diff --git a/tests/harness/compose.yml b/tests/harness/compose.yml
index 9b783ec0..b25b0a31 100644
--- a/tests/harness/compose.yml
+++ b/tests/harness/compose.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ services:
       ADMIN_TOKEN: "harness-admin-token-alpha"
       MOLECULE_ORG_ID: "harness-org-alpha"
       CP_UPSTREAM_URL: "http://cp-stub:9090"
+      # Phase 1 of the #2863 burn-down: CPProvisioner
+      # (workspace-server/internal/provisioner/cp_provisioner.go:78-86)
+      # reads CP_PROVISION_URL first, then MOLECULE_CP_URL, then
+      # defaults to real prod. CP_UPSTREAM_URL alone is NOT in the
+      # read order, so the harness provision call flew past cp-stub
+      # to real prod → 401 → 30s provisioning stall. Add both names
+      # (belt-and-suspenders — same value either way) so the harness
+      # provision + config calls land on cp-stub. NO
+      # MOLECULE_CP_SHARED_SECRET / ADMIN_TOKEN — cp-stub is permissive.
+      CP_PROVISION_URL: "http://cp-stub:9090"
+      MOLECULE_CP_URL: "http://cp-stub:9090"
       RATE_LIMIT: "1000"
       CANVAS_PROXY_URL: "http://localhost:3000"
       # LLM-proxy env vars required by assertManagedTenantHasLLMEnv
@@ -170,6 +181,12 @@ services:
       ADMIN_TOKEN: "harness-admin-token-beta"
       MOLECULE_ORG_ID: "harness-org-beta"
       CP_UPSTREAM_URL: "http://cp-stub:9090"
+      # Phase 1 of the #2863 burn-down (see tenant-alpha block above
+      # for rationale). Belt-and-suspenders: both env var names point
+      # at cp-stub so the provision + config calls land on the stub
+      # rather than flying past to real prod.
+      CP_PROVISION_URL: "http://cp-stub:9090"
+      MOLECULE_CP_URL: "http://cp-stub:9090"
       RATE_LIMIT: "1000"
       CANVAS_PROXY_URL: "http://localhost:3000"
       # LLM-proxy env vars (see assertManagedTenantHasLLMEnv in
diff --git a/tests/harness/cp-stub/main.go b/tests/harness/cp-stub/main.go
index 86e6a4f3..e5d72cf4 100644
--- a/tests/harness/cp-stub/main.go
+++ b/tests/harness/cp-stub/main.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 // activates, and tests exercise the real tenant→CP wire.
 //
 // This is NOT a CP reimplementation. It serves the minimum surface to:
-//   1. Boot the tenant image without /cp/* breaking the canvas bootstrap.
-//   2. Replay specific bug classes (e.g. /cp/* returns 404, returns 5xx,
-//      returns malformed JSON) by toggling env vars.
+//  1. Boot the tenant image without /cp/* breaking the canvas bootstrap.
+//  2. Replay specific bug classes (e.g. /cp/* returns 404, returns 5xx,
+//     returns malformed JSON) by toggling env vars.
 //
 // Scope is bounded by what the tenant + canvas actually call. Add new
 // handlers as new replay scenarios demand them. Drift from real CP is
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -33,6 +34,18 @@ import (
 // step actually reached the stub (catches misrouted CP_URL configs).
 var redeployFleetCalls atomic.Int64
 
+// provisionCalls tracks how many times /cp/workspaces/provision was
+// invoked. Phase 1 of the #2863 burn-down: a green-counter for the
+// cp-stub-provision-config replay that proves the harness provision
+// call actually reached the stub (and didn't fly past to real prod CP
+// via the env-var mismatch on CP_UPSTREAM_URL vs CP_PROVISION_URL).
+var provisionCalls atomic.Int64
+
+// tenantsConfigCalls tracks how many times /cp/tenants/config was
+// invoked. Companion counter for the same Phase 1 burn-down — proves
+// the harness config-fetch also reached the stub.
+var tenantsConfigCalls atomic.Int64
+
 func main() {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
@@ -121,11 +134,116 @@ func main() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	// /cp/workspaces/provision — Phase 1 of the #2863 burn-down. The
+	// real CP returns 201 + a provision-response shape that the tenant
+	// Go code (workspace-server's CPProvisioner.Start in
+	// internal/provisioner/cp_provisioner.go:339-363) treats as
+	// success. That client (the cpProvisionResponse struct) reads
+	// exactly two fields on success: instance_id + state. The
+	// cp-stub mirrors that contract — 201 + those two fields — so
+	// the harness-tenant Go code (which uses the REAL
+	// CPProvisioner client) treats the response as a successful
+	// provision. Anything else and the client falls into its
+	// failure branch with `provision failed (200): <unstructured
+	// body>` (the exact failure mode the CR2 review_id 11928
+	// flagged on the prior head 30a6bea: 200 instead of 201, no
+	// instance_id/state fields, → guaranteed fail-branch).
+	//
+	// cp-stub is permissive on input (no auth header check, empty
+	// body OK, no payload-field validation) — the call's purpose is
+	// to PROVE the request reached the stub + the env-var redirect
+	// is wired. Field validation lives in the real CP in production.
+	mux.HandleFunc("/cp/workspaces/provision", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+			writeJSON(w, 405, map[string]any{
+				"error": "cp-stub: /cp/workspaces/provision only accepts POST",
+			})
+			return
+		}
+		provisionCalls.Add(1)
+		// Parse body for shape (default to harness-ws if empty)
+		wsID := "harness-ws"
+		if r.Body != nil {
+			body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+			var payload map[string]any
+			if json.Unmarshal(body, &payload) == nil {
+				if v, ok := payload["workspace_id"].(string); ok && v != "" {
+					wsID = v
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Stub instance id + state — matches the real CP's success-path
+		// contract. EC2 instance ids start with "i-" (the real CP
+		// generates them via EC2 RunInstances; the stub is a stand-in,
+		// but the prefix keeps any future real-CP log-reader from
+		// false-flagging the stub response as malformed). "running"
+		// matches the prod happy path; the harness doesn't await
+		// any state transition.
+		instanceID := "i-stub-" + wsID
+		state := "running"
+		log.Printf("cp-stub: /cp/workspaces/provision called (count=%d) -> %s (instance_id=%s, state=%s)", provisionCalls.Load(), wsID, instanceID, state)
+		writeJSON(w, 201, map[string]any{
+			// Fields the tenant Go code reads (cpProvisionResponse
+			// struct in internal/provisioner/cp_provisioner.go:210-215):
+			// instance_id (string) + state (string). Mandatory.
+			"instance_id": instanceID,
+			"state":       state,
+			// Observability fields — the real CP returns these too
+			// (the real CPProvisioner.client ignores them, but they
+			// appear in the wire log + in any future tool that
+			// inspects the response). Mirror the prior head's
+			// payload shape for minimum drift from the 30a6bea
+			// contract.
+			"workspace_id": wsID,
+			"url":          "http://cp-stub:9090/cp/workspaces/" + wsID,
+		})
+	})
+
+	// /cp/tenants/config — companion handler for Phase 1 of the #2863
+	// burn-down. Mirrors the real CP's tenant-config response shape
+	// (cp_config.go:47-63 in molecule-core): returns the runtime
+	// registry, LLM endpoints, and feature flags a tenant needs to
+	// bootstrap. The stub returns a minimal but valid config — enough
+	// for the harness tenant to complete its boot sequence without
+	// falling through to a real CP call.
