diff --git a/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.js b/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.js
index 4789172c5..8cff03641 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
  *
  *   Todo         issue with no assignee and no trusted open linked PR
  *   In Progress  issue assigned or with a trusted open linked PR; any PR that
- *                is a draft or has an outstanding changes-requested verdict
+ *                is a draft
+ *   Changes requested
+ *                ready PR with a changes-requested verdict from a reviewer
+ *                who has not been asked to review again: waits on the author
  *   Needs review PR that is ready (not a draft) and waits on a reviewer: no
  *                review from another person yet, or its changes-requested
  *                reviewers have all been asked to review again
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@
  * It never touches:
  *   - closed or merged items (the board's built-in workflows set Done)
  *   - draft (board-only), inaccessible and archived items
- *   - a card whose Status is not one of the four above (e.g. Done, Blocked)
+ *   - a card whose Status is not one of the five above (e.g. Done, Blocked)
  *   - a card whose "Auto status" field is "Off" (a permanent hold)
  *   - a card a person moved by hand, until the issue, the PR, or the issue's
  *     trusted linked PR changes again. "By hand" is read from the item's
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ const HOLD_FIELD = 'Auto status';
 const HOLD_OFF = 'Off';
 const HEARTBEAT_PREFIX = 'Board sweep:';
 // Statuses the sweep manages, lowest to highest.
-const MANAGED = ['Todo', 'In Progress', 'Needs review', 'Review'];
+const MANAGED = ['Todo', 'In Progress', 'Changes requested', 'Needs review', 'Review'];
 const TRUSTED = new Set(['OWNER', 'MEMBER', 'COLLABORATOR']);
 const REVIEW_STATES = new Set(['APPROVED', 'CHANGES_REQUESTED', 'COMMENTED', 'DISMISSED']);
 // Built-in board workflows that also set Status and would fight the sweep.
@@ -206,7 +209,9 @@ function prStatus(pr) {
   const blocking = verdicts.filter(
     (r) => r.state === 'CHANGES_REQUESTED' && !requested.has(r.author.login),
   );
-  if (blocking.length > 0) return 'In Progress';
+  // A reviewer asked for changes and the author has not asked them back yet:
+  // the ball is with the author.
+  if (blocking.length > 0) return 'Changes requested';
   // Every changes-requested reviewer was asked to look again: the ball is
   // back with a reviewer.
   if (verdicts.some((r) => r.state === 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')) return 'Needs review';
diff --git a/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.test.js b/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.test.js
index 8504b4806..cbaf978c0 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.test.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/project-status-sweep.test.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function fakeGithub({ pages, workflows = [], failUpdates = 0, linkedById = {}, f
   };
 }
 
-const OPTIONS = ['Todo', 'In Progress', 'Needs review', 'Review', 'Done'].map((name) => ({ id: `OPT_${name}`, name }));
+const OPTIONS = ['Todo', 'In Progress', 'Changes requested', 'Needs review', 'Review', 'Done'].map((name) => ({ id: `OPT_${name}`, name }));
 
 const boardPage = (nodes, { hasNextPage = false, remaining = 4000, field = { id: 'F', options: OPTIONS } } = {}) => ({
   rateLimit: { cost: 9, remaining },
@@ -151,19 +151,38 @@ test('an approval moves a PR to Review', () => {
   assert.equal(prStatus(pr({ verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'APPROVED')] } })), 'Review');
 });
 
-test('changes requested sends a PR back to In Progress', () => {
+test('changes requested moves a PR to Changes requested', () => {
   const p = pr({
     verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] },
     reviews: { nodes: [review(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED'), review(user('alice'), 'COMMENTED')] },
   });
-  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'In Progress');
+  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'Changes requested');
 });
 
 test('one approval does not outweigh another reviewer requesting changes', () => {
   const p = pr({ verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'APPROVED'), verdict(user('cat'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } });
+  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'Changes requested');
+});
+
+test('a draft PR with changes requested stays In Progress', () => {
+  const p = pr({ isDraft: true, verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } });
   assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'In Progress');
 });
 
+test('a bot requesting changes does not move a PR to Changes requested', () => {
+  assert.equal(prStatus(pr({ verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(bot('some-bot'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } })), 'Needs review');
+});
+
+test("the author's own changes-requested verdict does not count", () => {
+  assert.equal(prStatus(pr({ verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('alice'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } })), 'Needs review');
+});
+
+test('a dismissed changes-requested review (no longer a verdict) is Review, not Changes requested', () => {
+  // GitHub drops a dismissed review from latestOpinionatedReviews; it stays in reviews.
+  const p = pr({ reviews: { nodes: [review(user('bob'), 'DISMISSED')] } });
+  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'Review');
+});
+
 test('re-requesting review from the reviewer who asked for changes moves it to Needs review', () => {
   const p = pr({
     verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] },
@@ -184,12 +203,12 @@ test('a draft PR with no reviews stays In Progress', () => {
   assert.equal(prStatus(pr({ isDraft: true })), 'In Progress');
 });
 
