diff --git a/ouroboros/claudexor_daemon.py b/ouroboros/claudexor_daemon.py
index 581a929fc..2eb969736 100644
--- a/ouroboros/claudexor_daemon.py
+++ b/ouroboros/claudexor_daemon.py
@@ -970,7 +970,13 @@ def warm_owned_daemon() -> bool:
 
     def warm() -> None:
         try:
-            ensure_owned_gateway().close()
+            # Warmup is the host's speculative join, so give an already
+            # custodied daemon enough room to finish journal admission after
+            # its control socket appears.  A normal caller keeps the shorter
+            # admission window; expiry still leaves custody intact and the
+            # first real caller simply joins the same startup.
+            warmup_admission_wait = max(_ADMISSION_WAIT_SEC, _SPAWN_WAIT_SEC * 2.0)
+            ensure_owned_gateway(admission_wait_sec=warmup_admission_wait).close()
         except Exception:
             log.info("Owned daemon warmup did not reach readiness; the first caller starts or joins",
                      exc_info=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_manual_restart_execution.py b/tests/test_manual_restart_execution.py
index e14f280ce..6103a3fd4 100644
--- a/tests/test_manual_restart_execution.py
+++ b/tests/test_manual_restart_execution.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def test_warmup_is_one_background_ensure_for_a_provisioned_home_only(restart_roo
     descriptor.write_text("{}")
     assert owned.warm_owned_daemon() is True
     _join_warmup_thread()
-    assert ensures == [("ensure", {}), "closed"]
+    assert ensures == [("ensure", {"admission_wait_sec": 40.0}), "closed"]
 
     def unreachable(**kw):
         raise RuntimeError("fixture daemon down")