+	mux.HandleFunc("/cp/tenants/config", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method != http.MethodGet {
+			writeJSON(w, 405, map[string]any{
+				"error": "cp-stub: /cp/tenants/config only accepts GET",
+			})
+			return
+		}
+		tenantsConfigCalls.Add(1)
+		log.Printf("cp-stub: /cp/tenants/config called (count=%d)", tenantsConfigCalls.Load())
+		writeJSON(w, 200, map[string]any{
+			"tenant_id": "harness-tenant",
+			"runtimes": []string{
+				"claude-code",
+				"hermes",
+				"openclaw",
+				"codex",
+				"google-adk",
+				"seo-agent",
+			},
+			"llm_endpoints": map[string]string{
+				"openai":    "http://cp-stub:9090/llm/openai/v1",
+				"anthropic": "http://cp-stub:9090/llm/anthropic/v1",
+			},
+			"feature_flags": map[string]bool{
+				"canvas_async_dispatch":   true,
+				"runtime_provision_smoke": true,
+				"secrets_encryption_key":  true,
+			},
+		})
+	})
+
 	// __stub/state — expose stub state (counters) so replay scripts can
 	// assert the tenant actually reached us. Read-only.
 	mux.HandleFunc("/__stub/state", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		writeJSON(w, 200, map[string]any{
 			"redeploy_fleet_calls": redeployFleetCalls.Load(),
+			"provision_calls":      provisionCalls.Load(),
+			"tenants_config_calls": tenantsConfigCalls.Load(),
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/tests/harness/replays/cp-stub-provision-config.sh b/tests/harness/replays/cp-stub-provision-config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ff2adaa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/replays/cp-stub-provision-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# cp-stub-provision-config — #2863 burn-down: prove the harness's CP-stub
+# handles /cp/workspaces/provision + /cp/tenants/config so the harness
+# tenant's provision + config-fetch calls land on the stub (not real
+# prod CP). Phase 1 of the #2863 plan (see .claude/plans/2863-harness-fix-plan.md).
+#
+# This replay is INTENTIONALLY DISTINCT from canary-smoke-a2a-pong.sh:
+# the a2a-pong canary is the behavioral xfail that requires un-xfailing
+# (separate PR + 2-genuine + 1 human approval). This replay is a
+# harness-internal verification of the cp-stub work — it does NOT
+# un-xfail anything, it just adds a new PASS-marked replay that
+# confirms the new cp-stub handlers are reachable + the harness compose
+# env-var redirect is working.
+#
+# Why this matters:
+#   - Pre-fix: harness compose set CP_UPSTREAM_URL (not in
+#     CPProvisioner's read order). Provision call flew past cp-stub to
+#     real prod CP → 401 → 30s provisioning stall → E2E red.
+#   - Post-fix: compose sets CP_PROVISION_URL + MOLECULE_CP_URL
+#     (priority 1 + 2 in CPProvisioner's read order). The harness's
+#     tenant hits cp-stub's /cp/workspaces/provision + /cp/tenants/config
+#     handlers (permissive, 200, valid shape). Provision succeeds;
+#     staging E2E goes green on the next main run.
+#
+# What this replay asserts (each phase is a separate OK/KO):
+#   Phase 1 — initial state: provision_calls=0, tenants_config_calls=0
+#   Phase 2 — POST /cp/workspaces/provision → 201 + valid shape
+#             (instance_id + state, matching the REAL CPProvisioner
+#             client contract in internal/provisioner/cp_provisioner.go)
+#             AND __/stub/state.provision_calls == 1
+#   Phase 3 — GET /cp/tenants/config → 200 + valid shape
+#             AND __/stub/state.tenants_config_calls == 1
+#   Phase 4 — method-not-allowed cases: POST /cp/tenants/config → 405,
+#             GET /cp/workspaces/provision → 405 (regression check:
+#             if the cp-stub ever stops enforcing the verb, this fires)
+
+set -euo pipefail
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+HARNESS_ROOT="$(dirname "$HERE")"
+cd "$HARNESS_ROOT"
+
+if [ ! -f .seed.env ]; then
+    echo "[replay] no .seed.env — running ./seed.sh first..."
+    ./seed.sh
+fi
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source .seed.env
+# shellcheck source=../_curl.sh
+source "$HARNESS_ROOT/_curl.sh"
+
+PASS=0
+FAIL=0
+
+ok() { PASS=$((PASS+1)); printf "  \033[32m✓\033[0m %s\n" "$*"; }
+ko() { FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); printf "  \033[31m✗\033[0m %s\n" "$*"; }
+
+# CP_STUB_BASE is set in _curl.sh from .seed.env (or by ./up.sh).
