diff --git a/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts b/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts
index 739ca5d1..7c6e3b33 100644
--- a/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts
+++ b/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type RecommendationQualityTrendBucket = RecommendationQualityTotals & {
 };
 
 export type RecommendationQualityFailureCategory = {
-  category: "closed_without_merge" | "stale" | "ignored" | "low_confidence" | "maintainer_lane";
+  category: "closed_without_merge" | "rejected" | "stale" | "ignored" | "low_confidence" | "maintainer_lane";
   label: string;
   count: number;
   detail: string;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export type RecommendationQualityReport = {
 
 const ROLE_ORDER: RecommendationQualityRole[] = ["miner", "maintainer", "owner", "operator"];
 const POSITIVE_STATES: AgentRecommendationOutcomeState[] = ["accepted", "merged", "improved"];
-const NEGATIVE_STATES: AgentRecommendationOutcomeState[] = ["closed", "stale", "ignored"];
+const NEGATIVE_STATES: AgentRecommendationOutcomeState[] = ["closed", "rejected", "stale", "ignored"];
 
 export async function buildRecommendationQualityReport(
   env: Env,
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ function failureCategoryRows(outcomes: AgentRecommendationOutcomeRecord[]): Reco
       count: outcomes.filter((outcome) => outcome.outcomeState === "closed").length,
       detail: "Recommended work reached a closed terminal state without a merge signal.",
     },
+    {
+      category: "rejected",
+      label: "Changes requested",
+      count: outcomes.filter((outcome) => outcome.outcomeState === "rejected").length,
+      detail: "Recommended PR work received a changes-requested review signal.",
+    },
     {
       category: "stale",
       label: "Stale follow-through",
diff --git a/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts b/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts
index 79eabdab..10713e64 100644
--- a/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,44 @@ describe("recommendation quality report", () => {
     expect(JSON.stringify(report)).not.toMatch(FORBIDDEN_REPORT_TERMS);
   });
 
+  it("counts rejected outcomes as negative recommendations", () => {
+    const rejectedOnly = buildRecommendationQualityReportFromOutcomes(
+      [outcome("rejected", "rejected", { actionType: "monitor_existing_pr", repo: "owner/rejected", updatedAt: "2026-05-30T00:00:00.000Z" })],
+      { generatedAt: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", windowDays: 14 },
+    );
+
+    expect(rejectedOnly).toMatchObject({
+      empty: false,
+      sparse: true,
+      totals: { total: 1, positive: 0, negative: 1, positiveRate: 0 },
+      roleSurfaces: [
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          role: "maintainer",
+          total: 1,
+          positive: 0,
+          negative: 1,
+          topRepos: [expect.objectContaining({ repoFullName: "owner/rejected", signal: "negative" })],
+        }),
+      ],
+      failureCategories: [expect.objectContaining({ category: "rejected", count: 1 })],
+    });
+    expect(rejectedOnly.trends.some((bucket) => bucket.total === 1 && bucket.negative === 1)).toBe(true);
+
+    const mixed = buildRecommendationQualityReportFromOutcomes(
+      [
+        outcome("accepted", "accepted", { repo: "owner/mixed", updatedAt: "2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z" }),
+        outcome("mixed-rejected", "rejected", { repo: "owner/mixed", updatedAt: "2026-05-30T00:00:00.000Z" }),
+        outcome("closed", "closed", { repo: "owner/mixed", updatedAt: "2026-05-31T00:00:00.000Z" }),
+      ],
+      { generatedAt: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", windowDays: 14 },
+    );
+
+    expect(mixed).toMatchObject({
+      totals: { total: 3, positive: 1, negative: 2, positiveRate: 0.333 },
+      roleSurfaces: [expect.objectContaining({ role: "miner", total: 3, positive: 1, negative: 2 })],
+    });
+  });
+
   it("reports empty and sparse private states deterministically", () => {
     const empty = buildRecommendationQualityReportFromOutcomes([], { generatedAt: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", windowDays: 90 });
     expect(empty).toMatchObject({