diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/runtime.rs b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/runtime.rs
index 411ceef7..704966c9 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/runtime.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/runtime.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ impl RpcHandler {
         .await;
 
         let op_lock = app_op_lock(package_id);
+        let data_dir = self.config.data_dir.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let _op_guard = op_lock.lock().await;
             let result = if let Some(orchestrator) = orchestrator.as_ref() {
@@ -106,6 +107,13 @@ impl RpcHandler {
                     reconcile_companions_for(&companion_app_id).await;
                     set_package_state(&state_manager, &package_id_owned, PackageState::Running)
                         .await;
+                    cascade_restart_address_caching_dependents(
+                        orchestrator.as_ref(),
+                        &state_manager,
+                        &data_dir,
+                        &package_id_owned,
+                    )
+                    .await;
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     tracing::error!("package.start {} failed: {:#}", package_id_owned, e);
@@ -293,6 +301,7 @@ impl RpcHandler {
         .await;
 
         let op_lock = app_op_lock(package_id);
+        let data_dir = self.config.data_dir.clone();
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let _op_guard = op_lock.lock().await;
             let result = if let Some(orchestrator) = orchestrator.as_ref() {
@@ -305,6 +314,13 @@ impl RpcHandler {
                     reconcile_companions_for(&companion_app_id).await;
                     set_package_state(&state_manager, &package_id_owned, PackageState::Running)
                         .await;
+                    cascade_restart_address_caching_dependents(
+                        orchestrator.as_ref(),
+                        &state_manager,
+                        &data_dir,
+                        &package_id_owned,
+                    )
+                    .await;
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     tracing::error!("package.restart {} failed: {:#}", package_id_owned, e);
@@ -1115,6 +1131,76 @@ fn orchestrator_stack_members(has_orchestrator: bool, package_id: &str) -> Optio
     }
 }
 
+/// Dependents that resolve a backend's container address once at startup and
+/// hold it: restarting the backend moves its IP and strands them until they
+/// restart too. lnd dials the bitcoin RPC address it resolved at boot and
+/// never re-resolves — after a bitcoin restart it spins on "dial tcp
+/// <old-ip>:8332: no route to host" until lnd itself restarts (gate lnd
+/// getinfo test, .228 2026-07-09; hardening plan §C cascade item).
+fn address_caching_dependents(package_id: &str) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+    match package_id {
+        "bitcoin" | "bitcoin-core" | "bitcoin-knots" => &["lnd"],
+        _ => &[],
+    }
+}
+
+/// After a backend start/restart lands, bounce its address-caching dependents
+/// (see above). Runs inside the backend worker's op-lock scope and takes each
+/// dependent's own op lock — lock order is always backend → dependent, and no
+/// dependent op takes a backend lock, so the nesting cannot deadlock.
+async fn cascade_restart_address_caching_dependents(
+    orchestrator: Option<&Arc<dyn crate::container::traits::ContainerOrchestrator>>,
+    state_manager: &crate::state::StateManager,
+    data_dir: &std::path::Path,
+    backend_id: &str,
+) {
+    for dep in address_caching_dependents(backend_id) {
+        // A user-stopped or not-running dependent holds no live connection —
+        // starting it here would override an explicit operator decision.
+        if crate::crash_recovery::load_user_stopped(data_dir)
+            .await
+            .contains(*dep)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let running = match podman_control(&["ps", "--format", "{{.Names}}"]).await {
+            Ok(o) if o.status.success() => String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout)
+                .lines()
+                .any(|l| l.trim() == *dep),
+            _ => false,
+        };
+        if !running {
+            continue;
+        }
+        install_log(&format!(
+            "CASCADE RESTART: {dep} (backend {backend_id} restarted; {dep} caches its resolved address)"
+        ))
+        .await;
+        let op_lock = app_op_lock(dep);
+        let _op_guard = op_lock.lock().await;
+        let prev = flip_package_state(state_manager, dep, PackageState::Restarting).await;
+        let target = vec![dep.to_string()];
+        let result = if let Some(orch) = orchestrator {
+            do_orchestrator_package_restart(orch.as_ref(), &target).await
+        } else {
+            do_package_restart(&target).await
+        };
+        match result {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                reconcile_companions_for(dep).await;
+                set_package_state(state_manager, dep, PackageState::Running).await;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::error!(dependent = %dep, backend = %backend_id, error = %e, "cascade restart failed");
+                install_log(&format!("CASCADE RESTART FAIL: {dep} — {e:#}")).await;
+                if let Some(prev) = prev {
+                    set_package_state(state_manager, dep, prev).await;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Per-app lifecycle-operation locks. package.start/stop/restart reply
 /// immediately and run their multi-container sequences in spawned tasks;
 /// unserialized, back-to-back RPCs interleave those sequences (gate run D,