@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ class SettleOutcome:
     """``"evm"`` / ``"solana"`` for chain signers; ``None`` otherwise."""
     payment_response_header: str | None = None
     """The ``PAYMENT-RESPONSE`` header to echo (x402 success path). ``None`` for MPP."""
+    payment_receipt_header: str | None = None
+    """The ``Payment-Receipt`` header to echo (MPP success path, paymentauth.org §5).
+    ``None`` for x402 and for the MPP zero-settle carve-out (no receipt minted)."""
     raw: Any = None
     """The underlying settle result. Inspect for power-user fields (facilitator
     diagnostics, raw receipt blobs); prefer the normalized fields above for the
@@ -490,6 +493,11 @@ class MppxComposeOutcome:
     """For ``status=200``: ``"evm"`` / ``"solana"`` depending on the rail."""
     payment_response_header: str | None = None
     """For ``status=200``: optional PAYMENT-RESPONSE header echoed to the agent."""
+    payment_receipt_header: str | None = None
+    """For ``status=200``: serialized ``Payment-Receipt`` header (base64url-encoded
+    receipt struct per pympp's ``Receipt.to_payment_receipt``). Echoed to the agent
+    so spec-strict MPP clients (tempo CLI, etc.) can lift tx_hash + source from
+    headers without parsing the JSON body."""
     raw: Any = None
     """The underlying pympp compose result for ``on_settled`` introspection."""
 
@@ -540,6 +548,41 @@ async def _maybe_await(value: Any) -> Any:
     return value
 
 
+def _extract_mppx_receipt_header_from_raw(raw: Any) -> str | None:
+    """Best-effort ``Payment-Receipt`` extraction from a custom hook's ``raw``.
+
+    Handles the three shapes hand-rolled hooks commonly return on a 200:
+
+    * The raw object itself exposes ``to_payment_receipt()`` (pympp Receipt
+      handed back directly).
+    * ``raw`` is a tuple ``(credential, receipt)`` (the pympp ``Mpp.charge``
+      return shape, unpacked but not re-wrapped).
+    * ``raw`` is a dict with ``receipt`` key, or an object with ``.receipt``
+      attribute (the auto-built hook's ``{"credential", "receipt"}`` dict).
+
+    Returns ``None`` when none of the shapes match, or the receipt's
+    ``to_payment_receipt`` raises: the response then omits the header rather
+    than emitting a malformed value.
+    """
+    candidates: list[Any] = [raw]
+    if isinstance(raw, tuple | list) and len(raw) >= 2:
+        candidates.append(raw[1])
+    if isinstance(raw, dict) and "receipt" in raw:
+        candidates.append(raw["receipt"])
+    if hasattr(raw, "receipt"):
+        candidates.append(raw.receipt)
+    for candidate in candidates:
+        to_header = getattr(candidate, "to_payment_receipt", None)
+        if callable(to_header):
+            try:
+                value = to_header()
+            except Exception:  # noqa: S112
+                continue
+            if isinstance(value, str) and value:
+                return value
+    return None
+
+
 def _resolve_identity_metadata(ctx: CheckoutContext) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
     """Compose the identity_metadata block from request + assess state.
 
@@ -1574,6 +1617,7 @@ async def _handle_zero_settle(self, ctx: CheckoutContext) -> CheckoutResult:
                 signer_address=carve.signer_address,
                 signer_network="evm" if carve.signer_address else None,
                 payment_response_header=None,
+                payment_receipt_header=None,
                 raw=verified,
             )
             return await self._build_success(ctx, outcome)
@@ -1589,6 +1633,7 @@ async def _handle_zero_settle(self, ctx: CheckoutContext) -> CheckoutResult:
             signer_address=carve.signer_address,
             signer_network="evm" if carve.signer_address else None,
             payment_response_header=None,
+            payment_receipt_header=None,
             raw=None,
         )
         return await self._build_success(ctx, outcome)
@@ -1705,6 +1750,7 @@ async def _handle_x402(self, ctx: CheckoutContext) -> CheckoutResult:
             signer_address=x402_signer.address if x402_signer else None,
             signer_network=x402_signer.network if x402_signer else None,
             payment_response_header=settle.payment_response_header,
+            payment_receipt_header=None,
             raw=settle,
         )
         return await self._build_success(ctx, outcome)
@@ -1722,6 +1768,8 @@ async def _handle_mppx(self, ctx: CheckoutContext) -> CheckoutResult:
                 signer_address=composed.signer_address,
                 signer_network=composed.signer_network,
                 payment_response_header=composed.payment_response_header,
+                payment_receipt_header=composed.payment_receipt_header
+                or _extract_mppx_receipt_header_from_raw(composed.raw),
                 raw=composed.raw,
             )
             return await self._build_success(ctx, outcome)
@@ -1862,6 +1910,8 @@ async def _build_success(self, ctx: CheckoutContext, outcome: SettleOutcome) ->
         headers: dict[str, str] = {}
         if outcome.payment_response_header:
             headers["payment-response"] = outcome.payment_response_header
+        if outcome.payment_receipt_header:
+            headers["payment-receipt"] = outcome.payment_receipt_header
         return CheckoutResult(
             status=200,
             body=body,
 
