diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/review_loop.py b/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/review_loop.py
index d61e959..aa1061d 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/review_loop.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/review_loop.py
@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ PARKED_NODE = "parked"
 # per task via config["max_review_rounds"].
 DEFAULT_MAX_REVIEW_ROUNDS = 3
 
+# ``reviewer`` tag on the SYNTHETIC verdict that graph._apply_plan_decision folds
+# into ``review_verdicts`` when the owner picks "request changes" at the plan
+# gate. Those are HUMAN-gate verdicts, not adversarial reviewer rounds, so they
+# must NOT count toward the review-round cap (LOGIC-04): a human request_changes
+# should grant the revised plan a fresh review-round budget. We match on the
+# verdict dict's ``reviewer`` field (data already present in ``review_verdicts``)
+# rather than importing graph.py, to avoid a layering cycle. The plan-review GATE
+# is independently bounded by graph.MAX_PLAN_GATE_VISITS, so excluding these from
+# the REVIEW cap cannot create an unbounded loop.
+HUMAN_PLAN_GATE_REVIEWER = "human_plan_gate"
+
 # Config / env key naming the per-task review-round cap.
 _MAX_ROUNDS_CONFIG_KEY = "max_review_rounds"
 _MAX_ROUNDS_ENV = "AGENT_TEAM_MAX_REVIEW_ROUNDS"
@@ -371,14 +382,34 @@ def build_review_prompt(state: PipelineState) -> str:
     )
 
 
+def _is_reviewer_verdict(entry: Any) -> bool:
+    """True if ``entry`` is an adversarial-REVIEWER verdict (not a human-gate one).
+
+    The plan gate folds SYNTHETIC verdicts into ``review_verdicts`` tagged
+    ``reviewer == "human_plan_gate"`` (graph._apply_plan_decision) when the owner
+    requests changes. Those are human decisions, not reviewer rounds, so they are
+    excluded from the round count (LOGIC-04). Any entry without that tag — every
+    real reviewer verdict this node appends — counts as a reviewer round.
+    """
+    if isinstance(entry, Mapping):
+        return entry.get("reviewer") != HUMAN_PLAN_GATE_REVIEWER
+    return True
+
+
 def _review_round_index(state: PipelineState) -> int:
     """Return the 1-based index of the review round about to run.
 
-    Counts only prior *review* verdict entries already in ``review_verdicts``
-    (entries this node appended), so a loop-back/re-entry increments correctly.
+    Counts only prior *reviewer* verdict entries already in ``review_verdicts``
+    (entries this node appended), EXCLUDING the synthetic ``human_plan_gate``
+    verdicts the plan gate folds in on a human request_changes (LOGIC-04). So a
+    reviewer loop-back/re-entry increments correctly, while a human request_changes
+    grants the revised plan a fresh review-round budget. Termination is still
+    guaranteed: each human request_changes consumes one of the finite
+    graph.MAX_PLAN_GATE_VISITS gate visits.
     """
     prior = state.get("review_verdicts") or []
-    return len(prior) + 1
+    reviewer_rounds = sum(1 for entry in prior if _is_reviewer_verdict(entry))
+    return reviewer_rounds + 1
 
 
 def review_node(
diff --git a/agent-team/tests/test_review_loop.py b/agent-team/tests/test_review_loop.py
index 5870d54..e060d42 100644
--- a/agent-team/tests/test_review_loop.py
+++ b/agent-team/tests/test_review_loop.py
@@ -223,6 +223,64 @@ def test_review_node_appends_to_prior_verdicts() -> None:
     assert update["review_verdicts"][-1]["round_index"] == 2
 
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# review_node — human-gate verdicts excluded from the round cap (LOGIC-04)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+
+def test_review_round_index_excludes_human_plan_gate_verdicts() -> None:
+    # A human request_changes folds a synthetic verdict tagged
+    # reviewer == "human_plan_gate" into review_verdicts. It must NOT count as a
+    # reviewer round: with one reviewer round + two human-gate verdicts present,
+    # the next reviewer round is still round 2 (not round 4).
+    state = _state(
+        review_verdicts=[
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "outcome": "loop_back"},
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "reviewer": "human_plan_gate"},
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "reviewer": "human_plan_gate"},
+        ]
+    )
+    assert review_loop._review_round_index(state) == 2
+
+
+def test_review_node_human_gate_verdict_grants_fresh_round() -> None:
+    # After a human request_changes (synthetic human_plan_gate verdict), the
+    # revised plan's review gets a fresh round rather than immediate escalation,
+    # even though len(review_verdicts) would otherwise be at the cap.
+    set_review_invoker(_invoker_returning("VERDICT: REQUEST CHANGES\nstill rough"))
+    state = _state(
+        review_verdicts=[
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "outcome": "loop_back"},  # reviewer r1
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "outcome": "loop_back"},  # reviewer r2
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "reviewer": "human_plan_gate"},  # human
+        ]
+    )
+    update = review_node(state, config={"max_review_rounds": 3})
+
+    # Only 2 reviewer rounds counted, so this is reviewer round 3 == cap: it
+    # escalates here, NOT one round early because of the human verdict.
+    last = update["review_verdicts"][-1]
+    assert last["round_index"] == 3
+    assert last["outcome"] == ReviewOutcome.ESCALATE.value
+
+
+def test_review_node_only_human_verdicts_is_fresh_first_round() -> None:
+    # With NO prior reviewer verdicts but a human-gate verdict present, the very
+    # first reviewer pass is round 1 and loops back under the cap (the bug made
+    # this escalate immediately at cap 1).
+    set_review_invoker(_invoker_returning("VERDICT: REQUEST CHANGES\nredo"))
+    state = _state(
+        review_verdicts=[
+            {"verdict": "request_changes", "reviewer": "human_plan_gate"},
+        ]
+    )
+    update = review_node(state, config={"max_review_rounds": 2})
+
+    assert update["current_phase"] == Phase.PLAN.value
+    assert update["status"] == TaskStatus.ACTIVE.value
+    assert update["review_verdicts"][-1]["round_index"] == 1
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # review_node — invoker wiring & errors
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #