })
+
+  it("Check user is passed through from app trigger", async () => {
+    const builder = createAutomationBuilder({
+      name: "Test a user is successfully passed from the trigger",
+    })
+
+    const results = await builder
+      .appAction({ fields: {} })
+      .serverLog({ text: "{{ [user].[email] }}" })
+      .run()
+
+    expect(results.steps[0].outputs.message).toContain("example.com")
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
index 110ccfa37a..70fda1f237 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   AutomationStoppedReason,
   AutomationStatus,
   AutomationRowEvent,
+  UserBindings,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { executeInThread } from "../threads/automation"
 import { dataFilters, sdk } from "@budibase/shared-core"
@@ -140,7 +141,12 @@ function rowPassesFilters(row: Row, filters: SearchFilters) {
 
 export async function externalTrigger(
   automation: Automation,
-  params: { fields: Record<string, any>; timeout?: number; appId?: string },
+  params: {
+    fields: Record<string, any>
+    timeout?: number
+    appId?: string
+    user?: UserBindings
+  },
   { getResponses }: { getResponses?: boolean } = {}
 ): Promise<any> {
   if (automation.disabled) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/definitions/automations.ts b/packages/server/src/definitions/automations.ts
index 9433075da7..d551584fd1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/definitions/automations.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/definitions/automations.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AutomationResults, LoopStepType } from "@budibase/types"
+import { AutomationResults, LoopStepType, UserBindings } from "@budibase/types"
 
 export interface LoopInput {
   option: LoopStepType
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ export interface AutomationContext extends AutomationResults {
   stepsById: Record<string, any>
   stepsByName: Record<string, any>
   env?: Record<string, string>
+  user?: UserBindings
   trigger: any
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/events/AutomationEmitter.ts b/packages/server/src/events/AutomationEmitter.ts
index 32fd130929..a63273bdc0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/events/AutomationEmitter.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/events/AutomationEmitter.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,17 @@ class AutomationEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  async emitRow(eventName: string, appId: string, row: Row, table?: Table) {
+  async emitRow({
+    eventName,
+    appId,
+    row,
+    table,
+  }: {
+    eventName: string
+    appId: string
+    row: Row
+    table?: Table
+  }) {
     let MAX_AUTOMATION_CHAIN = await this.getMaxAutomationChain()
 
     // don't emit even if we've reached max automation chain
diff --git a/packages/server/src/events/BudibaseEmitter.ts b/packages/server/src/events/BudibaseEmitter.ts
index 8feb36bbf5..c8983096d0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/events/BudibaseEmitter.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/events/BudibaseEmitter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import { rowEmission, tableEmission } from "./utils"
-import { Table, Row } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Table, Row, User } from "@budibase/types"
 
 /**
  * keeping event emitter in one central location as it might be used for things other than
@@ -13,14 +13,22 @@ import { Table, Row } from "@budibase/types"
  * This is specifically quite important for template strings used in automations.
  */
 class BudibaseEmitter extends EventEmitter {
-  emitRow(
-    eventName: string,
-    appId: string,
-    row: Row,
-    table?: Table,
+  emitRow({
+    eventName,
+    appId,
+    row,
+    table,
+    oldRow,
+    user,
+  }: {
+    eventName: string
+    appId: string
+    row: Row
+    table?: Table
     oldRow?: Row
-  ) {
-    rowEmission({ emitter: this, eventName, appId, row, table, oldRow })
+    user: User
+  }) {
+    rowEmission({ emitter: this, eventName, appId, row, table, oldRow, user })
   }
 
   emitTable(eventName: string, appId: string, table?: Table) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/events/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/events/utils.ts
index b972c8e473..5e4a1bebbf 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/events/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/events/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Table, Row } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Table, Row, User } from "@budibase/types"
 import BudibaseEmitter from "./BudibaseEmitter"
 
 type BBEventOpts = {
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type BBEventOpts = {
   row?: Row
   oldRow?: Row
   metadata?: any
+  user?: User
 }
 
 interface BBEventTable extends Table {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ type BBEvent = {
   id?: string
   revision?: string
   metadata?: any
+  user?: User
 }
 
