diff --git a/internal/adapters/store/account.go b/internal/adapters/store/account.go
index d269e2e..780c3f1 100644
--- a/internal/adapters/store/account.go
+++ b/internal/adapters/store/account.go
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ import (
 // Deleting the users row cascades (ON DELETE CASCADE) to videos, transcripts,
 // summaries (→ sink_deliveries), video_connections, and the user_identities map
 // — referential-integrity cascades bypass RLS, so a user's child rows are removed
-// even though the deleting connection is scoped. summary_actions is the exception:
-// it carries a user_id but has NO foreign key to users (migration 002), so the
-// cascade does not reach it; it is deleted explicitly in the same scoped
-// transaction. Deleting an absent user is a no-op (idempotent).
+// even though the deleting connection is scoped. summary_actions and login_events
+// are the exceptions: each carries a user_id but has NO foreign key to users
+// (migrations 002 and 010), so the cascade does not reach them; they are deleted
+// explicitly in the same scoped transaction. Deleting an absent user is a no-op
+// (idempotent).
 //
 // This is tapir-side only (decision 2026-06-03): it removes all tapir data; the
 // Dex login identity is left untouched — a later login simply re-enters
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) error {
 			`DELETE FROM summary_actions WHERE user_id = $1`, userID); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("store: delete summary_actions: %w", err)
 		}
+		if _, err := tx.Exec(ctx,
+			`DELETE FROM login_events WHERE user_id = $1`, userID); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("store: delete login_events: %w", err)
+		}
 		if _, err := tx.Exec(ctx,
 			`DELETE FROM users WHERE id = $1`, userID); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("store: delete user: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/adapters/store/login.go b/internal/adapters/store/login.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5763428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/store/login.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+)
+
+// StampLogin records that the user was active today, throttled to one row per
+// user per day. It is the read-side counterpart to SetAction: the middleware
+// calls it on every authenticated request, but the append happens at most once a
+// day so login_events stays small and the signal clean (one row = one active
+// day, not one request).
+//
+// The check-and-insert is a single atomic statement: the INSERT ... SELECT ...
+// WHERE NOT EXISTS only writes when no row for this user has seen_at in today
+// (date_trunc('day', NOW()), server timezone). It runs through withUser, so the
+// NOT EXISTS probe is itself RLS-scoped to the calling user via the
+// tapir.current_user_id GUC — one user's stamp can never be suppressed or
+// triggered by another user's rows. The explicit user_id predicate also keeps the
+// probe on the (user_id, seen_at) index.
+//
+// A unique constraint is deliberately not used: under concurrent same-day
+// requests the worst case is two rows for one day, which the gate query collapses
+// to a single week bucket anyway — not worth a write-blocking constraint.
+func (s *Store) StampLogin(ctx context.Context, userID string) error {
+	if err := s.withUser(ctx, userID, func(tx pgx.Tx) error {
+		_, err := tx.Exec(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO login_events (user_id)
+			 SELECT $1
+			 WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+			     SELECT 1 FROM login_events
+			      WHERE user_id = $1 AND seen_at >= date_trunc('day', NOW())
+			 )`, userID)
+		return err
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("store: stamp login: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/store/login_test.go b/internal/adapters/store/login_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edf37ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/adapters/store/login_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package store_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// countLoginEvents counts a user's login_events via the superuser pool, which
+// bypasses RLS — so the assertion sees the true row count regardless of scope.
+func countLoginEvents(t *testing.T, p *pgxpool.Pool, userID string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	var n int
+	require.NoError(t, p.QueryRow(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT count(*) FROM login_events WHERE user_id = $1`, userID).Scan(&n))
+	return n
+}
+
+// TestStampLoginThrottlesToOnePerDay: repeated stamps within the same day insert
+// exactly one row — the throttle that keeps login_events one-row-per-active-day.
+func TestStampLoginThrottlesToOnePerDay(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newStore(t)
+	super := rawPool(t)
+	resetDB(t, super)
+	_, err := super.Exec(ctx, `INSERT INTO users (id) VALUES ($1)`, userA)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		require.NoError(t, s.StampLogin(ctx, userA))
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, 1, countLoginEvents(t, super, userA),
+		"three same-day stamps must collapse to one row")
+}
+
+// TestStampLoginRecordsOncePerNewDay: with yesterday's row already present, a
+// stamp today is NOT throttled — it appends the day's row, so distinct active days
+// accumulate (the substrate the gate's distinct-week count reads).
+func TestStampLoginRecordsOncePerNewDay(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newStore(t)
+	super := rawPool(t)
+	resetDB(t, super)
+	_, err := super.Exec(ctx, `INSERT INTO users (id) VALUES ($1)`, userA)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Seed an event dated yesterday (before today's start), so the throttle's
+	// "row exists with seen_at >= start-of-today" probe finds nothing for today.
+	_, err = super.Exec(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO login_events (user_id, seen_at) VALUES ($1, NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day')`, userA)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, s.StampLogin(ctx, userA))
+	require.Equal(t, 2, countLoginEvents(t, super, userA),
+		"a stamp on a new day must append a second row")
+
+	// A second stamp the same day is throttled again.