+: "${CP_STUB_BASE:?CP_STUB_BASE must be set in .seed.env — run ./seed.sh first}"
+
+echo "[replay] cp-stub-provision-config — #2863 burn-down: cp-stub provision + config reachability"
+echo "[replay] CP_STUB_BASE=$CP_STUB_BASE"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Phase 1
+# Initial state — both counters should be 0 (or at any rate, we record
+# the start values so we can assert delta). If the harness was just
+# brought up, the counters are 0; if it's been used for other replays,
+# they may be higher. We capture the start values for the delta check.
+echo "[replay] phase 1: capture initial __/stub/state ..."
+INITIAL_STATE=$(curl -sS --max-time 10 "$CP_STUB_BASE/__stub/state")
+INITIAL_PROVISION=$(echo "$INITIAL_STATE" | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('provision_calls', 0))")
+INITIAL_TENANTS_CONFIG=$(echo "$INITIAL_STATE" | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('tenants_config_calls', 0))")
+echo "[replay]   initial provision_calls=$INITIAL_PROVISION tenants_config_calls=$INITIAL_TENANTS_CONFIG"
+ok "captured initial __/stub/state"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Phase 2
+# POST /cp/workspaces/provision. The cp-stub should return 201 + a
+# provision-response shape that matches the REAL CPProvisioner client's
+# contract (internal/provisioner/cp_provisioner.go:339-363 + the
+# cpProvisionResponse struct at :210-215). The client treats 201 as
+# success and reads instance_id + state. The prior cp-stub contract
+# (200 + workspace_id/status/phase/url) was incorrect — it sent the
+# client into its failure branch with `provision failed (200):
+# <unstructured body>`, which the CR2 review_id 11928 flagged on the
+# prior head 30a6bea. After
+# the call, the __/stub/state.provision_calls counter should have
+# incremented by exactly 1.
+echo "[replay] phase 2: POST /cp/workspaces/provision ..."
+
+# The cp-stub is called DIRECTLY (not through the tenant-proxy chain)
+# for the same reason as canary-smoke-org-create-400-capture.sh:
+# the tenant's cf-proxy intentionally does not forward /cp/workspaces/*
+# to the cp-stub in the harness-local-only smoke path. In production,
+# /cp/workspaces/* is tenant-routed via the cp-proxy; in the harness
+# smoke, we call the stub directly to verify the stub is reachable +
+# the compose env-var redirect is wired (the actual tenant-proxy path
+# is exercised by the staging E2E jobs in CI).
+RESP=$(curl -sS --max-time 30 \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -X POST "$CP_STUB_BASE/cp/workspaces/provision" \
+    -d '{"workspace_id":"harness-replay-$$"}' \
+    -w "\n%{http_code}" 2>/dev/null) || RESP="000
+"
+
+# Split body + status (last line is the status code)
+HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESP" | tail -n 1)
+BODY=$(echo "$RESP" | sed '$d')
+
+echo "[replay]   HTTP $HTTP_CODE"
+echo "[replay]   body: $BODY"
+
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "201" ]; then
+    ok "POST /cp/workspaces/provision returned 201 (cp-stub handler reachable, matches CPProvisioner success contract)"
+else
+    ko "POST /cp/workspaces/provision returned $HTTP_CODE (expected 201 — cp-stub handler not wired, or env-var redirect failed, or the response shape regressed to non-201)"
+fi
+
+# Assert the response shape — must include instance_id + state
+# (the two fields the real CPProvisioner.client reads on success).
+# workspace_id + url are also returned for observability (mirrors the
+# real CP's wire log) but are NOT consumed by the client; we assert
+# them too as a wire-shape drift-gate (any future change to the
+# real CP's response should be reflected in the stub, and vice versa).
+for field in instance_id state workspace_id url; do
+    if echo "$BODY" | python3 -c "
+import json,sys
+d = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
+sys.exit(0 if '$field' in d else 1)
+" 2>/dev/null; then
+        ok "response body has required field '$field'"
+    else
+        ko "response body missing required field '$field': $BODY"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Assert the counter incremented
+STATE_AFTER_PROVISION=$(curl -sS --max-time 10 "$CP_STUB_BASE/__stub/state")
+PROVISION_AFTER=$(echo "$STATE_AFTER_PROVISION" | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('provision_calls', 0))")
+EXPECTED_PROVISION=$((INITIAL_PROVISION + 1))
+if [ "$PROVISION_AFTER" = "$EXPECTED_PROVISION" ]; then
+    ok "provision_calls incremented $INITIAL_PROVISION → $PROVISION_AFTER (==SSOT: request reached the stub)"
+else
+    ko "provision_calls expected $EXPECTED_PROVISION, got $PROVISION_AFTER — request did NOT reach the stub (env-var redirect broken, or counter not wired)"
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Phase 3
+# GET /cp/tenants/config. Mirror of Phase 2 but for the config-fetch
+# call. The cp-stub should return 200 + a config shape with runtimes,
+# llm_endpoints, feature_flags. After the call, the tenants_config_calls
+# counter should increment by exactly 1.
+echo "[replay] phase 3: GET /cp/tenants/config ..."
+
+RESP=$(curl -sS --max-time 30 \
+    -X GET "$CP_STUB_BASE/cp/tenants/config" \
+    -w "\n%{http_code}" 2>/dev/null) || RESP="000
+"
+
+HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESP" | tail -n 1)
+BODY=$(echo "$RESP" | sed '$d')
+
+echo "[replay]   HTTP $HTTP_CODE"
+echo "[replay]   body: $BODY"
+
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then
+    ok "GET /cp/tenants/config returned 200 (cp-stub handler reachable)"
+else
+    ko "GET /cp/tenants/config returned $HTTP_CODE (expected 200 — cp-stub handler not wired)"
+fi
+
+# Assert the response shape matches the real CP's tenant-config shape
+for field in runtimes llm_endpoints feature_flags; do
+    if echo "$BODY" | python3 -c "
+import json,sys
+d = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
+sys.exit(0 if '$field' in d else 1)
+" 2>/dev/null; then
+        ok "config body has required field '$field'"
+    else
+        ko "config body missing required field '$field': $BODY"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Assert the counter incremented
+STATE_AFTER_CONFIG=$(curl -sS --max-time 10 "$CP_STUB_BASE/__stub/state")
+CONFIG_AFTER=$(echo "$STATE_AFTER_CONFIG" | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('tenants_config_calls', 0))")
+EXPECTED_CONFIG=$((INITIAL_TENANTS_CONFIG + 1))
+if [ "$CONFIG_AFTER" = "$EXPECTED_CONFIG" ]; then
+    ok "tenants_config_calls incremented $INITIAL_TENANTS_CONFIG → $CONFIG_AFTER (==SSOT: request reached the stub)"
+else
+    ko "tenants_config_calls expected $EXPECTED_CONFIG, got $CONFIG_AFTER — request did NOT reach the stub"
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Phase 4
+# Method-not-allowed regression checks. If the cp-stub ever stops
+# enforcing the verb (e.g. someone refactors and removes the 405
+# branches), these assertions fire. The MCP is small but the verb
+# enforcement matters: POST /cp/tenants/config should never silently
+# succeed (it would mean a config-update path the harness didn't
+# intend to support).
+echo "[replay] phase 4: verb enforcement regression checks ..."
+
+# POST /cp/tenants/config should be 405 (only GET is allowed)
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS --max-time 10 -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+    -X POST "$CP_STUB_BASE/cp/tenants/config" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "405" ]; then
+    ok "POST /cp/tenants/config returned 405 (verb enforcement intact)"
+else
+    ko "POST /cp/tenants/config returned $HTTP_CODE (expected 405 — verb enforcement regressed)"
+fi
+
+# GET /cp/workspaces/provision should be 405 (only POST is allowed)
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS --max-time 10 -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+    -X GET "$CP_STUB_BASE/cp/workspaces/provision" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "405" ]; then
+    ok "GET /cp/workspaces/provision returned 405 (verb enforcement intact)"
+else
+    ko "GET /cp/workspaces/provision returned $HTTP_CODE (expected 405 — verb enforcement regressed)"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "[replay] PASS=$PASS FAIL=$FAIL"
+[ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/tests/harness/seed.sh b/tests/harness/seed.sh
index e17181d0..f73b6b14 100755
--- a/tests/harness/seed.sh
+++ b/tests/harness/seed.sh
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ echo "[seed]   beta-child   id=$BETA_CHILD_ID"
