diff --git a/server/api/service.go b/server/api/service.go
index d7b5ef4e..d0ffc3c8 100644
--- a/server/api/service.go
+++ b/server/api/service.go
@@ -134,6 +134,28 @@ func (s *Service) logEvent(event observability.Event) {
 	}
 }
 
+// logQueueOutcome logs a queue-ticket mutation's result: the ticket's
+// resulting state on success, or "rejected" on a domain error. It never logs
+// the error text itself -- domain errors here are not documented as
+// credential-free, and the stage name already tells an operator what to look
+// up (the ticket ID, still recorded either way).
+func (s *Service) logQueueOutcome(event, ticketID string, ticket domain.QueueTicket, err error, now time.Time) {
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logEvent(observability.Event{Event: event, QueueID: ticketID, Stage: "rejected", OccurredAt: now})
+		return
+	}
+	s.logEvent(observability.Event{Event: event, QueueID: ticket.TicketID, Stage: strings.ToLower(string(ticket.State)), OccurredAt: now})
+}
+
+// logProposalOutcome mirrors logQueueOutcome for proposal accept/decline.
+func (s *Service) logProposalOutcome(proposalID string, proposal domain.Proposal, err error, now time.Time) {
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logEvent(observability.Event{Event: "proposal_response", ProposalID: proposalID, Stage: "rejected", OccurredAt: now})
+		return
+	}
+	s.logEvent(observability.Event{Event: "proposal_response", ProposalID: proposal.ProposalID, Stage: strings.ToLower(string(proposal.State)), OccurredAt: now})
+}
+
 func (s *Service) Handler() http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	mux.HandleFunc("/healthz", s.health)
@@ -263,9 +285,11 @@ func (s *Service) queueCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if s.QueueBackend != nil {
 		ticket, err := s.QueueBackend.Create(r.Context(), playerID, input.TicketID, key, spec, now)
 		if err != nil {
+			s.logQueueOutcome("queue_create", input.TicketID, ticket, err, now)
 			writeDomainError(w, err)
 			return
 		}
+		s.logQueueOutcome("queue_create", input.TicketID, ticket, nil, now)
 		s.projectCandidate(r.Context(), ticket)
 		s.publishTicketEvent(ticket, now)
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, toQueueResponse(ticket))
@@ -293,9 +317,11 @@ func (s *Service) queueCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	ticket, err := s.Queue.Create(playerID, input.TicketID, key, candidate, now)
 	if err != nil {
+		s.logQueueOutcome("queue_create", input.TicketID, ticket, err, now)
 		writeDomainError(w, err)
 		return
 	}
+	s.logQueueOutcome("queue_create", input.TicketID, ticket, nil, now)
 	s.projectCandidate(r.Context(), ticket)
 	s.publishTicketEvent(ticket, now)
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, toQueueResponse(ticket))
@@ -581,10 +607,16 @@ func (s *Service) queueMutation(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			ticket, err = s.Queue.Cancel(playerID, ticketID, key, revision, now)
 		}
 	}
+	eventName := "queue_heartbeat"
+	if parts[1] == "cancel" {
+		eventName = "queue_cancel"
+	}
 	if err != nil {
+		s.logQueueOutcome(eventName, ticketID, ticket, err, now)
 		writeDomainError(w, err)
 		return
 	}
+	s.logQueueOutcome(eventName, ticketID, ticket, nil, now)
 	if ticket.State == domain.Cancelled {
 		s.removeCandidate(r.Context(), ticket.TicketID)
 	} else {
@@ -679,9 +711,11 @@ func (s *Service) proposalMutation(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		updated, err = proposal.Respond(playerID, key, parts[1] == "accept", revision, now)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
+		s.logProposalOutcome(parts[0], updated, err, now)
 		writeDomainError(w, err)
 		return
 	}
+	s.logProposalOutcome(parts[0], updated, nil, now)
 	if updated.State == domain.Accepted && s.ProposalPromoter != nil {
 		if err := s.ProposalPromoter.Promote(r.Context(), updated, now); err != nil {
 			writeError(w, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, "match_promotion_unavailable")
diff --git a/server/api/service_test.go b/server/api/service_test.go
index 1619a38b..4b013601 100644
--- a/server/api/service_test.go
+++ b/server/api/service_test.go
