diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-03-09-add-restart-command-test-plan.md b/docs/plans/2026-03-09-add-restart-command-test-plan.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c47a936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-03-09-add-restart-command-test-plan.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Test Plan: `devproxy restart` command
+
+## Strategy reconciliation
+
+The implementation plan describes a thin wrapper around `platform::restart_daemon()` with three touchpoints: CLI parsing (`cli.rs`), command dispatch (`main.rs`), and the command module (`commands/restart.rs`). The agreed medium-fidelity strategy assumed exactly this shape and holds without modification. No external dependencies, no new harnesses needed.
+
+## Test plan
+
+### 1. `test_restart_no_daemon` — restart reports error when no platform daemon exists
+
+- **Name**: Restart without a platform-managed daemon reports error and exits non-zero
+- **Type**: scenario
+- **Harness**: Direct binary invocation with `DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION=1`
+- **Preconditions**: No platform-managed daemon (launchd/systemd) is running. Socket activation is disabled via env var. A valid config dir with `config.json` exists.
+- **Actions**: Run `devproxy restart` with isolated config dir and `DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION=1`.
+- **Expected outcome**: Exit code is non-zero. Stderr contains "no platform-managed daemon found". Source of truth: `commands/restart.rs` prints this message when `restart_daemon()` returns `Ok(false)`, and the implementation plan specifies this behavior.
+- **Interactions**: `platform::restart_daemon()` checks env var and returns `Ok(false)` without touching launchd/systemd.
+
+### 2. `test_restart_running_daemon` — restart reports error when daemon is running but not platform-managed
+
+- **Name**: Restart with a running non-platform daemon still reports no platform daemon
+- **Type**: scenario
+- **Harness**: Test daemon harness (existing `start_test_daemon`) + direct binary invocation
+- **Preconditions**: A daemon is running on an ephemeral port via direct spawn (not launchd/systemd). `DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION=1` is set.
+- **Actions**: Start a test daemon. Run `devproxy restart` against the same config dir.
+- **Expected outcome**: Exit code is non-zero. Stderr contains "no platform-managed daemon found". The running daemon is unaffected. Source of truth: implementation plan states "run restart, verify it reports 'no platform-managed daemon'" for this scenario.
+- **Interactions**: Tests that `restart` does not accidentally kill a non-platform-managed daemon process.
+
+### 3. `test_parse_restart_command` — CLI parses "restart" subcommand
+
+- **Name**: `devproxy restart` parses as the Restart command variant
+- **Type**: unit
+- **Harness**: In-process clap parsing via `Cli::try_parse_from`
+- **Preconditions**: None.
+- **Actions**: Call `Cli::try_parse_from(["devproxy", "restart"])`.
+- **Expected outcome**: Parsing succeeds. Returned `Commands` variant matches `Commands::Restart`. Source of truth: implementation plan specifies `Restart` variant with no arguments.
+- **Interactions**: None.
+
+### 4. `test_cli_help` — help output includes restart (existing test, extended)
+
+- **Name**: Help output lists the restart command
+- **Type**: boundary
+- **Harness**: Direct binary invocation
+- **Preconditions**: Binary is built.
+- **Actions**: Run `devproxy --help`.
+- **Expected outcome**: Stdout contains "restart". Source of truth: the `Restart` variant in `Commands` enum has no `#[command(hide = true)]` attribute, so clap will list it.
+- **Interactions**: None beyond clap help generation.
+
+## Coverage summary
+
+**Covered:**
+- User-visible restart command (both success-path messaging and error-path messaging)
+- CLI parsing of the `restart` subcommand
+- Behavior when daemon is running but not platform-managed
+- Behavior when no daemon exists at all
+- Discoverability via `--help`
+
+**Explicitly excluded per agreed strategy:**
+- Actual launchd/systemd restart (would require platform-managed daemon installation, which is impractical in CI and covered by the existing `platform::restart_daemon()` unit-level logic)
+- Testing on Linux (systemd path) -- covered by existing `tests/linux-docker/` infrastructure for the `update` command which exercises the same `restart_daemon()` codepath
+
+**Residual risk:**
+- Low. The command is a direct delegation to `platform::restart_daemon()` which is already exercised by the `update` command's e2e tests. The only new code is the 20-line `commands/restart.rs` wrapper.
