diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Models/CreateBookmarkArgs.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Models/CreateBookmarkArgs.cs
index 477275a95..05df27302 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Models/CreateBookmarkArgs.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Models/CreateBookmarkArgs.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ public class CreateBookmarkArgs
     public bool AutoBurn { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Whether the activity instance ID should be included in the bookmark payload.
+    /// Whether the activity instance ID should be included in the stimulus hash. Defaults to <c>true</c>
+    /// so unset <see cref="CreateBookmarkArgs"/> objects match <c>CreateBookmark()</c> and documented overload defaults.
+    /// Set to <c>false</c> for broadcast-style bookmarks that must resume regardless of activity instance.
     /// </summary>
-    public bool IncludeActivityInstanceId { get; set; }
+    public bool IncludeActivityInstanceId { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Whether the activity being resumed should be automatically completed if CallBack is not specified.
diff --git a/test/unit/Elsa.Workflows.Core.UnitTests/Models/CreateBookmarkArgsTests.cs b/test/unit/Elsa.Workflows.Core.UnitTests/Models/CreateBookmarkArgsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3e290d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/Elsa.Workflows.Core.UnitTests/Models/CreateBookmarkArgsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+using Elsa.Testing.Shared;
+using Elsa.Workflows.Activities;
+using Elsa.Workflows.Models;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Elsa.Workflows.Core.UnitTests.Models;
+
+public class CreateBookmarkArgsTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void NewCreateBookmarkArgs_IncludeActivityInstanceId_DefaultsToTrue()
+    {
+        var args = new CreateBookmarkArgs();
+
+        Assert.True(args.IncludeActivityInstanceId);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void UnsetIncludeActivityInstanceId_InObjectInitializer_IsTrue()
+    {
+        var args = new CreateBookmarkArgs
+        {
+            Stimulus = "order-created"
+        };
+
+        Assert.True(args.IncludeActivityInstanceId);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExplicitFalse_IsPreserved()
+    {
+        var args = new CreateBookmarkArgs
+        {
+            Stimulus = "order-created",
+            IncludeActivityInstanceId = false
+        };
+
+        Assert.False(args.IncludeActivityInstanceId);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CreateBookmark_StimulusConvenience_MatchesParameterlessIdentityInclusion()
+    {
+        var context = await CreateContextAsync();
+
+        var noArgs = context.CreateBookmark();
+        var withStimulus = context.CreateBookmark("order-created");
+
+        Assert.Contains(context.Id, noArgs.Hash);
+        Assert.Contains(context.Id, withStimulus.Hash);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CreateBookmark_UnsetArgs_MatchesStimulusConvenienceHash()
+    {
+        var context = await CreateContextAsync();
+        const string stimulus = "order-created";
+
+        var fromConvenience = context.CreateBookmark(stimulus);
+        var fromUnsetArgs = context.CreateBookmark(new CreateBookmarkArgs
+        {
+            Stimulus = stimulus
+        });
+        var fromCallbackOverload = context.CreateBookmark(stimulus, callback: null);
+
+        Assert.Equal(fromConvenience.Hash, fromUnsetArgs.Hash);
+        Assert.Equal(fromConvenience.Hash, fromCallbackOverload.Hash);
+        Assert.Contains(context.Id, fromUnsetArgs.Hash);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CreateBookmark_ExplicitFalse_ExcludesActivityInstanceIdFromHash()
+    {
+        var context = await CreateContextAsync();
+        const string stimulus = "order-created";
+
+        var included = context.CreateBookmark(stimulus);
+        var excluded = context.CreateBookmark(new CreateBookmarkArgs
+        {
+            Stimulus = stimulus,
+            IncludeActivityInstanceId = false
+        });
+
+        Assert.Contains(context.Id, included.Hash);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(context.Id, excluded.Hash);
+        Assert.NotEqual(included.Hash, excluded.Hash);
+    }
+
+    private static Task<ActivityExecutionContext> CreateContextAsync()
+    {
+        var fixture = new ActivityTestFixture(new WriteLine("test"));
+        fixture.ConfigureServices(services =>
+        {
+            services.AddSingleton<IHasher, ConcatHasher>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IIdentityGenerator, GuidIdentityGenerator>();
+        });
+        return fixture.BuildAsync();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encodes hash inputs so tests can see whether the activity instance ID was passed through.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class ConcatHasher : IHasher
+    {
+        public string Hash(string value) => value;
+
+        public string Hash(params object?[] values) =>
+            string.Join("|", values.Select(value => value?.ToString() ?? string.Empty));
+    }
+}