diff --git a/lib/emails/__tests__/sendEmailHandler.test.ts b/lib/emails/__tests__/sendEmailHandler.test.ts
index 8bc132c1..37c74386 100644
--- a/lib/emails/__tests__/sendEmailHandler.test.ts
+++ b/lib/emails/__tests__/sendEmailHandler.test.ts
@@ -104,4 +104,34 @@ describe("sendEmailHandler", () => {
       expect.objectContaining({ status: "send_failed" }),
     );
   });
+  // sendEmailHandler dropped the account on the rejected branch, so every
+  // account-scoped email_send_log audit under-reported: the six rejections in
+  // the 2026-07-27 scheduled-run incident were findable only by filtering
+  // raw_body on the recipient (chat#1889 row 26).
+  it("records the account on a rejected attempt when validation resolved one", async () => {
+    mockValidateSendEmailBody.mockResolvedValue({
+      rawBody: '{"account_id":"account-123"}',
+      accountId: "account-123",
+      error: NextResponse.json({ status: "error" }, { status: 403 }),
+    });
+
+    await sendEmailHandler(createRequest());
+
+    expect(mockLogEmailAttempt).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ status: "rejected", accountId: "account-123" }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("still logs a rejected attempt when no account could be resolved", async () => {
+    mockValidateSendEmailBody.mockResolvedValue({
+      rawBody: "{}",
+      error: NextResponse.json({ status: "error" }, { status: 400 }),
+    });
+
+    await sendEmailHandler(createRequest());
+
+    expect(mockLogEmailAttempt).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ status: "rejected", accountId: undefined }),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/emails/__tests__/validateSendEmailBody.test.ts b/lib/emails/__tests__/validateSendEmailBody.test.ts
index 07b0f512..a9881465 100644
--- a/lib/emails/__tests__/validateSendEmailBody.test.ts
+++ b/lib/emails/__tests__/validateSendEmailBody.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,22 @@ describe("validateSendEmailBody", () => {
       }
     });
 
+    // Without the account on the rejected result, an account-scoped
+    // email_send_log audit misses this send entirely (chat#1889 row 26).
+    it("carries the authenticated account on the rejected result", async () => {
+      mockAssertRecipientsAllowed.mockResolvedValue({
+        allowed: false,
+        disallowed: ["stranger@example.com"],
+      });
+      const request = createRequest(
+        { to: ["stranger@example.com"], subject: "Hi", text: "body" },
+        { "x-api-key": "test-api-key" },
+      );
+      const result = await validateSendEmailBody(request);
+
+      expect("error" in result && result.accountId).toBe("account-123");
+    });
+
     it("checks to + cc together against the authenticated account", async () => {
       const request = createRequest(
         { to: ["a@example.com"], cc: ["b@example.com"], subject: "Hi", text: "body" },
diff --git a/lib/emails/sendEmailHandler.ts b/lib/emails/sendEmailHandler.ts
index 6fcc3ab5..e5aa86aa 100644
--- a/lib/emails/sendEmailHandler.ts
+++ b/lib/emails/sendEmailHandler.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ export async function sendEmailHandler(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextRespon
     }
   } else {
     response = validated.error;
-    attempt = { status: "rejected" };
+    // Carry the account through: dropping it here made every account-scoped
+    // email_send_log audit under-report, so the six rejections in the
+    // 2026-07-27 scheduled-run incident were findable only by filtering
+    // raw_body on the recipient (chat#1889).
+    attempt = { status: "rejected", accountId: validated.accountId };
   }
 
   await logEmailAttempt({ rawBody: validated.rawBody, ...attempt });
diff --git a/lib/emails/validateSendEmailBody.ts b/lib/emails/validateSendEmailBody.ts
index 3b88a94c..2a8cff86 100644
--- a/lib/emails/validateSendEmailBody.ts
+++ b/lib/emails/validateSendEmailBody.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,18 @@ export type ValidatedSendEmailRequest = Omit<SendEmailBody, "to" | "subject"> &
  * Validation outcome. Always carries `rawBody` — the request body as received —
  * so the handler can record it in `email_send_log` on both the rejected and the
  * accepted paths without re-reading the request.
+ *
+ * The rejected branch also carries `accountId` whenever one could be resolved,
+ * so an account-scoped `email_send_log` audit sees failures and not just
+ * successes. **It is the best-known account, not proof of authorization:** it is
+ * the authenticated account when auth succeeded and the request was rejected
+ * later (no recipient on file, recipient restriction), but the account the body
+ * *claimed* when auth itself failed — which is the case that matters, since an
+ * expired credential is exactly how a legitimate account's sends go missing from
+ * the audit (chat#1889). Never read it as evidence a caller held the account.
  */
 export type ValidateSendEmailResult =
-  | { rawBody: string; error: NextResponse }
+  | { rawBody: string; accountId?: string; error: NextResponse }
   | { rawBody: string; data: ValidatedSendEmailRequest };
 
 /**
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ export async function validateSendEmailBody(
 
   const authContext = await validateAuthContext(request, { accountId: result.data.account_id });
   if (authContext instanceof NextResponse) {
-    return { rawBody, error: authContext };
+    return { rawBody, accountId: result.data.account_id, error: authContext };
   }
 
   let to = result.data.to ?? [];
@@ -93,6 +102,7 @@ export async function validateSendEmailBody(
     if (to.length === 0) {
       return {
         rawBody,
+        accountId: authContext.accountId,
         error: NextResponse.json(
           { status: "error", error: "No email address found for the authenticated account." },
           { status: 400, headers: getCorsHeaders() },
@@ -108,6 +118,7 @@ export async function validateSendEmailBody(
   if (recipientCheck.allowed === false) {
     return {
       rawBody,
+      accountId: authContext.accountId,
       error: NextResponse.json(
         {
           status: "error",