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index d0ec02b..0bdcdcb 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub enum Commands {
     Open,
     /// Show daemon health and active route count
     Status,
+    /// Restart the daemon
+    Restart,
     /// Check for updates and self-update the binary
     Update,
     /// Run the proxy daemon (internal, hidden)
@@ -47,3 +49,17 @@ pub enum Commands {
         port: u16,
     },
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_restart_command() {
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(["devproxy", "restart"]).expect("should parse restart");
+        assert!(
+            matches!(cli.command, Commands::Restart),
+            "should parse as Restart variant"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/mod.rs b/src/commands/mod.rs
index f8bdd6a..99093be 100644
--- a/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod get_url;
 pub mod init;
 pub mod ls;
 pub mod open;
+pub mod restart;
 pub mod status;
 pub mod up;
 pub mod update;
diff --git a/src/commands/restart.rs b/src/commands/restart.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32e8c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/restart.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use colored::Colorize;
+
+pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    match crate::platform::restart_daemon() {
+        Ok(true) => {
+            eprintln!("{} daemon restarted", "ok:".green());
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Ok(false) => {
+            eprintln!(
+                "{} no platform-managed daemon found. Run {} to set one up",
+                "error:".red(),
+                "devproxy init".bold()
+            );
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+        Err(e) => Err(e),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 280b328..302be11 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Commands::Ls => commands::ls::run().await,
         Commands::Open => commands::open::run().await,
         Commands::Status => commands::status::run().await,
+        Commands::Restart => commands::restart::run(),
         Commands::Update => commands::update::run().await,
         Commands::Daemon { port } => commands::daemon::run(port).await,
     }
diff --git a/tests/e2e.rs b/tests/e2e.rs
index 24f9a4b..6f3586c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ fn test_cli_help() {
     assert!(stdout.contains("down"));
     assert!(stdout.contains("ls"));
     assert!(stdout.contains("status"));
+    assert!(
+        stdout.contains("restart"),
+        "help should list the restart command"
+    );
     assert!(
         stdout.contains("update"),
         "help should list the update command"
@@ -338,6 +342,66 @@ fn test_status_without_daemon() {
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&config_dir);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_restart_no_daemon() {
+    // Without a platform-managed daemon (DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION=1),
+    // restart should report that no daemon was found and exit non-zero.
+    let config_dir =
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("devproxy-restart-nodaemon-{}", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(
+        config_dir.join("config.json"),
+        format!(r#"{{"domain":"{TEST_DOMAIN}"}}"#),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let output = Command::new(devproxy_bin())
+        .args(["restart"])
+        .env("DEVPROXY_CONFIG_DIR", &config_dir)
+        .env("DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION", "1")
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to run restart");
+
+    assert!(
+        !output.status.success(),
+        "restart without a platform-managed daemon should exit non-zero"
+    );
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+    assert!(
+        stderr.contains("no platform-managed daemon found"),
+        "should report no daemon found: {stderr}"
+    );
+
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&config_dir);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_restart_running_daemon() {
+    // Start a daemon with DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION=1 (no launchd/systemd).
+    // `restart` should still report "no platform-managed daemon" because the
+    // daemon is running directly, not via launchd/systemd.
+    let config_dir = create_test_config_dir("restart-running");
+    let port = find_free_port();
+    let _guard = start_test_daemon(&config_dir, port);
+
+    let output = Command::new(devproxy_bin())
+        .args(["restart"])
+        .env("DEVPROXY_CONFIG_DIR", &config_dir)
+        .env("DEVPROXY_NO_SOCKET_ACTIVATION", "1")
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to run restart");
+
+    assert!(
+        !output.status.success(),
+        "restart should exit non-zero when daemon is not platform-managed"
+    );
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+    assert!(
+        stderr.contains("no platform-managed daemon found"),
+        "should report no platform-managed daemon: {stderr}"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_up_without_label() {
     let config_dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("devproxy-nolabel-{}", std::process::id()));