diff --git a/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-form-resting-heart-rate.test.ts b/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-form-resting-heart-rate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a2074a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-form-resting-heart-rate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * The manual-entry form offers the resting heart rate (#1079).
+ *
+ * Resting heart rate has its own chart and series, separate from spot pulse.
+ * A value read off a watch or taken on waking had no row in the form, so it
+ * could only be logged as a pulse, which feeds a different chart.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+
+import { VALUE_RANGES, getUnitForType } from "@/lib/validations/measurement";
+import {
+  MEASUREMENT_FORM_TYPE_VALUES,
+  MEASUREMENT_TYPES,
+} from "@/components/measurements/measurement-form";
+import en from "../../../../messages/en.json";
+
+describe("manual entry of the resting heart rate", () => {
+  it("offers it as its own type, next to pulse", () => {
+    expect(MEASUREMENT_FORM_TYPE_VALUES).toContain("RESTING_HEART_RATE");
+    const values = MEASUREMENT_TYPES.map((t) => t.value);
+    expect(values.indexOf("RESTING_HEART_RATE")).toBe(
+      values.indexOf("PULSE") + 1,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("uses the server's unit, a labelled row and a plausible placeholder", () => {
+    const row = MEASUREMENT_TYPES.find((t) => t.value === "RESTING_HEART_RATE");
+    expect(row).toBeDefined();
+    expect(row && "unit" in row ? row.unit : undefined).toBe(
+      getUnitForType("RESTING_HEART_RATE"),
+    );
+    expect(
+      (en as { measurements: Record<string, string> }).measurements
+        .typeRestingHeartRate,
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    const range = VALUE_RANGES.RESTING_HEART_RATE;
+    const placeholder = Number(
+      row && "placeholder" in row ? row.placeholder : NaN,
+    );
+    if (range) {
+      expect(placeholder).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(range.min);
+      expect(placeholder).toBeLessThanOrEqual(range.max);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx b/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
index 092bc2e7a..662a6c310 100644
--- a/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurements/measurement-form.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ export const MEASUREMENT_TYPES = [
     unit: "bpm",
     placeholder: "72",
   },
+  // The resting heart rate has its own chart and series; a value read off a
+  // watch or taken on waking belongs there rather than among spot pulses.
+  {
+    value: "RESTING_HEART_RATE",
+    labelKey: "measurements.typeRestingHeartRate",
+    unit: "bpm",
+    placeholder: "58",
+  },
   {
     value: "BODY_FAT",
     labelKey: "measurements.typeBodyFat",
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/surface.ts b/src/lib/modules/surface.ts
index e0d3ba08d..efc803457 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/surface.ts
+++ b/src/lib/modules/surface.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ const STATIC_SURFACE_MODULE = {
   "insights-page:six-minute-walk": "recovery",
   "insights-page:stair-ascent-speed": "recovery",
   "insights-page:stair-descent-speed": "recovery",
+  // The resting heart rate is the recovery module's `resting_hr` domain; its
+  // page, trend slot, correlation channel and summary key follow it.
+  "insights-page:resting-pulse": "recovery",
 
   // ── Insights overview blocks ──
   "overview:cycle-summary": "cycle",
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ const STATIC_SURFACE_MODULE = {
   // ── Trends row ──
   "trend:mood": "mood",
   "trend:sleep": "sleep",
+  "trend:resting_hr": "recovery",
 
   // ── Add menu ──
   "capture:mood": "mood",
@@ -141,6 +145,9 @@ const STATIC_SURFACE_MODULE = {
   "summary:SLEEP_DURATION": "sleep",
   "summary:BLOOD_GLUCOSE": "glucose",
   "summary:CARDIO_RECOVERY": "recovery",
+  // The recovery module owns the resting_hr domain (`measurement-scope.ts`),
+  // so the server gates the type on it; the form and the dashboard follow.
+  "summary:RESTING_HEART_RATE": "recovery",
   "summary:SIX_MINUTE_WALK_DISTANCE": "recovery",
   "summary:STAIR_ASCENT_SPEED": "recovery",
   "summary:STAIR_DESCENT_SPEED": "recovery",
@@ -189,6 +196,7 @@ const STATIC_SURFACE_MODULE = {
   "correlation:MOOD": "mood",
   "correlation:SLEEP_DURATION": "sleep",
   "correlation:BLOOD_GLUCOSE": "glucose",
+  "correlation:RESTING_HEART_RATE": "recovery",
   "correlation:MEDICATION_COMPLIANCE": "medications",
   // Symptom burden is read from the illness journal.
   "correlation:SYMPTOM_SEVERITY": "illness",