+	require.NoError(t, s.StampLogin(ctx, userA))
+	require.Equal(t, 2, countLoginEvents(t, super, userA),
+		"the same-day repeat must not add a third row")
+}
+
+// TestStampLoginIsUserScoped: one user's stamp lands only on that user's rows —
+// the throttle probe is RLS-scoped, so user B's existing same-day row neither
+// suppresses nor is touched by user A's stamp.
+func TestStampLoginIsUserScoped(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newStore(t)
+	super := rawPool(t)
+	resetDB(t, super)
+	_, err := super.Exec(ctx, `INSERT INTO users (id) VALUES ($1), ($2)`, userA, userB)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// B already has a same-day row; it must not throttle A's first stamp.
+	_, err = super.Exec(ctx, `INSERT INTO login_events (user_id) VALUES ($1)`, userB)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, s.StampLogin(ctx, userA))
+	require.Equal(t, 1, countLoginEvents(t, super, userA), "A's stamp must record despite B's same-day row")
+	require.Equal(t, 1, countLoginEvents(t, super, userB), "A's stamp must not touch B's rows")
+}
diff --git a/internal/adapters/store/rls_test.go b/internal/adapters/store/rls_test.go
index b4b7385..4f07018 100644
--- a/internal/adapters/store/rls_test.go
+++ b/internal/adapters/store/rls_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 // userIsolatedTables are the tables that carry a user_id and whose policy keys
 // directly off the tapir.current_user_id GUC.
 var userIsolatedTables = []string{
-	"users", "videos", "transcripts", "summaries", "summary_actions", "video_connections",
+	"users", "videos", "transcripts", "summaries", "summary_actions", "login_events", "video_connections",
 }
 
 // allIsolatedTables adds sink_deliveries, whose ownership is derived from its
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ func seedUser(t *testing.T, p *pgxpool.Pool, userID string) seeded {
 		 VALUES ($1, $2, 'watched')`, userID, videoID)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	_, err = p.Exec(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO login_events (user_id) VALUES ($1)`, userID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	_, err = p.Exec(ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO sink_deliveries (summary_id, sink, status)
 		 VALUES ($1, 'store', 'delivered')`, summaryID)
@@ -185,10 +189,12 @@ func TestRLSEnforcesPerUserIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 		{"update transcripts", `UPDATE transcripts SET content = 'hacked' WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 		{"update summaries", `UPDATE summaries SET summary = 'hacked' WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 		{"update summary_actions", `UPDATE summary_actions SET action = 'skipped' WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
+		{"update login_events", `UPDATE login_events SET seen_at = NOW() WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 		{"update sink_deliveries", `UPDATE sink_deliveries SET status = 'hacked' WHERE summary_id = $1`, b.summaryID},
 		{"update video_connections", `UPDATE video_connections SET token_ref = 'hacked' WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 		{"delete summaries", `DELETE FROM summaries WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 		{"delete summary_actions", `DELETE FROM summary_actions WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
+		{"delete login_events", `DELETE FROM login_events WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 		{"delete sink_deliveries", `DELETE FROM sink_deliveries WHERE summary_id = $1`, b.summaryID},
 		{"delete video_connections", `DELETE FROM video_connections WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID},
 	}
@@ -205,17 +211,20 @@ func TestRLSEnforcesPerUserIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 		`SELECT summary FROM summaries WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID).Scan(&bSummary))
 	require.Equal(t, "sum", bSummary, "B's summary must be untouched by A's writes")
 
-	var bSummaries, bActions, bDeliveries, bConnections int
+	var bSummaries, bActions, bLogins, bDeliveries, bConnections int
 	require.NoError(t, super.QueryRow(ctx,
 		`SELECT count(*) FROM summaries WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID).Scan(&bSummaries))
 	require.NoError(t, super.QueryRow(ctx,
 		`SELECT count(*) FROM summary_actions WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID).Scan(&bActions))
+	require.NoError(t, super.QueryRow(ctx,
+		`SELECT count(*) FROM login_events WHERE user_id = $1`, b.userID).Scan(&bLogins))
 	require.NoError(t, super.QueryRow(ctx,
 		fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT count(*) FROM sink_deliveries WHERE summary_id = '%s'`, b.summaryID)).Scan(&bDeliveries))
 	require.NoError(t, super.QueryRow(ctx,
 		`SELECT count(*) FROM video_connections WHERE user_id = $1 AND token_ref <> 'hacked'`, b.userID).Scan(&bConnections))
 	require.Equal(t, 1, bSummaries, "A's DELETE must not have removed B's summary")
 	require.Equal(t, 1, bActions, "A's DELETE must not have removed B's action")
+	require.Equal(t, 1, bLogins, "A's DELETE must not have removed B's login event")
 	require.Equal(t, 1, bDeliveries, "A's DELETE must not have removed B's delivery")
 	require.Equal(t, 1, bConnections, "A's writes must not have touched B's connection")