server restart thingy yay

webui/src/admin/api.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const restoreConfigurationRevision = (socket, payload) => emitAdminReques
 export const createAdministrator = (socket, payload) => emitAdminRequest(socket, 'adminConfig:createAdministrator', payload);
 export const updateAdministrator = (socket, payload) => emitAdminRequest(socket, 'adminConfig:updateAdministrator', payload);
 export const deleteAdministrator = (socket, id) => emitAdminRequest(socket, 'adminConfig:deleteAdministrator', { id });
+export const restartApplication = (socket) => emitAdminRequest(socket, 'server:restartApplication');
 
 export const getSetupStatus = (socket) => emitAdminRequest(socket, 'setup:status');
 export const createFirstAdministrator = (socket, payload) => emitAdminRequest(socket, 'setup:createAdministrator', payload);

webui/src/admin/components/AdminOverview.jsx

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Administration Overview
 // Purpose: Summarizes configuration state, revision history, audit history, and links to existing health/report surfaces.
 // Scope: Presents persisted administration metadata without duplicating operational service implementations.
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import CardFrame from '../../components/CardFrame/index.jsx';
-import { restoreConfigurationRevision } from '../api.js';
+import { restartApplication, restoreConfigurationRevision } from '../api.js';
 
 function formatDate(value) {
   return Number.isFinite(Number(value)) ? new Date(Number(value)).toLocaleString() : 'unknown';
@@ -11,6 +12,16 @@ function formatDate(value) {
 
 export default function AdminOverview({ snapshot, socket, runSensitive, onSnapshot }) {
   const config = snapshot.configuration;
+  const [restartRequested, setRestartRequested] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!restartRequested) return undefined;
+    // The socket reconnect is the simplest authoritative success signal: the
+    // replacement process is accepting browser connections again.
+    const handleReconnect = () => setRestartRequested(false);
+    socket.once('connect', handleReconnect);
+    return () => socket.off('connect', handleReconnect);
+  }, [restartRequested, socket]);
 
   async function restore(revision) {
     if (!window.confirm(`Restore configuration revision ${revision}? This creates and immediately applies a new active revision.`)) return;
@@ -25,6 +36,17 @@ export default function AdminOverview({ snapshot, socket, runSensitive, onSnapsh
     }
   }
 
+  async function restart() {
+    if (!window.confirm('Restart the MultiRover application now? Connected rovers and browsers will disconnect briefly; the server host will not reboot.')) return;
+    setRestartRequested(true);
+    try {
+      await runSensitive(() => restartApplication(socket));
+    } catch (error) {
+      setRestartRequested(false);
+      window.alert(error.message);
+    }
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-0.5">
       <CardFrame title="Administration overview" meta={`revision ${config.revision}`} bodyClassName="grid gap-0.5 p-0.5 md:grid-cols-3">
@@ -36,6 +58,12 @@ export default function AdminOverview({ snapshot, socket, runSensitive, onSnapsh
         <Link className="button-dark" to="/reports">Open fleet reports</Link>
         <Link className="button-dark" to="/">Open driver application</Link>
       </CardFrame>
+      <CardFrame title="Application" bodyClassName="space-y-0.5 p-1 text-sm">
+        <p className="text-slate-300">Restart only the MultiRover application. The process supervisor starts it again automatically without rebooting the host.</p>
+        <button type="button" className="button-danger" disabled={restartRequested} onClick={restart}>
+          {restartRequested ? 'Waiting for application…' : 'Restart application'}
+        </button>
+      </CardFrame>
       <CardFrame title="Configuration revisions" meta={snapshot.revisions.length} bodyClassName="max-h-64 overflow-y-auto p-0.5 text-xs">
         {snapshot.revisions.map((revision) => (
           <div key={revision.revision} className="surface mb-0.5 grid items-center gap-0.5 p-0.5 md:grid-cols-[5rem_1fr_1fr_1fr_auto]">

webui/src/components/AdminPanel/AdminPanelContent.jsx

@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ export default function AdminPanelContent() {
     rebootRover,
     updateRover,
     updateAllRovers,
-    rebootServer,
     setAudioLevels,
     setPersonalAudioAdjustmentRange,
     setPrivateSafety,
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ export default function AdminPanelContent() {
   const [lockStates, setLockStates] = useState({});
   const [rebootStates, setRebootStates] = useState({});
   const [updateStates, setUpdateStates] = useState({});
-  const [serverRebooting, setServerRebooting] = useState(false);
   const [clearingLlmHistory, setClearingLlmHistory] = useState(false);
   const [clearingOverseerHistory, setClearingOverseerHistory] = useState(false);
   const health = session?.health || null;
@@ -229,18 +227,6 @@ export default function AdminPanelContent() {
     }
   };
 
-  const handleServerReboot = async () => {
-    const ok = window.confirm('Reboot the server host now? This will disconnect all users.');
-    if (!ok) return;
-    setServerRebooting(true);
-    try {
-      await rebootServer();
-    } catch (err) {
-      alert(err.message);
-      setServerRebooting(false);
-    }
-  };
-
   const handleClearLlmHistory = async () => {
     const ok = window.confirm(
       'Clear LLM commentary history now? This resets chat context, bot memory, and rover activity metrics for narration.',
@@ -421,14 +407,6 @@ export default function AdminPanelContent() {
   return (
     <CardFrame title="Admin controls" actions={actions} bodyClassName="space-y-0.5 text-base">
       <div className="flex gap-0.5 text-xs">
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          onClick={handleServerReboot}
-          disabled={serverRebooting}
-          className="button-danger disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-60"
-        >
-          {serverRebooting ? 'Server rebooting...' : 'Reboot Server'}
-        </button>
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={handleTestRewardOverlay}

webui/src/context/SessionContext.jsx

@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ export function SessionProvider({ children }) {
       // intent, then the server checks privileges and fans out the same fixed
       // update command to every currently connected rover.
       updateAllRovers: () => emitWithAck('command:updateAllRovers'),
-      rebootServer: () => emitWithAck('server:reboot'),
       playUploadedAudio: ({ roverId, name, mime, dataBase64 }) =>
         emitWithAck('audio:uploadPlay', { roverId, name, mime, dataBase64 }),
       stopUploadedAudio: (roverId) => emitWithAck('audio:uploadStop', { roverId }),