diff --git a/mercurial/obsutil.py b/mercurial/obsutil.py
--- a/mercurial/obsutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/obsutil.py
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
 EFFECTFLAGFIELD = "ef1"
 
 DESCCHANGED = 1 << 0 # action changed the description
+USERCHANGED = 1 << 4 # the user changed
 
 def geteffectflag(relation):
     """ From an obs-marker relation, compute what changed between the
@@ -323,6 +324,10 @@
         if changectx.description() != source.description():
             effects |= DESCCHANGED
 
+        # Check if user has changed
+        if changectx.user() != source.user():
+            effects |= USERCHANGED
+
     return effects
 
 def getobsoleted(repo, tr):
diff --git a/tests/test-obsmarkers-effectflag.t b/tests/test-obsmarkers-effectflag.t
--- a/tests/test-obsmarkers-effectflag.t
+++ b/tests/test-obsmarkers-effectflag.t
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 check result
 
   $ hg debugobsolete --rev .
-  ef4a313b1e0ade55718395d80e6b88c5ccd875eb 5485c92d34330dac9d7a63dc07e1e3373835b964 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'ef1': '0', 'user': 'test'}
+  ef4a313b1e0ade55718395d80e6b88c5ccd875eb 5485c92d34330dac9d7a63dc07e1e3373835b964 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'ef1': '16', 'user': 'test'}
 
 amend touching the date only
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@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
   $ hg debugobsolete --rev .
   3b12912003b4e7aa6df6cded86255006c3c29d27 0 {fad47e5bd78e6aa4db1b5a0a1751bc12563655ff} (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'ef1': '0', 'user': 'test'}
-  fad47e5bd78e6aa4db1b5a0a1751bc12563655ff a94e0fd5f1c81d969381a76eb0d37ce499a44fae 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'ef1': '1', 'user': 'test'}
+  fad47e5bd78e6aa4db1b5a0a1751bc12563655ff a94e0fd5f1c81d969381a76eb0d37ce499a44fae 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'ef1': '17', 'user': 'test'}
 
 rebase not touching the diff
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