 export function rowEmission({
@@ -34,12 +36,14 @@ export function rowEmission({
   table,
   metadata,
   oldRow,
+  user,
 }: BBEventOpts) {
   let event: BBEvent = {
     row,
     oldRow,
     appId,
     tableId: row?.tableId,
+    user,
   }
   if (table) {
     event.table = table
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts
index 3d8a6fd9be..ed87133b5d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   AutomationTriggerStepId,
   SEPARATOR,
   TableRowActions,
+  User,
   VirtualDocumentType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { generateRowActionsID } from "../../db/utils"
@@ -236,7 +237,12 @@ export async function remove(tableId: string, rowActionId: string) {
   })
 }
 
-export async function run(tableId: any, rowActionId: any, rowId: string) {
+export async function run(
+  tableId: any,
+  rowActionId: any,
+  rowId: string,
+  user: User
+) {
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
   if (!table) {
     throw new HTTPError("Table not found", 404)
@@ -258,6 +264,7 @@ export async function run(tableId: any, rowActionId: any, rowId: string) {
         row,
         table,
       },
+      user,
       appId: context.getAppId(),
     },
     { getResponses: true }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/users/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/users/utils.ts
index 74389a1444..8266d3e28a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/users/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/users/utils.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   UserMetadata,
   Database,
   ContextUserMetadata,
+  UserBindings,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 
 export function combineMetadataAndUser(
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ export async function syncGlobalUsers() {
   }
 }
 
-export function getUserContextBindings(user: ContextUser) {
+export function getUserContextBindings(user: ContextUser): UserBindings {
   if (!user) {
     return {}
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
index 3b47634663..0f17b44424 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   BranchStep,
   LoopStep,
   SearchFilters,
+  UserBindings,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { AutomationContext, TriggerOutput } from "../definitions/automations"
 import { WorkerCallback } from "./definitions"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ class Orchestrator {
   private loopStepOutputs: LoopStep[]
   private stopped: boolean
   private executionOutput: Omit<AutomationContext, "stepsByName" | "stepsById">
+  private currentUser: UserBindings | undefined
 
   constructor(job: AutomationJob) {
     let automation = job.data.automation
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ class Orchestrator {
     this.updateExecutionOutput(triggerId, triggerStepId, null, triggerOutput)
     this.loopStepOutputs = []
     this.stopped = false
+    this.currentUser = triggerOutput.user
   }
 
   cleanupTriggerOutputs(stepId: string, triggerOutput: TriggerOutput) {
@@ -258,6 +261,7 @@ class Orchestrator {
           automationId: this.automation._id,
         })
         this.context.env = await sdkUtils.getEnvironmentVariables()
+        this.context.user = this.currentUser
 
         let metadata
 
@@ -572,7 +576,6 @@ class Orchestrator {
           originalStepInput,
           this.processContext(this.context)
         )
-
         inputs = automationUtils.cleanInputValues(inputs, step.schema.inputs)
 
         const outputs = await stepFn({
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts
index effe99a328..1af892d8d1 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export type UpdatedRowEventEmitter = {
   oldRow: Row
   table: Table
   appId: string
+  user: User
 }
 
 export enum LoopStepType {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/global/user.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/global/user.ts
index a1c5b2506f..829a171843 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/global/user.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/global/user.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ export interface User extends Document {
   appSort?: string
 }
 
+export interface UserBindings extends Document {
+  firstName?: string
+  lastName?: string
+  email?: string
+  status?: string
+  roleId?: string | null
+  globalId?: string
+  userId?: string
+}
+
 export enum UserStatus {
   ACTIVE = "active",
   INACTIVE = "inactive",
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/automations/index.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/automations/index.ts
index d04f126c32..9ceded03ee 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/automations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/automations/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { Automation, AutomationMetadata, Row } from "../../documents"
+import {
+  Automation,
+  AutomationMetadata,
+  Row,
+  UserBindings,
+} from "../../documents"
 import { Job } from "bull"
 
 export interface AutomationDataEvent {
@@ -8,6 +13,7 @@ export interface AutomationDataEvent {
   timeout?: number
   row?: Row
   oldRow?: Row
+  user?: UserBindings
 }
 
 export interface AutomationData {