@@ -93,11 +93,15 @@ async def hook(ctx: CheckoutContext) -> MppxComposeOutcome:
                 signer_address = signer.address
                 signer_network = signer.network
 
+        to_header = getattr(receipt, "to_payment_receipt", None)
+        payment_receipt_header = to_header() if callable(to_header) else None
+
         return MppxComposeOutcome(
             status=200,
             tx_hash=tx_hash,
             signer_address=signer_address,
             signer_network=signer_network,
+            payment_receipt_header=payment_receipt_header,
             raw={"credential": credential, "receipt": receipt},
         )
 
 
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "agentscore-commerce"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 description = "Agent commerce SDK for Python — identity middleware (FastAPI, Flask, Django, AIOHTTP, Sanic, ASGI) + payment helpers + 402 builders + discovery + Stripe multichain. The full merchant-side toolkit for AgentScore-powered agent commerce."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 
@@ -300,6 +300,142 @@ async def test_compose_mppx_returns_200_runs_on_settled() -> None:
     on_settled.assert_awaited_once()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_compose_mppx_payment_receipt_header_surfaces_on_response() -> None:
+    """When ``compose_mppx`` populates ``payment_receipt_header``, Checkout echoes
+    it as a ``payment-receipt`` HTTP header on the success response — symmetric
+    to the existing ``payment_response_header`` (x402) behavior."""
+    receipt_header = "eyJzdGF0dXMiOiJzdWNjZXNzIn0"
+    compose_mppx = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=MppxComposeOutcome(status=200, payment_receipt_header=receipt_header),
+    )
+    checkout = Checkout(
+        rails={"tempo": TempoRailSpec(recipient="0xtempo")},
+        url="https://api.example/purchase",
+        compute_pricing=lambda _ctx: PricingResult(amount_usd=10.0),
+        compose_mppx=compose_mppx,
+    )
+    result = await checkout.handle(_req(headers={"authorization": "Payment id=abc"}))
+    assert result.status == 200
+    assert result.headers["payment-receipt"] == receipt_header
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_compose_mppx_omitted_payment_receipt_header_emits_no_header() -> None:
+    """Default ``payment_receipt_header=None`` on the compose outcome must NOT
+    emit an empty ``payment-receipt`` header on the response."""
+    compose_mppx = AsyncMock(return_value=MppxComposeOutcome(status=200))
+    checkout = Checkout(
+        rails={"tempo": TempoRailSpec(recipient="0xtempo")},
+        url="https://api.example/purchase",
+        compute_pricing=lambda _ctx: PricingResult(amount_usd=10.0),
+        compose_mppx=compose_mppx,
+    )
+    result = await checkout.handle(_req(headers={"authorization": "Payment id=abc"}))
+    assert result.status == 200
+    assert "payment-receipt" not in result.headers
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_compose_mppx_auto_extracts_receipt_header_from_raw_dict() -> None:
+    """When a custom compose_mppx returns ``raw={'credential': c, 'receipt': r}``
+    (the auto-built hook's shape) without explicitly setting
+    ``payment_receipt_header``, Checkout lifts the header from ``r.to_payment_receipt()``."""
+
+    class _Receipt:
+        @staticmethod
+        def to_payment_receipt() -> str:
+            return "auto-from-raw-dict"
+
+    compose_mppx = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=MppxComposeOutcome(status=200, raw={"credential": object(), "receipt": _Receipt()}),
+    )
+    checkout = Checkout(
+        rails={"tempo": TempoRailSpec(recipient="0xtempo")},
+        url="https://api.example/purchase",
+        compute_pricing=lambda _ctx: PricingResult(amount_usd=10.0),
+        compose_mppx=compose_mppx,
+    )
+    result = await checkout.handle(_req(headers={"authorization": "Payment id=abc"}))
+    assert result.status == 200
+    assert result.headers["payment-receipt"] == "auto-from-raw-dict"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_compose_mppx_auto_extracts_receipt_header_from_raw_tuple() -> None:
+    """``raw=(credential, receipt)`` (the pympp Mpp.charge return) is also a
+    recognized shape — the second element's ``to_payment_receipt()`` is lifted."""
+
+    class _Receipt:
+        @staticmethod
+        def to_payment_receipt() -> str:
+            return "auto-from-raw-tuple"
+
+    compose_mppx = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=MppxComposeOutcome(status=200, raw=(object(), _Receipt())),
+    )
+    checkout = Checkout(
+        rails={"tempo": TempoRailSpec(recipient="0xtempo")},
+        url="https://api.example/purchase",
+        compute_pricing=lambda _ctx: PricingResult(amount_usd=10.0),
+        compose_mppx=compose_mppx,
+    )
+    result = await checkout.handle(_req(headers={"authorization": "Payment id=abc"}))
+    assert result.status == 200
+    assert result.headers["payment-receipt"] == "auto-from-raw-tuple"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_compose_mppx_explicit_payment_receipt_header_wins_over_raw() -> None:
+    """When the hook sets ``payment_receipt_header`` explicitly, the auto-extract
+    from ``raw`` is NOT consulted."""
+
+    class _Receipt:
+        @staticmethod
+        def to_payment_receipt() -> str:
+            return "auto-IGNORED"
+
+    compose_mppx = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=MppxComposeOutcome(
+            status=200,
+            payment_receipt_header="explicit-value",
+            raw={"receipt": _Receipt()},
+        ),
+    )
+    checkout = Checkout(
+        rails={"tempo": TempoRailSpec(recipient="0xtempo")},
+        url="https://api.example/purchase",
+        compute_pricing=lambda _ctx: PricingResult(amount_usd=10.0),
+        compose_mppx=compose_mppx,
+    )
+    result = await checkout.handle(_req(headers={"authorization": "Payment id=abc"}))
+    assert result.status == 200
+    assert result.headers["payment-receipt"] == "explicit-value"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_compose_mppx_receipt_to_header_that_throws_falls_through() -> None:
+    """If ``to_payment_receipt()`` raises (unsupported pympp version, malformed
+    receipt), the SDK omits the header rather than emitting a malformed value."""
+
+    class _BadReceipt:
+        def to_payment_receipt(self) -> str:
+            raise RuntimeError("malformed receipt")
+
+    compose_mppx = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=MppxComposeOutcome(status=200, raw={"receipt": _BadReceipt()}),
+    )
+    checkout = Checkout(
+        rails={"tempo": TempoRailSpec(recipient="0xtempo")},
+        url="https://api.example/purchase",
+        compute_pricing=lambda _ctx: PricingResult(amount_usd=10.0),
+        compose_mppx=compose_mppx,
+    )
+    result = await checkout.handle(_req(headers={"authorization": "Payment id=abc"}))
+    assert result.status == 200
+    assert "payment-receipt" not in result.headers
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_compose_mppx_returns_402_on_settle_leg_rejects_credential() -> None:
     """When the agent sends Authorization: Payment and mppx returns 402 (credential
 
