diff --git a/.github/actions/log-api-budget/action.yml b/.github/actions/log-api-budget/action.yml
index 303fb80e546..d0863463f1a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/log-api-budget/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/log-api-budget/action.yml
@@ -43,13 +43,10 @@ runs:
           printf '%s\n' "$lines"
           sed 's/^::notice title=api-budget::/api-budget: /' <<<"$lines" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           # This job's own calls, one reading each: unlike cost, no other job's.
-          # A notice, as the hub reads annotations, not the log; its message
-          # escaped as workflow commands require.
-          calls=$(awk '$1 != 304 { n++ } $1 == 304 { m++ } END { printf "%s=%d not-modified=%d", token, n, m }' token="$name" "$RUNNER_TEMP/api-budget/$name")
-          notice=${calls//%/%25}
-          notice=${notice//$'\r'/%0D}
-          echo "::notice title=api-calls::${notice//$'\n'/%0A}"
-          echo "api-calls $calls" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          # A notice, as the hub reads annotations, not the log.
+          calls=$(api_budget_emit_calls "$name")
+          printf '%s\n' "$calls"
+          echo "api-calls ${calls#*title=api-calls::}" >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           cost=${lines##*cost=}
           costs+=("$name-cost=${cost/na/unknown}")
         done
diff --git a/.github/actions/log-api-budget/api-budget.bash b/.github/actions/log-api-budget/api-budget.bash
index f777f289a70..776124bdad7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/log-api-budget/api-budget.bash
+++ b/.github/actions/log-api-budget/api-budget.bash
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 #                               with the same reset and resource, else na
 #   api_budget_emit_content     the notice for the job's content-creating
 #                               writes: count and most in any 60 s
+#   api_budget_emit_calls <token>...
+#                               the hub's api-calls notice for each token with
+#                               a reading, `<token>=N not-modified=M`: N is
+#                               the job's own calls, M its 304 answers, which
+#                               GitHub does not count
 #
 # pr-require-checks.yml's ci-status job carries this file verbatim in its
 # API_BUDGET_SH env (it has no checkout of this directory);
@@ -367,6 +372,16 @@ api_budget_emit_content() {
   return 0
 }
 
+api_budget_emit_calls() {
+  local token file
+  for token; do
+    file=${RUNNER_TEMP:-}/api-budget/$token
+    [[ -n ${RUNNER_TEMP:-} && $token =~ ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,39}$ && -s $file ]] || continue
+    awk '$1 != 304 { n++ } $1 == 304 { m++ } END { printf "::notice title=api-calls::%s=%d not-modified=%d\n", token, n, m }' token="$token" "$file"
+  done
+  return 0
+}
+
 api_budget_emit() {
   local token file where workflow=${GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF:-}
   workflow=${workflow%%@*}
diff --git a/.github/actions/log-api-budget/log-api-budget.test.mjs b/.github/actions/log-api-budget/log-api-budget.test.mjs
index 489ec2f6ac5..052d03be5a2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/log-api-budget/log-api-budget.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/actions/log-api-budget/log-api-budget.test.mjs
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ test("each heavy lane job names its API_BUDGET_TOKEN and ends with the log-api-b
     // label-unblocked's ACTIONS_TOKEN client records under github-token, so
     // that job logs both: [API_BUDGET_TOKEN, the tokens it logs].
     "work-unblock.yml": { "wip-state": "github-token", "label-unblocked": ["lanes-app", "lanes-app github-token"] },
+    "pr-merge.yml": { "post-merge-dispatch": "github-token" },
+    "intake-reenter.yml": { reenter: "github-token" },
   };
   for (const [file, tokens] of Object.entries(jobs)) {
     const text = readFileSync(new URL(`../../workflows/${file}`, import.meta.url), "utf8");
@@ -672,6 +674,10 @@ test("ci-status carries api-budget.bash verbatim in its API_BUDGET_SH env", () =
   assert.equal(carried, readFileSync(LIB, "utf8"));
 });
 
+test("ci-status emits the api-calls notice beside its api-budget notice", () => {
+  assert.match(CI, /api_budget_emit github-token; api_budget_emit_calls github-token; /);
+});
+
 // pr-feedback-dispatch.yml's post-verify-notes and rerun-ci-status jobs post
 // no other notice, so without these lines their calls go unattributed.
 // post-verify-notes' notice covers only its artifact listing, the one call
diff --git a/.github/scripts/pr-merge/merge-job.test.mjs b/.github/scripts/pr-merge/merge-job.test.mjs
index cf337dcfa3e..2b84cc098f1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/pr-merge/merge-job.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/pr-merge/merge-job.test.mjs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ test("the re-dispatch for earlier lane merges waits on neither the listing nor t
       "Record the re-run",
       "Send a red full run to the demotion alert",
       "Record the alert sent",
+      "Log the API budget at the end",
     ],
   );
   assert.doesNotMatch(early, /steps\.candidates|steps\.gate|needs\.merge/);
@@ -1896,7 +1897,11 @@ test("the alert send runs after the re-run while the lane is live, and stops aft
     /\n {8}if: >-\n {10}!cancelled\(\)\n {10}&& steps\.kill\.outputs\.proceed == 'true'\n {10}&& steps\.mode\.outputs\.live == 'true'\n {10}&& steps\.post-merge\.outputs\.code != '75'\n {10}&& steps\.cover\.outputs\.rate-limited != 'true'\n {10}&& steps\.dispatch\.outputs\.rate-limited != 'true'\n {10}&& steps\.rerun\.outputs\.rate-limited != 'true'\n/,
   );
   const names = list.map((s) => s.name);
-  assert.deepEqual(names.slice(-2), ["Send a red full run to the demotion alert", "Record the alert sent"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(names.slice(-3), [
+    "Send a red full run to the demotion alert",
+    "Record the alert sent",
+    "Log the API budget at the end",
+  ]);
 });
 
