diff --git a/.changeset/fix-rejection-logger-event-id.md b/.changeset/fix-rejection-logger-event-id.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fcab077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-rejection-logger-event-id.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"nostream": patch
+---
+
+fix: include event id in expired and rate-limited rejection logs
+
+Expired and rate-limited event rejections logged `event %s rejected: ...` without
+passing `event.id`, so operators saw a literal `%s` instead of the event id.
diff --git a/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts b/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts
index d54b74ec..685ea270 100644
--- a/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class EventMessageHandler implements IMessageHandler {
     }
 
     if (isExpiredEvent(event)) {
-      logger('event %s rejected: expired')
+      logger('event %s rejected: expired', event.id)
       this.webSocket.emit(WebSocketAdapterEvent.Message, createEventCommandResult(event.id, false, 'event is expired'))
       return
     }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class EventMessageHandler implements IMessageHandler {
     event = this.addExpirationMetadata(event)
 
     if (await this.isRateLimited(event)) {
-      logger('event %s rejected: rate-limited')
+      logger('event %s rejected: rate-limited', event.id)
       this.webSocket.emit(
         WebSocketAdapterEvent.Message,
         createEventCommandResult(event.id, false, 'rate-limited: slow down'),