diff --git a/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts b/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts
index 9741f56f0e..5b3e867ee4 100644
--- a/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts
+++ b/src/services/recommendation-quality-report.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ function trendBuckets(
   return trendPeriods(generatedAt, windowDays).map((period) => {
     const bucketOutcomes = outcomes.filter((outcome) => {
       const timestamp = Date.parse(outcomeTimestamp(outcome));
-      return Number.isFinite(timestamp) && timestamp >= period.startMs && timestamp <= period.endMs;
+      // Half-open buckets [start, end) (final bucket inclusive) so an outcome exactly on an internal
+      // boundary lands in exactly one bucket -- matching qualityRollups and keeping sum(trends) == totals.
+      return Number.isFinite(timestamp) && timestamp >= period.startMs && (period.last ? timestamp <= period.endMs : timestamp < period.endMs);
     });
     return {
       periodStart: period.periodStart,
diff --git a/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts b/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts
index 8337a88bf0..5818ba9b0d 100644
--- a/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/recommendation-quality-report.test.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,32 @@ describe("recommendation quality report", () => {
     expect(JSON.stringify(report.rollups)).not.toMatch(FORBIDDEN_REPORT_TERMS);
   });
 
+  it("assigns internal boundary outcomes to exactly one trend bucket", () => {
+    const report = buildRecommendationQualityReportFromOutcomes(
+      [
+        outcome("boundary", "accepted", {
+          surface: "api",
+          metadata: { role: "miner" },
+          updatedAt: "2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z",
+        }),
+      ],
+      { generatedAt: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", windowDays: 14 },
+    );
+
+    expect(report.totals.total).toBe(1);
+    // The 14-day window splits into two 7-day buckets at 2026-05-25; the boundary outcome belongs to
+    // exactly one bucket (the later one), matching qualityRollups -- not both via an inclusive end.
+    expect(report.trends.map((bucket) => bucket.total)).toEqual([0, 1]);
+    expect(report.trends.reduce((sum, bucket) => sum + bucket.total, 0)).toBe(1);
+    expect(report.rollups).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        periodStart: "2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z",
+        periodEnd: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+        count: 1,
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
   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" })],