diff --git a/html/auth-guard.js b/html/auth-guard.js
index 6d55683..1fb3f9f 100644
--- a/html/auth-guard.js
+++ b/html/auth-guard.js
@@ -125,12 +125,40 @@
   // Nothing replaces it. Every signed-in page mounts the drawer, so there is no page
   // left that would need a floating fallback pill.
 
+  // ── CR-019: usage ping ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // One page_open event per authenticated load, sent from exactly ONE place
+  // (here) rather than from each page's own script - the shared-chrome lesson
+  // S4 and the token-drift lesson S5 both taught this codebase the hard way.
+  // Fire-and-forget: never blocks reveal(), never retries, never surfaces an
+  // error to the person using the app - a missed usage ping is not something
+  // anyone here should notice happening.
+  var TOOL_BY_PAGE = {
+    'index.html': 'launcher',
+    'work-package-suite.html': 'wizard',
+    'wp-creation-index.html': 'creator',
+    'field.html': 'field_view',
+    'admin.html': 'admin',
+    'users.html': 'directory'
+  };
+  function pingUsage() {
+    var page = (location.pathname.split('/').pop() || 'index.html');
+    var tool = TOOL_BY_PAGE[page] || page.replace(/\.html$/, '');
+    try {
+      fetch('/api/usage/ping', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ tool: tool })
+      }).catch(function () {});
+    } catch (e) {}
+  }
+
   function proceed(user) {
     clearTimeout(safety);
     window.WP_USER = user;
     reveal();
     if (window.WP_USER) {
       window.wpFlags();   // start the feature-flag fetch; pages await it as needed
+      pingUsage();
       try { document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('wp-auth-ready', { detail: window.WP_USER })); } catch (e) {}
     }
   }
diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index 3df79e3..24f18e8 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ async def okta_callback(request: Request, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
     user.failed_attempts = 0
     user.locked_until = None
     user.last_login_at = models.utcnow()
+    # CR-019: one login event per Okta sign-in, written here rather than
+    # inferred from session creation elsewhere, so there is exactly one
+    # source of truth for "did this person sign in" - not one per page load
+    # afterward (T11.2 covers that separately, as page_open events).
+    db.add(models.UsageEvent(id=gen_id("uev"), username=user.username, tool="", event="login"))
     db.commit()
     db.refresh(user)
 
@@ -3374,6 +3379,29 @@ def create_feedback(body: CommentIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_curren
     return _save_comment(body, db, user)
 
 
+# ── CR-019: usage/activity metrics ──────────────────────────────────────────
+class UsageIn(BaseModel):
+    tool: str = ""
+    project_id: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@app.post("/api/usage/ping")
+def usage_ping(body: UsageIn, user: models.User = Depends(auth.get_current_user), db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    """One usage_events row per authenticated page load. Called exactly once,
+    from auth-guard.js after wp-auth-ready fires (T11.2) - never duplicated
+    per page's own script, the same lesson S4's per-page nav already taught
+    this codebase. `user` comes from the session via get_current_user, never
+    from anything the client claims - identity here is a server-enforced
+    fact, matching every other write in this file, not a client-reported one."""
+    tool = (body.tool or "").strip()[:40]
+    db.add(models.UsageEvent(
+        id=gen_id("uev"), username=user.username, project_id=body.project_id,
+        tool=tool, event="page_open",
+    ))
+    db.commit()
+    return {"ok": True}
+
+
 @app.get("/api/comments")
 def list_comments(
     source: Optional[str] = Query(None),