diff --git a/src/applications/mhv/secure-messaging/containers/App.jsx b/src/applications/mhv/secure-messaging/containers/App.jsx
index 005b31f776d0..623d1a406764 100644
--- a/src/applications/mhv/secure-messaging/containers/App.jsx
+++ b/src/applications/mhv/secure-messaging/containers/App.jsx
@@ -97,7 +97,16 @@ const App = ({ isPilot }) => {
     trackLongTasks: true,
     defaultPrivacyLevel: 'mask-user-input',
   };
-  useDatadogRum(datadogRumConfig);
+  const userDetails = useMemo(
+    () => {
+      return {
+        loggedIn: user?.login?.currentlyLoggedIn,
+        accountUuid: user?.profile?.accountUUid,
+      };
+    },
+    [user],
+  );
+  useDatadogRum(datadogRumConfig, userDetails);
 
   if (featureTogglesLoading) {
     return (
diff --git a/src/platform/mhv/hooks/useDatadogRum.jsx b/src/platform/mhv/hooks/useDatadogRum.jsx
index 88b8ec7d34d0..1562c1b58172 100644
--- a/src/platform/mhv/hooks/useDatadogRum.jsx
+++ b/src/platform/mhv/hooks/useDatadogRum.jsx
@@ -4,28 +4,39 @@ import { datadogRum } from '@datadog/browser-rum';
 import { environment } from '@department-of-veterans-affairs/platform-utilities/exports';
 
 const initializeDatadogRum = config => {
-  if (
-    // Prevent RUM from running on local/CI environments.
-    environment.BASE_URL.indexOf('localhost') < 0 &&
-    // Prevent re-initializing the SDK.
-    !window.DD_RUM?.getInitConfiguration() &&
-    !window.Mocha
-  ) {
-    const datadogRumConfig = config;
-    if (!datadogRumConfig.env) {
-      datadogRumConfig.env = environment.vspEnvironment();
-    }
-    datadogRum.init(datadogRumConfig);
-    datadogRum.startSessionReplayRecording();
+  const datadogRumConfig = config;
+  if (!datadogRumConfig.env) {
+    datadogRumConfig.env = environment.vspEnvironment();
   }
+  datadogRum.init(datadogRumConfig);
+  datadogRum.startSessionReplayRecording();
 };
 
-const useDatadogRum = config => {
+const setRumUser = user => {
+  if (user.loggedIn && environment.isStaging()) {
+    datadogRum.setUser({
+      id: user.accountUuid || 'no-account-uuid-found',
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+const useDatadogRum = (config, userInfo) => {
   useEffect(
     () => {
-      initializeDatadogRum(config);
+      if (
+        // Prevent RUM from running on local/CI environments.
+        environment.BASE_URL.indexOf('localhost') < 0 &&
+        // Prevent re-initializing the SDK.
+        !window.DD_RUM?.getInitConfiguration() &&
+        !window.Mocha
+      ) {
+        initializeDatadogRum(config);
+        if (userInfo) {
+          setRumUser(userInfo);
+        }
+      }
     },
-    [config],
+    [config, userInfo],
   );
 };