 # workspace" for their purposes.)"
     echo "ALPHA_WORKSPACE_ID=$ALPHA_PARENT_ID"
     echo "BETA_WORKSPACE_ID=$BETA_PARENT_ID"
+    # CP_STUB_BASE — the URL the host uses to reach the cp-stub service.
+    # Replays run on the host (./run-all-replays.sh — see compose.yml's
+    # #2867 address-fix), and compose publishes cp-stub's port 9090 to
+    # the host loopback (cp-stub.ports: "9090:9090"). Default to
+    # http://localhost:9090; allow override via env for staging mirrors
+    # where the cp-stub is reachable at a different host/port.
+    echo "CP_STUB_BASE=${CP_STUB_BASE:-http://localhost:9090}"
 } > "$HERE/.seed.env"
 
 echo ""
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace_admin_restart.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace_admin_restart.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b78a409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace_admin_restart.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package handlers
+
+// workspace_admin_restart.go — admin-gated partner of the user-facing
+// /workspaces/:id/restart endpoint. The control-plane migrator calls this
+// AFTER a cross-cloud migration cutover to re-inject the tenant's LLM
+// creds via the loadWorkspaceSecrets path (today's 2026-06-15
+// fleet-credential incident root-cause durable fix — the migrator's
+// prepareTargetEnv OMITS loadWorkspaceSecrets because secrets live in
+// the tenant, not in CP).
+//
+// The endpoint accepts an empty body (the restart is workspace-scoped
+// via the URL path) and calls wh.RestartByID(workspaceID) — the same
+// proven restart mechanism the driver used to restore all 5 boxes in
+// the incident. The handler fires the restart ASYNC (per the
+// existing /restart endpoint's pattern) and returns 202 Accepted
+// immediately; the actual restart happens in the background.
+//
+// Mirrors the existing /admin/workspaces/:id/set-compute-instance
+// pattern (admin-gated, CP-only caller, no body required). The
+// migrator's settleRestartOnTenant (internal/provisioner/
+// workspace_migrator_wire.go) POSTs this endpoint as its post-cutover
+// "settle" step (the durable fix for the missing-cred symptom).
+//
+// Distinct from the user-facing POST /workspaces/:id/restart:
+//   - This endpoint uses AdminAuth (Bearer admin token) — the migrator
+//     holds the tenant's admin token via resolveTenantEndpoint and
+//     reuses it for all admin collaborators.
+//   - The user-facing endpoint uses the workspace's own bearer
+//     (wsAuth middleware). The migrator doesn't have a workspace
+//     bearer (and getting one would be a separate admin call); using
+//     the existing admin-token pattern is the natural fit.
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/workspace-server/internal/db"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+// AdminRestart handles POST /admin/workspaces/:id/restart (AdminAuth). The
+// control-plane migrator calls this to re-inject the tenant's LLM creds
+// via the loadWorkspaceSecrets path on a freshly-migrated box — the
+// migrator's prepareTargetEnv OMITS loadWorkspaceSecrets because
+// secrets live in the tenant, not in CP. The restart re-runs
+// prepareProvisionContext which calls loadWorkspaceSecrets, re-issuing
+// the per-workspace bearer + injecting CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN /
+// CODEX_AUTH_JSON / MINIMAX_API_KEY into the container env.
+//
+// This is the SAME proven restart mechanism the driver used to restore
+// all 5 boxes in the 2026-06-15 fleet-credential incident; encoding
+// it as a partner endpoint to the migrator's settle-restart turns a
+// manual per-migration recovery into the migration's natural final step.
+//
+// Behavior:
+//   - 404 if the workspace id is empty or the workspace doesn't exist
+//     in the DB
+//   - 202 Accepted on a successful dispatch (the restart is async;
+//     the migrator's poll-via-strengthened-health-check verifies the
+//     cred re-injection landed)
+//   - 500 if the dispatch fails (extremely rare; the RestartByID
+//     call panics-recover'd in a goroutine)
+//
+// Idempotent: a second POST to this endpoint while a restart is
+// in-flight is coalesced via the existing restartState pattern
+// (per-workspace pending-flag). Safe to call repeatedly.
+func (h *WorkspaceHandler) AdminRestart(c *gin.Context) {
+	id := c.Param("id")
+	if id == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "workspace id required"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Pre-flight: confirm the workspace exists. A 404 here (vs. a
+	// silent no-op for a missing id) gives the migrator a clear
+	// signal to roll back. The RestartByID call below would also
+	// fail in this case, but with a less-precise error; doing the
+	// pre-flight gives ops a clean diagnostic in the wire log.
+	var exists int
+	err := db.DB.QueryRowContext(c.Request.Context(), `SELECT 1 FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1`, id).Scan(&exists)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err.Error() == "sql: no rows in result set" {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": "workspace not found"})
+			return
+		}
+		log.Printf("AdminRestart: workspace lookup %s: %v", id, err)
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "db lookup failed"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Fire the restart ASYNC — same pattern as the user-facing
+	// POST /workspaces/:id/restart handler. The actual restart runs
+	// in a goroutine; we return 202 Accepted immediately so the
+	// migrator's poll loop isn't held by the restart's own
+	// provisioning time.
+	h.goAsync(func() { h.RestartByID(id) })
+	log.Printf("AdminRestart: dispatching restart for workspace %s (CP migrator settle — fleet-credential incident durable fix)", id)
+	c.JSON(http.StatusAccepted, gin.H{
+		"status":       "restart_dispatched",
+		"workspace_id": id,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace_admin_restart_test.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace_admin_restart_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..421f11fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/workspace_admin_restart_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package handlers
+
+// workspace_admin_restart_test.go — tests for the AdminRestart handler
+// (the partner of the user-facing POST /workspaces/:id/restart). The CP
+// migrator calls this to re-inject the tenant's LLM creds via the
+// loadWorkspaceSecrets path on a freshly-migrated box (today's
+// 2026-06-15 fleet-credential incident root-cause durable fix — see
+// PRs #824 (CP) and this one (tenant partner)). Mirrors the
+// SetComputeInstance test pattern (workspace_set_compute_instance_test.go).
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+// AdminRestart re-injects LLM creds via the loadWorkspaceSecrets path
+// (the durable fix for today's 2026-06-15 fleet-credential incident —
+// see controlplane PR #824 for the migrator-side). The handler fires
+// wh.RestartByID ASYNC (per the existing /restart endpoint's pattern)
+// and returns 202 Accepted immediately.
+func TestAdminRestart_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	h, mock := setupBootstrapHandler(t)
+
+	// Pre-flight: confirm the workspace exists. The handler does
+	// a SELECT 1 FROM workspaces WHERE id = $1 before firing the
+	// async restart, so we expect that query.
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT 1 FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+		WithArgs("ws-migrated").
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"x"}).AddRow(1))
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "ws-migrated"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/admin/workspaces/ws-migrated/restart", nil)
+
+	h.AdminRestart(c)
+
+	if w.Code != http.StatusAccepted {
+		t.Fatalf("want 202, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet: %v", err)
+	}
+	// The actual restart is async; we don't assert on the goroutine
+	// (it would no-op on the test bootstrap since h has no provisioner
+	// wired; the goAsync panic-recovery swallows any panic cleanly).
+}
+
+// A workspace id that matches no row is a 404 — the migrator can tell
+// a stale id from a real restart. Distinct from SetComputeInstance's
+// NoRowIs404 (which fires on the UPDATE rowcount), here the
+// pre-flight SELECT does the work.
+func TestAdminRestart_NoRowIs404(t *testing.T) {
+	h, mock := setupBootstrapHandler(t)
+
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT 1 FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+		WithArgs("ws-gone").
+		WillReturnError(sql.ErrNoRows)
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "ws-gone"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/admin/workspaces/ws-gone/restart", nil)
+
+	h.AdminRestart(c)
+
+	if w.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("want 404, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// A DB failure on the pre-flight surfaces as 500 so the migrator
+// can fail loudly rather than silently restart into a missing
+// workspace. (RestartByID would fail too, but with a less-precise
+// error from the deeper code path; surfacing the pre-flight 500
+// gives ops a clean diagnostic.)
+func TestAdminRestart_DBErrorIs500(t *testing.T) {
+	h, mock := setupBootstrapHandler(t)
+
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT 1 FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+		WithArgs("ws-1").
+		WillReturnError(errors.New("connection reset"))
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "ws-1"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/admin/workspaces/ws-1/restart", nil)
+
+	h.AdminRestart(c)
+
+	if w.Code != http.StatusInternalServerError {
+		t.Fatalf("want 500, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// An empty id is a 400 before any DB work — the migrator never
+// issues an empty id (it always has a real wsID from the cutover
+// record), so this is a defense-in-depth check, not a hot path.
+func TestAdminRestart_EmptyIDIs400(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _ := setupBootstrapHandler(t)
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: ""}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/admin/workspaces//restart", nil)
+
+	h.AdminRestart(c)
+
+	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Errorf("want 400, got %d", w.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+// Sanity check that the handler does NOT pause for the actual restart
+// (the 202 path is async; the migrator's poll loop is not held by
+// the restart's provisioning time). A 1ms-budgeted assertion catches
+// a regression that turns the handler into a synchronous call.
+func TestAdminRestart_AsyncDoesNotBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	h, mock := setupBootstrapHandler(t)
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT 1 FROM workspaces WHERE id = \$1`).
+		WithArgs("ws-1").
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"x"}).AddRow(1))
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+		c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "ws-1"}}
+		c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/admin/workspaces/ws-1/restart", nil)
+		h.AdminRestart(c)
+		close(done)
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+		// PASS — handler returned quickly.
+	case <-timeAfter(1):
+		t.Fatal("AdminRestart blocked (the 202 must return without waiting for the restart goroutine)")
+	}
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Use a package-private alias so the test file doesn't need to
+// inline a time.After call. Kept inline; standard library time is
+// imported via the test harness.
+var timeAfter = func(d int) <-chan time.Time { return time.After(time.Duration(d) * time.Millisecond) }
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/router/router.go b/workspace-server/internal/router/router.go
index 1dfb2370..d2064c9c 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/router/router.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/router/router.go
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ func Setup(hub *ws.Hub, broadcaster *events.Broadcaster, prov *provisioner.Provi
 		// fighting the migration into a split-brain. Pure record repoint (no
 		// deprovision); the CP migrator calls it once the cutover is verified.
 		wsAdmin.POST("/admin/workspaces/:id/set-compute-instance", wh.SetComputeInstance)
+		// Admin-triggered restart of a workspace — the partner of the
+		// user-facing POST /workspaces/:id/restart (which uses the
+		// workspace's own bearer). The CP migrator calls this after a
+		// cross-cloud migration cutover to re-inject LLM creds via the
+		// loadWorkspaceSecrets path (today's 2026-06-15 fleet-credential
+		// incident root-cause durable fix — see PRs #824 (CP) and this
+		// one (tenant partner)). The handler fires wh.RestartByID async
+		// and returns 202 Accepted immediately; the actual restart
+		// happens in the background and the migrator's strengthened
+		// health check (assertCompletionServes in CP#824) verifies the
+		// cred re-injection landed.
+		wsAdmin.POST("/admin/workspaces/:id/restart", wh.AdminRestart)
 		// Per-workspace LLM billing mode override (internal#691). Used by
 		// CP's /cp/admin/workspaces/:id/llm-billing-mode proxy + (via that
 		// proxy) by the canvas Config-tab "LLM Billing" section. Default-