diff --git a/internal/lua/billing_test.go b/internal/lua/billing_test.go
index 8ab9cc0..2dac77b 100644
--- a/internal/lua/billing_test.go
+++ b/internal/lua/billing_test.go
@@ -994,3 +994,49 @@ func TestBillingCacheHitClampedInStats(t *testing.T) {
 			tot["cache_fresh_tokens"])
 	}
 }
+
+// TestUnpricedIsTrackedPerDay pins the day-keyed unpriced tally.
+//
+// The lifetime counters cannot answer the question an operator actually has —
+// "is it STILL happening?" — because they keep the debt from before a rule was
+// added. After pricing a mispriced source the lifetime number never moves, so a
+// dashboard reading "unpriced: 6376" is indistinguishable from a system that is
+// still billing nothing. Day buckets are what make a pricing fix observable: the
+// offending day keeps its count and the next day starts at zero for it.
+func TestUnpricedIsTrackedPerDay(t *testing.T) {
+	ps, _ := billingVM(t)
+	// Nothing is priced in the default config, so every request is unpriced.
+	// Two requests on two different UTC days.
+	for _, ms := range []int64{1790000000000, 1790100000000} {
+		ps.Fire(StageRequestEnd, map[string]interface{}{
+			"model": "mystery-model", "source": "nowhere", "key": "***aaaaaa",
+			"ok": true, "prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 5,
+			"time": ms,
+		})
+	}
+	st := stateOf(t, ps)
+	byDay, ok := st["unpriced_by_day"].(map[string]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("state has no unpriced_by_day map: %T", st["unpriced_by_day"])
+	}
+	if len(byDay) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 day buckets, got %d: %v", len(byDay), byDay)
+	}
+	var sum float64
+	for day, bucket := range byDay {
+		b := bucket.(map[string]interface{})
+		sum += b["reqs"].(float64)
+		models := b["models"].(map[string]interface{})
+		if models["mystery-model"].(float64) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: model tally = %v, want 1", day, models["mystery-model"])
+		}
+	}
+	if sum != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("day buckets sum to %v, want 2 (the lifetime counter must not be double-counted)", sum)
+	}
+	// The lifetime counters still exist and still agree — this is additive, not
+	// a replacement.
+	if st["unpriced_reqs"].(float64) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("unpriced_reqs = %v, want 2", st["unpriced_reqs"])
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/lua/billing_ui_test.go b/internal/lua/billing_ui_test.go
index a9b49f0..9a81140 100644
--- a/internal/lua/billing_ui_test.go
+++ b/internal/lua/billing_ui_test.go
@@ -414,3 +414,27 @@ func TestRuleTableLocksColumnWidthsInAColgroup(t *testing.T) {
 			"control and must never be squeezed by the flexible inputs")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestBillingUIShowsRecentUnpriced: the page must be able to distinguish a
+// settled pricing debt from a live leak. The lifetime unpriced counter answers
+// neither — it keeps every request from before a rule was added, so it reads the
+// same number in both situations. The day buckets exist to make the difference
+// visible, and a bucket nothing renders is a bucket nobody benefits from.
+func TestBillingUIShowsRecentUnpriced(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile("plugins/billing.lua")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	src := string(raw)
+	for _, needle := range []string{
+		"unpriced_by_day",  // the tally is written
+		"recentUnpriced",   // it is reduced to a window
+		"unpriced_recent",  // it reaches the view
+		"unpriced7d",       // the card labels it
+		"unpricedClean",    // and says so when the window is clear
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(src, needle) {
+			t.Errorf("billing UI lacks %q", needle)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/lua/plugins/billing.lua b/internal/lua/plugins/billing.lua
index 5f3e1e5..b6aa316 100644
--- a/internal/lua/plugins/billing.lua
+++ b/internal/lua/plugins/billing.lua
@@ -442,6 +442,21 @@ function plugin.on_request_end(payload)
     s.unpriced_reqs = s.unpriced_reqs + 1
     local m = payload.model or "?"
     s.unpriced_models[m] = (s.unpriced_models[m] or 0) + 1
+
+  -- Day-keyed unpriced tally. The lifetime counters above cannot answer the
+  -- question an operator actually has — "is it STILL happening?" — because they
+  -- keep the debt from before a pricing rule was added. After pricing a source
+  -- that was mispriced, the lifetime number never moves, so "unpriced: 6376" on
+  -- a dashboard is indistinguishable from a system that is still billing
+  -- nothing. Counting by day makes the fix observable: the offending day keeps
+  -- its number, new days start at zero.
+  if s.unpriced_by_day == nil then s.unpriced_by_day = {} end
+  -- dayKey wants epoch SECONDS; payload.time is milliseconds.