@@ -1150,6 +1150,93 @@ func TestServerMutationLoggingNeverLeaksRequestSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestQueueAndProposalMutationsLogLifecycleEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Unix(1000, 0).UTC()
+	queueBackend := &queueBackendSpy{}
+	proposal, err := domain.NewProposal("proposal-1", domain.Casual, []string{"player-1", "player-2"}, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	proposalBackend := &proposalBackendSpy{proposal: proposal}
+	var captured []observability.Event
+	service := &Service{
+		SessionBackend:  &sessionBackendSpy{},
+		QueueBackend:    queueBackend,
+		ProposalBackend: proposalBackend,
+		Now:             func() time.Time { return now },
+		Log:             func(event observability.Event) { captured = append(captured, event) },
+	}
+	server := httptest.NewServer(service.Handler())
+	defer server.Close()
+	auth := "Bearer session-1:token-1"
+	request := func(method, path, body string, headers map[string]string) *http.Response {
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest(method, server.URL+path, strings.NewReader(body))
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", auth)
+		for key, value := range headers {
+			req.Header.Set(key, value)
+		}
+		response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		return response
+	}
+
+	create := request(http.MethodPost, "/v1/queue", `{"ticket_id":"ticket-1","playlist":"casual","client_build":"build-1","protocol_version":1}`, map[string]string{"Idempotency-Key": "log-create-key-123456"})
+	if create.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
+		t.Fatalf("create status = %d", create.StatusCode)
+	}
+	create.Body.Close()
+
+	heartbeat := request(http.MethodPost, "/v1/queue/ticket-1/heartbeat", `{}`, map[string]string{"Idempotency-Key": "log-heartbeat-key-123456", "If-Match-Revision": "0"})
+	if heartbeat.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("heartbeat status = %d", heartbeat.StatusCode)
+	}
+	heartbeat.Body.Close()
+
+	cancel := request(http.MethodPost, "/v1/queue/ticket-1/cancel", `{}`, map[string]string{"Idempotency-Key": "log-cancel-key-123456", "If-Match-Revision": "0"})
+	if cancel.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("cancel status = %d", cancel.StatusCode)
+	}
+	cancel.Body.Close()
+
+	respond := request(http.MethodPost, "/v1/proposals/proposal-1/accept", `{}`, map[string]string{"Idempotency-Key": "log-respond-key-123456", "If-Match-Revision": "0"})
+	if respond.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("proposal accept status = %d", respond.StatusCode)
+	}
+	respond.Body.Close()
+
+	// Same stale revision again -- the real domain.Proposal.Respond behind
+	// proposalBackendSpy fences this for real, unlike the dumb queue spy
+	// above, so this proves the rejection path logs too.
+	staleRespond := request(http.MethodPost, "/v1/proposals/proposal-1/accept", `{}`, map[string]string{"Idempotency-Key": "log-respond-key-234567", "If-Match-Revision": "0"})
+	if staleRespond.StatusCode != http.StatusConflict {
+		t.Fatalf("stale proposal accept status = %d", staleRespond.StatusCode)
+	}
+	staleRespond.Body.Close()
+
+	want := []struct{ event, id, stage string }{
+		{"queue_create", "ticket-1", "queued"},
+		{"queue_heartbeat", "ticket-1", "queued"},
+		{"queue_cancel", "ticket-1", "cancelled"},
+		{"proposal_response", "proposal-1", "open"},
+		{"proposal_response", "proposal-1", "rejected"},
+	}
+	if len(captured) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("captured %d events, want %d: %+v", len(captured), len(want), captured)
+	}
+	for i, w := range want {
+		got := captured[i]
+		gotID := got.QueueID
+		if got.Event == "proposal_response" {
+			gotID = got.ProposalID
+		}
+		if got.Event != w.event || gotID != w.id || got.Stage != w.stage {
+			t.Fatalf("event[%d] = %+v, want {%s %s %s}", i, got, w.event, w.id, w.stage)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestServerRegistrationAPIRequiresBoundWorkloadAndValidDigest(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Unix(1000, 0).UTC()
 	binding := domain.WorkloadBinding{AllocationID: "allocation-1", MatchID: "match-1", ServerID: "server-1"}