diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/daemon-lifecycle.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/daemon-lifecycle.spec.ts
index 440b22d3e0..bded30cb81 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/daemon-lifecycle.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/daemon-lifecycle.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdtemp, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { expect, test } from "../support/fixtures";
 import { startIsolatedHostDaemon } from "../support/helpers/isolated-host-daemon";
 import {
@@ -25,3 +28,39 @@ test("settings restart waits for a replacement worker while retaining the superv
     await daemon.close();
   }
 });
+
+test("settings restart replaces the worker when a provider CLI answers --version slowly", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  test.skip(process.platform === "win32", "The slow provider stub is a POSIX script");
+  const daemon = await startIsolatedHostDaemon(randomUUID(), {
+    paseoHome: await createHomeWithSlowProvider(1_800),
+  });
+  try {
+    const previousWorker = await readWorkerPid(daemon);
+    await openDaemonOverview(page, daemon);
+    await restartDaemonInSettings(page);
+    await expectDaemonRestartComplete(page);
+    expect(await readWorkerPid(daemon)).not.toBe(previousWorker);
+  } finally {
+    await daemon.close();
+  }
+});
+
+async function createHomeWithSlowProvider(versionDelayMs: number): Promise<string> {
+  const paseoHome = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-e2e-slow-provider-"));
+  const provider = path.join(paseoHome, "slow-provider");
+  await writeFile(
+    provider,
+    `#!${process.execPath}\nsetTimeout(() => console.log("provider 1.0.0"), ${versionDelayMs});\n`,
+    { mode: 0o700 },
+  );
+  await writeFile(
+    path.join(paseoHome, "config.json"),
+    `${JSON.stringify({
+      version: 1,
+      agents: { providers: { claude: { command: { mode: "replace", argv: [provider] } } } },
+    })}\n`,
+  );
+  return paseoHome;
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx b/packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx
index 23c7815294..c080e60de1 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/screens/settings/host-page.tsx
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ function RestartDaemonCard({ host }: { host: HostProfile }) {
           {
             restartServer: (reason) => daemonClient.restartServer(reason),
             getStatus: async () => ({
-              ...(await daemonClient.getDaemonStatus({ timeout: 1500 })),
+              ...(await daemonClient.getDaemonStatus()),
               serverId: daemonClient.getLastServerInfoMessage()?.serverId ?? "",
               version: daemonClient.getLastServerInfoMessage()?.version ?? null,
             }),
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ function UpdateDaemonCard({ host }: { host: HostProfile }) {
         void updateDaemonFromSettings(host.serverId, {
           updateDaemon: () => daemonClient.updateDaemon(requestId),
           getStatus: async () => ({
-            ...(await daemonClient.getDaemonStatus({ timeout: 1500 })),
+            ...(await daemonClient.getDaemonStatus()),
             serverId: daemonClient.getLastServerInfoMessage()?.serverId ?? "",
             version: daemonClient.getLastServerInfoMessage()?.version ?? null,
           }),