@@ -274,6 +274,81 @@ class _Ctx:
     assert out.signer_network == "evm"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_make_mppx_compose_hook_serializes_receipt_to_payment_receipt_header() -> None:
+    """When the pympp ``Receipt`` exposes ``to_payment_receipt()``, the compose
+    hook lifts the serialized header onto ``MppxComposeOutcome.payment_receipt_header``
+    so Checkout can echo it as the response's ``Payment-Receipt`` header."""
+
+    class _Credential:
+        source = "did:pkh:eip155:8453:0xABCD000000000000000000000000000000000003"
+
+    class _Receipt:
+        reference = "0xtx_hash"
+        transaction = None
+
+        @staticmethod
+        def to_payment_receipt() -> str:
+            return "eyJzdGF0dXMiOiJzdWNjZXNzIn0"
+
+    class _Mpp:
+        realm = "r"
+
+        async def charge(self, *, authorization: str | None, amount: str) -> tuple:
+            return (_Credential(), _Receipt())
+
+    async def _getter() -> _Mpp:
+        return _Mpp()
+
+    hook = make_mppx_compose_hook(server_getter=_getter)
+
+    class _Pricing:
+        amount_usd = 0.1
+
+    class _Ctx:
+        request = _req({"authorization": "Payment somevalidcred"})
+        pricing = _Pricing()
+
+    out = await hook(_Ctx())
+    assert out.status == 200
+    assert out.payment_receipt_header == "eyJzdGF0dXMiOiJzdWNjZXNzIn0"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_make_mppx_compose_hook_omits_receipt_header_when_unavailable() -> None:
+    """Older pympp Receipts without ``to_payment_receipt()`` leave the header
+    field None rather than raising or fabricating."""
+
+    class _Credential:
+        source = "did:pkh:eip155:8453:0xABCD000000000000000000000000000000000003"
+
+    class _Receipt:
+        reference = "0xtx_hash"
+        transaction = None
+
+    class _Mpp:
+        realm = "r"
+
+        async def charge(self, *, authorization: str | None, amount: str) -> tuple:
+            return (_Credential(), _Receipt())
+
+    async def _getter() -> _Mpp:
+        return _Mpp()
+
+    hook = make_mppx_compose_hook(server_getter=_getter)
+
+    class _Pricing:
+        amount_usd = 0.1
+
+    class _Ctx:
+        request = _req({"authorization": "Payment somevalidcred"})
+        pricing = _Pricing()
+
+    out = await hook(_Ctx())
+    assert out.status == 200
+    assert out.payment_receipt_header is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_make_mppx_compose_hook_returns_402_when_charge_raises() -> None:
     class _Mpp: