diff --git a/devlog/_plan/260829_restart_codex_shim_backup/000_repro_and_root_cause.md b/devlog/_plan/260829_restart_codex_shim_backup/000_repro_and_root_cause.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d587cd755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devlog/_plan/260829_restart_codex_shim_backup/000_repro_and_root_cause.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# 000 — `--restart-codex` misses `codex.opencodex-real` shim backup binaries
+
+## The report
+
+On remote hosts where Codex autostart shim is installed (`~/.local/bin/codex`), running `ocx sync --restart-codex`
+reports zero app-server processes stopped, leaving long-lived app-servers holding stale in-memory model catalogs.
+
+## What is actually running there
+
+`ps -ef` on the affected host:
+
+```text
+ubuntu  3600609  1  0 04:35 ?  /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/codex.opencodex-real -c features.code_mode_host=true app-server --listen unix://
+```
+
+## The defect
+
+`isCodexExecutableToken` in `src/codex/app-server-processes.ts` checked only `codex`, `codex.exe`, `codex.cmd`,
+and Rust target triples. When the autostart shim moves the original launcher to `codex.opencodex-real`,
+the process command line starts with `codex.opencodex-real` and fails `isCodexExecutableToken`, so `--restart-codex`
+ignores it entirely.
+
+## The fix
+
+Admit `codex.opencodex-real`, `codex.opencodex-real.exe`, and `codex.opencodex-real.cmd` in `isCodexExecutableToken`
+and in `WINDOWS_CODEX_BASENAME_CANDIDATE_RE`.
diff --git a/src/codex/app-server-processes.ts b/src/codex/app-server-processes.ts
index fbce428278..e5180f457a 100644
--- a/src/codex/app-server-processes.ts
+++ b/src/codex/app-server-processes.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const CODEX_TARGET_TRIPLE_BODY = "[a-z0-9_]+-[a-z0-9_]+-[a-z0-9_]+(?:-[a-z0-9_]+
  * `codex-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe`.
  */
 export const WINDOWS_CODEX_BASENAME_CANDIDATE_RE = new RegExp(
-  `(^|[/\\\\\\s'"=])codex(-${CODEX_TARGET_TRIPLE_BODY})?([.]exe|[.]cmd)?['"]?(\\s|$)`,
+  `(^|[/\\\\\\s'"=])codex([.]opencodex-real)?(-${CODEX_TARGET_TRIPLE_BODY})?([.]exe|[.]cmd)?['"]?(\\s|$)`,
   "i",
 );
 
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ function tokenBasename(token: string): string {
 function isCodexExecutableToken(token: string): boolean {
   const base = tokenBasename(token);
   return base === "codex" || base === "codex.exe" || base === "codex.cmd"
+    || base === "codex.opencodex-real" || base === "codex.opencodex-real.exe"
+    || base === "codex.opencodex-real.cmd"
     || CODEX_TARGET_TRIPLE_BASENAME_RE.test(base);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/codex-app-server-processes.test.ts b/tests/codex-app-server-processes.test.ts
index da8d0b522a..518e986f7c 100644
--- a/tests/codex-app-server-processes.test.ts
+++ b/tests/codex-app-server-processes.test.ts
@@ -398,6 +398,18 @@ describe("Codex app-server process matching (#476)", () => {
   });
 
 
+  test("matches codex.opencodex-real launcher backup binaries and wrappers", () => {
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine("/home/ubuntu/.local/bin/codex.opencodex-real app-server proxy")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine(
+      "/home/ubuntu/.local/bin/codex.opencodex-real -c features.code_mode_host=true app-server --listen unix://",
+    )).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine("C:\\Users\\a\\AppData\\codex.opencodex-real.exe app-server --listen pipe")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine("\"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\codex.opencodex-real.cmd\" app-server")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine("node /usr/local/bin/codex.opencodex-real app-server proxy")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine("codex.opencodex-real exec 'hello'")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCodexAppServerCommandLine("node worker.js codex.opencodex-real app-server")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("matches the npm wrapper that supervises the native app-server", () => {
     // The shape that made `ocx sync --restart-codex` report a survivor on Linux. An
     // npm-installed Codex runs as a PAIR: `node /usr/local/bin/codex app-server` and
@@ -492,6 +504,12 @@ describe("Codex app-server process matching (#476)", () => {
     expect(isWindowsCodexCandidateCommandLine(
       "C:\\Users\\a\\.codex\\bin\\codex-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.exe app-server",
     )).toBe(true);
+    expect(isWindowsCodexCandidateCommandLine(
+      "C:\\Users\\a\\.local\\bin\\codex.opencodex-real.exe app-server",
+    )).toBe(true);
+    expect(isWindowsCodexCandidateCommandLine(
+      "\"C:\\Program Files\\Codex\\codex.opencodex-real.cmd\" app-server",
+    )).toBe(true);
     // Stay narrow: incidental "opencodex" paths must not pay GetOwner.
     expect(isWindowsCodexCandidateCommandLine(
       "node C:\\Users\\a\\opencodex\\src\\cli\\index.ts start",