-test('re-requesting only some blocking reviewers keeps In Progress', () => {
+test('re-requesting only some blocking reviewers keeps Changes requested', () => {
   const p = pr({
     verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED'), verdict(user('cat'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] },
     reviewRequests: { nodes: [request('bob')] },
   });
-  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'In Progress');
+  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'Changes requested');
 });
 
 test('a stale changes-requested verdict is not lost behind many later comments', () => {
@@ -197,7 +216,7 @@ test('a stale changes-requested verdict is not lost behind many later comments',
     verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] },
     reviews: { nodes: Array.from({ length: 30 }, () => review(user('bob'), 'COMMENTED')) },
   });
-  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'In Progress');
+  assert.equal(prStatus(p), 'Changes requested');
 });
 
 test('a PR whose only review was dismissed counts as reviewed', () => {
@@ -244,6 +263,17 @@ test('an issue takes the furthest of its linked PRs', () => {
   assert.equal(issueStatus(i), 'Review');
 });
 
+test('issue follows its trusted linked PR into Changes requested', () => {
+  const blocked = pr({ verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } });
+  assert.equal(issueStatus(issue({ assignees: { totalCount: 1 }, linked: linked(blocked) })), 'Changes requested');
+});
+
+test('an issue with one PR waiting on a reviewer and one on its author shows Needs review', () => {
+  const blocked = pr({ id: 'PR_2', verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } });
+  const i = issue({ linked: { totalCount: 2, nodes: [blocked, pr()] } });
+  assert.equal(issueStatus(i), 'Needs review');
+});
+
 test('a merged or closed linked PR is ignored', () => {
   assert.equal(issueStatus(issue({ linked: linked(pr({ state: 'MERGED' })) })), 'Todo');
 });
@@ -359,6 +389,7 @@ test('the public log names no issue, PR, status or draft; the private card has t
     item(pr({ number: 501, verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'APPROVED')] } }), 'Todo'),
     item(issue({ number: 602, assignees: { totalCount: 1 } }), 'Todo'),
     item(pr({ number: 703 }), 'Todo'),
+    item(pr({ number: 804, verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } }), 'Todo'),
     item({ __typename: 'DraftIssue', id: 'D1', title: 'Secret launch plan' }, 'Todo'),
     item(null, 'Todo'),
   ];
@@ -369,11 +400,11 @@ test('the public log names no issue, PR, status or draft; the private card has t
   });
   const { core } = await run(gh);
   const publicLog = [...core.info, ...core.warning, ...core.failed].join('\n');
-  for (const leak of ['#501', '#602', '#703', 'Todo', 'In Progress', 'Needs review', 'Review', 'review', 'draft', 'Secret', 'linked to issue', 'inaccessible', 'boom']) {
+  for (const leak of ['#501', '#602', '#703', '#804', 'Todo', 'In Progress', 'Changes requested', 'Needs review', 'Review', 'review', 'draft', 'Secret', 'linked to issue', 'inaccessible', 'boom']) {
     assert.ok(!publicLog.includes(leak), `public log leaked "${leak}": ${publicLog}`);
   }
   const card = gh.writes.find((w) => w.kind === 'heartbeat-add');
-  for (const detail of ['PR #501', 'issue #602', 'PR #703: Todo -> Needs review', 'Pull request linked to issue', 'draft item 1', 'boom']) {
+  for (const detail of ['PR #501', 'issue #602', 'PR #703: Todo -> Needs review', 'PR #804: Todo -> Changes requested', 'Pull request linked to issue', 'draft item 1', 'boom']) {
     assert.ok(card.body.includes(detail), `card is missing "${detail}"`);
   }
 });
@@ -418,6 +449,28 @@ test('a renamed status option is reported, not fatal', async () => {
   assert.equal(core.failed.length, 0);
 });
 
+test('before the Changes requested column exists, those cards stay put and the run is degraded', async () => {
+  const field = { id: 'F', options: OPTIONS.filter((o) => o.name !== 'Changes requested') };
+  const blocked = pr({ number: 5, verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] } });
+  const gh = fakeGithub({ pages: [boardPage([item(blocked, 'In Progress'), item(pr({ number: 6 }), 'Todo')], { field })] });
+  const { result, core } = await run(gh);
+  assert.equal(result.outcome, 'degraded');
+  assert.ok(result.problems.some((m) => m.includes('PR #5') && m.includes('no "Changes requested" status option')));
+  assert.deepEqual(gh.writes.filter((w) => w.kind === 'status').map((w) => w.item), ['ITEM_6']);
+  assert.equal(core.failed.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('a card already in Changes requested is managed, and moves on once review is re-requested', async () => {
+  const back = pr({
+    number: 5,
+    verdicts: { nodes: [verdict(user('bob'), 'CHANGES_REQUESTED')] },
+    reviewRequests: { nodes: [request('bob')] },
+  });
+  const gh = fakeGithub({ pages: [boardPage([item(back, 'Changes requested')])] });
+  const { result } = await run(gh);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.changes.map((c) => [c.label, c.from, c.to]), [['PR #5', 'Changes requested', 'Needs review']]);
+});
+
 test('a missing Status field changes nothing and is reported', async () => {
   const gh = fakeGithub({ pages: [boardPage([item(pr({ number: 5 }), 'Todo')], { field: null })] });
   const { result } = await run(gh);