diff --git a/crates/daemon/tests/cli_journey.rs b/crates/daemon/tests/cli_journey.rs
index 90c6a4fd..a8cccdb9 100644
--- a/crates/daemon/tests/cli_journey.rs
+++ b/crates/daemon/tests/cli_journey.rs
@@ -1344,5 +1344,139 @@ fn cli_journey_reply_later_flag_persists_across_daemon_restart() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Backgrounded mutation jobs (`--async`) must survive a daemon restart.
+/// Before job history was persisted, `mxr jobs` read an in-memory Vec, so
+/// a restart erased every record a batch ever ran. This drives the full
+/// CLI journey — sync, start an async archive job, then bounce the daemon
+/// — and asserts the job is still listed afterward.
+#[test]
+fn cli_journey_async_job_history_survives_daemon_restart() {
+    let _guard = cli_journey_guard();
+    let temp = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+    let instance = unique_instance_name();
+    let data_dir = temp.path().join("data");
+    let config_dir = temp.path().join("config");
+    let socket_path = instance_socket_path(&instance);
+    let pid_path = data_dir.join("daemon.pid");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir).expect("data dir");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir).expect("config dir");
+    write_fake_config(&config_dir);
+
+    let mut daemon = DaemonGuard {
+        socket_path: socket_path.clone(),
+        pid_path: pid_path.clone(),
+        pid: None,
+    };
+
+    let status = run_json(
+        &instance,
+        &data_dir,
+        &config_dir,
+        &["status", "--format", "json"],
+    );
+    daemon.pid = status["daemon_pid"].as_u64();
+    let original_pid = daemon.pid.expect("daemon pid");
+
+    run_status_only(
+        &instance,
+        &data_dir,
+        &config_dir,
+        &["sync", "--wait", "--wait-timeout-secs", "30"],
+    );
+
+    let message_id = search_results(
+        &run_json(
+            &instance,
+            &data_dir,
+            &config_dir,
+            &["search", "deployment", "--format", "json", "--limit", "5"],
+        ),
+        "at least one fixture matches `deployment`",
+    )
+    .first()
+    .and_then(|hit| hit["message_id"].as_str())
+    .expect("at least one fixture matches `deployment`")
+    .to_string();
+
+    // Start a backgrounded archive job.
+    run_status_only(
+        &instance,
+        &data_dir,
+        &config_dir,
+        &["archive", &message_id, "--async", "--yes"],
+    );
+
+    // Poll until the job row appears, then capture its id.
+    let job_ids = |daemon_instance: &str| -> Vec<String> {
+        let jobs = run_json(
+            daemon_instance,
+            &data_dir,
+            &config_dir,
+            &["jobs", "--format", "json"],
+        );
+        let arr = jobs
+            .as_array()
+            .or_else(|| jobs.get("jobs").and_then(Value::as_array))
+            .cloned()
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        arr.iter()
+            .filter_map(|job| job["job_id"].as_str().map(str::to_string))
+            .collect()
+    };
+
+    let mut job_id = None;
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        if let Some(id) = job_ids(&instance).into_iter().next() {
+            job_id = Some(id);
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50));
+    }
+    let job_id = job_id.expect("async archive must record a job before restart");
+
+    // Bounce the daemon.
+    std::process::Command::new("kill")
+        .arg(original_pid.to_string())
+        .status()
+        .expect("kill daemon");
+    for _ in 0..120 {
+        let alive = std::process::Command::new("kill")
+            .arg("-0")
+            .arg(original_pid.to_string())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
+            .status()
+            .is_ok_and(|status: std::process::ExitStatus| status.success());
+        if !alive {
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+    }
+    daemon.pid = None;
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&socket_path);
+
+    let status_after = run_json(
+        &instance,
+        &data_dir,
+        &config_dir,
+        &["status", "--format", "json"],
+    );
+    let new_pid = status_after["daemon_pid"]
+        .as_u64()
+        .expect("auto-started daemon should report its pid");
+    assert_ne!(
+        new_pid, original_pid,
+        "daemon must be a fresh process; got the same pid back"
+    );
+    daemon.pid = Some(new_pid);
+
+    // The job must still be listed after the restart.
+    assert!(
+        job_ids(&instance).contains(&job_id),
+        "async job {job_id} must survive a daemon restart; got jobs: {:?}",
+        job_ids(&instance)
+    );
+}
+
 // Daemon-spawning + run_* + write_fake_account_config helpers live in
 // `mxr_test_support::daemon` (shared with other integration tests).