diff --git a/spark b/spark
index 9a5a5db90284..0d42cb00d76a 100755
--- a/spark
+++ b/spark
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * this class mainly acts as a passthru to the framework itself.
  */
 
+// @TODO want to make deprecated. Use CLIRequest::isSparked() instead.
 define('SPARKED', true);
 
 /*
@@ -42,7 +43,14 @@ $paths = new Config\Paths();
 chdir(FCPATH);
 
 $bootstrap = rtrim($paths->systemDirectory, '\\/ ') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bootstrap.php';
-$app       = require realpath($bootstrap) ?: $bootstrap;
+
+/** @var CodeIgniter\CodeIgniter $app */
+$app = require realpath($bootstrap) ?: $bootstrap;
+
+// Set sparked CLIRequest in CodeIgniter
+$clirequest = Config\Services::clirequest();
+$clirequest->sparked();
+$app->setRequest($clirequest);
 
 // Grab our Console
 $console = new CodeIgniter\CLI\Console($app);
diff --git a/system/CodeIgniter.php b/system/CodeIgniter.php
index b2d0ea84dbe7..c35e6a292796 100644
--- a/system/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ public function run(?RouteCollectionInterface $routes = null, bool $returnRespon
         }
 
         // spark command has nothing to do with HTTP redirect and 404
-        if (defined('SPARKED')) {
+        if ($this->isSparked()) {
             return $this->handleRequest($routes, $cacheConfig, $returnResponse);
         }
 
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ public function run(?RouteCollectionInterface $routes = null, bool $returnRespon
         }
     }
 
+    private function isSparked(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->request instanceof CLIRequest && $this->request->isSparked();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set our Response instance to "pretend" mode so that things like
      * cookies and headers are not actually sent, allowing PHP 7.2+ to
@@ -385,7 +390,7 @@ protected function handleRequest(?RouteCollectionInterface $routes, Cache $cache
         }
 
         // Never run filters when running through Spark cli
-        if (! defined('SPARKED')) {
+        if (! $this->isSparked()) {
             // Run "before" filters
             $this->benchmark->start('before_filters');
             $possibleResponse = $filters->run($uri, 'before');
@@ -426,7 +431,7 @@ protected function handleRequest(?RouteCollectionInterface $routes, Cache $cache
         $this->gatherOutput($cacheConfig, $returned);
 
         // Never run filters when running through Spark cli
-        if (! defined('SPARKED')) {
+        if (! $this->isSparked()) {
             $filters->setResponse($this->response);
 
             // Run "after" filters
@@ -822,7 +827,7 @@ protected function createController()
     protected function runController($class)
     {
         // If this is a console request then use the input segments as parameters
-        $params = defined('SPARKED') ? $this->request->getSegments() : $this->router->params();
+        $params = $this->isSparked() ? $this->request->getSegments() : $this->router->params();
 
         if (method_exists($class, '_remap')) {
             $output = $class->_remap($this->method, ...$params);
diff --git a/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php b/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
index 11bf598fd36c..ed5cf84cc836 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ class CLIRequest extends Request
      */
     protected $method = 'cli';
 
+    /**
+     * Invoked via spark command?
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $sparked = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -195,6 +202,22 @@ protected function parseCommand()
      */
     public function isCLI(): bool
     {
-        return is_cli();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set sparked true.
+     */
+    public function sparked(): void
+    {
+        $this->sparked = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invoked via spark command?
+     */
+    public function isSparked(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->sparked;
     }
 }
diff --git a/system/HTTP/IncomingRequest.php b/system/HTTP/IncomingRequest.php
index d37f498e2d44..8bd5f33efbe2 100755
--- a/system/HTTP/IncomingRequest.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/IncomingRequest.php
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ public function negotiate(string $type, array $supported, bool $strictMatch = fa
      */
     public function isCLI(): bool
     {
-        return is_cli();
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
index 1c7c23c1c21e..a3ae3cb5f29b 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
@@ -641,4 +641,13 @@ public function testMethodIsCliReturnsAlwaysTrue()
     {
         $this->assertTrue($this->request->isCLI());
     }
+
+    public function testIsSparked()
+    {
+        $this->assertFalse($this->request->isSparked());
+
+        $this->request->sparked();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->request->isCLI());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/IncomingRequestTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/IncomingRequestTest.php
index e8c91268a8e2..72d71cefbac1 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/IncomingRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/IncomingRequestTest.php
@@ -439,8 +439,7 @@ public function testCanGrabGetRawInput()
 
     public function testIsCLI()
     {
-        // this should be the case in unit testing
-        $this->assertTrue($this->request->isCLI());
+        $this->assertFalse($this->request->isCLI());
     }
 
     public function testIsAJAX()