+  local uday = dayKey(math.floor((tonumber(payload.time) or (os.time() * 1000)) / 1000))
+  local ubucket = s.unpriced_by_day[uday]
+  if ubucket == nil then ubucket = { reqs = 0, models = {} }; s.unpriced_by_day[uday] = ubucket end
+  ubucket.reqs = ubucket.reqs + 1
+  ubucket.models[m] = (ubucket.models[m] or 0) + 1
   end
   if s.degraded_reqs == nil then s.degraded_reqs = 0 end
   -- Degradation is counted here rather than in the chain_step hook because
@@ -517,7 +532,7 @@ plugin.ui = {
     global = {
       "total", "by_source", "by_model", "by_day", "by_day_src",
       "by_day_model", "by_tier_served", "skip_reasons", "degraded_reqs",
-      "unpriced_models", "unpriced_reqs", "started",
+      "unpriced_models", "unpriced_reqs", "unpriced_by_day", "started",
     },
     depth = { by_key = 1, by_day_key = 2 },
   },
@@ -593,6 +608,7 @@ plugin.ui = {
     en: {
       total: "Total", requests: "Requests", degraded: "Degraded",
       unpriced: "Unpriced", prompt: "Prompt tokens",
+      unpriced7d: "Unpriced (7d)", unpricedClean: "none in last 7 days",
       completion: "Completion tokens", failures: "Failures",
       cacheRate: "Cache hit rate", cacheTokens: "Cache read tokens",
       perSource: "Per source", perModel: "Per model",
@@ -614,6 +630,7 @@ plugin.ui = {
     zh: {
       total: "总开销", requests: "请求数", degraded: "降级",
       unpriced: "未定价", prompt: "输入 tokens",
+      unpriced7d: "未定价（近 7 天）", unpricedClean: "近 7 天无",
       completion: "输出 tokens", failures: "失败",
       cacheRate: "缓存命中率", cacheTokens: "缓存读取 tokens",
       perSource: "按源", perModel: "按模型",
@@ -734,13 +751,35 @@ plugin.ui = {
     });
     return out;
   }
+  // recentUnpriced counts unpriced requests over the last n days. When the
+  // result is zero THAT is the useful signal: every pricing rule added since
+  // then is holding. Null when there is no day data at all (a state file
+  // written before the buckets existed) so the UI can say "unknown" rather than
+  // claim a clean record it cannot support.
+  function recentUnpriced(st, n) {
+    var byDay = st && st.unpriced_by_day;
+    if (!byDay) return null;
+    var cutoff = Date.now() - n * 86400000;
+    var sum = 0, seen = false;
+    Object.keys(byDay).forEach(function (d) {
+      var t = Date.parse(d + "T00:00:00Z");
+      if (isNaN(t)) return;
+      seen = true;
+      if (t >= cutoff) sum += (byDay[d].reqs || 0);
+    });
+    return seen ? sum : null;
+  }
+
   // rescale returns the state as the selected period presents it. Degraded and
   // unpriced counters are lifetime-only (there is no day-keyed tally for them)
   // so they are returned as null and the UI hides them instead of printing a
   // lifetime number beside a per-window cost — the exact mismatch the period
   // view exists to remove.
   function rescale(st) {
-    if (PERIOD === "all" || !st.by_day) return st;
+    if (PERIOD === "all" || !st.by_day) {
+      if (st) st.unpriced_recent = recentUnpriced(st, 7);
+      return st;
+    }
     var days = daysInWindow(PERIOD, utcToday());
     var total = zeroBucket();
     var byDay = {};
@@ -758,6 +797,10 @@ plugin.ui = {
       by_day: byDay,
       degraded_reqs: null,
       unpriced_reqs: null,
+      // The lifetime unpriced total is null here for the same reason, but the
+      // day buckets are not — they are what lets the card report "0 in the last
+      // 7 days" instead of leaving a settled debt indistinguishable from a leak.
+      unpriced_recent: recentUnpriced(st, 7),
     };
     return out;
   }
@@ -838,6 +881,15 @@ plugin.ui = {
       // print a lifetime number next to a per-window cost.
       view.degraded_reqs != null ? [T.degraded, fmtInt(view.degraded_reqs)] : null,
       view.unpriced_reqs != null ? [T.unpriced, fmtInt(view.unpriced_reqs)] : null,
+      // "Unpriced (7d)" answers what the lifetime number cannot: is it STILL
+      // happening? A settled debt and a live leak print the same lifetime total.
+      view.unpriced_recent != null
+        ? [
+            T.unpriced7d,
+            fmtInt(view.unpriced_recent),
+            view.unpriced_recent === 0 ? T.unpricedClean : null,
+          ]
+        : null,
       [T.prompt, fmtInt(t.prompt_tokens || 0)],
       [T.completion, fmtInt(t.completion_tokens || 0)],
       [T.failures, t.failures || 0],