 // The scheduled job's cover read, run with .base at this checkout (the rate
diff --git a/.github/workflows/intake-reenter.yml b/.github/workflows/intake-reenter.yml
index 559d732fb24..f5327894cf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/intake-reenter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/intake-reenter.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: intake-reenter-${{ github.event.issue.number }}
       queue: max
+    # Each guarded API call's rate-limit reading, for the job-end api-budget
+    # notice (.github/actions/log-api-budget).
+    env:
+      API_BUDGET_TOKEN: github-token
     steps:
       - name: Check out the default branch tip
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -114,3 +118,11 @@ jobs:
           TRUSTED_ACTORS_PATH: .base/.github/standards/trusted-actors/trusted-actors.json
           KILL_SWITCH: proceed
         run: node .base/.github/scripts/intake-reenter/reenter.mjs
+
+      - name: Log the API budget at the end
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        uses: ./.base/.github/actions/log-api-budget # zizmor: ignore[self-repository]
+        with:
+          tokens: github-token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-merge.yml
index 0f37fcaf66b..7bbbaa05a8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-merge.yml
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ jobs:
       # The pool and reset a rate limit stopped this job's GITHUB_TOKEN calls on,
       # if one did: the merge and enable-auto-merge jobs then send nothing.
       rate-limited: ${{ steps.post-merge.outputs.rate-limited || steps.cover.outputs.stop || steps.dispatch.outputs.stop || steps.rerun.outputs.stop || steps.alert.outputs.stop }}
+    # Each guarded API call's rate-limit reading, for the job-end api-budget
+    # notice (.github/actions/log-api-budget). The full-run dispatch's own
+    # `gh api -i` POST leaves none.
+    env:
+      API_BUDGET_TOKEN: github-token
     steps:
       - name: Check out the default branch tip
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -695,6 +700,14 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 7
           if-no-files-found: error
 
+      - name: Log the API budget at the end
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        uses: ./.base/.github/actions/log-api-budget # zizmor: ignore[self-repository]
+        with:
+          tokens: github-token
+
   merge:
     # On the schedule and a hand-started run it waits for post-merge-dispatch
     # and reuses its report (the post-merge check below). Where that job is
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-require-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-require-checks.yml
index 7f7c2382988..570c8009121 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-require-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-require-checks.yml
@@ -3359,6 +3359,11 @@ jobs:
         #                               with the same reset and resource, else na
         #   api_budget_emit_content     the notice for the job's content-creating
         #                               writes: count and most in any 60 s
+        #   api_budget_emit_calls <token>...
+        #                               the hub's api-calls notice for each token with
+        #                               a reading, `<token>=N not-modified=M`: N is
+        #                               the job's own calls, M its 304 answers, which
+        #                               GitHub does not count
         #
         # pr-require-checks.yml's ci-status job carries this file verbatim in its
         # API_BUDGET_SH env (it has no checkout of this directory);
@@ -3656,6 +3661,16 @@ jobs:
           return 0
         }
 
+        api_budget_emit_calls() {
+          local token file
+          for token; do
+            file=${RUNNER_TEMP:-}/api-budget/$token
+            [[ -n ${RUNNER_TEMP:-} && $token =~ ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,39}$ && -s $file ]] || continue
+            awk '$1 != 304 { n++ } $1 == 304 { m++ } END { printf "::notice title=api-calls::%s=%d not-modified=%d\n", token, n, m }' token="$token" "$file"
+          done
+          return 0
+        }
+
         api_budget_emit() {
           local token file where workflow=${GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF:-}
           workflow=${workflow%%@*}
@@ -5249,7 +5264,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           LANES: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
         run: |
-          [ -z "${API_BUDGET_SH:-}" ] || { eval "$API_BUDGET_SH"; api_budget_emit github-token; api_budget_emit_content; }
+          [ -z "${API_BUDGET_SH:-}" ] || { eval "$API_BUDGET_SH"; api_budget_emit github-token; api_budget_emit_calls github-token; api_budget_emit_content; }
           results=$(jq -r '
             .["select-tests"] as $s
             | to_entries