diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
index 3ad545855..913a92324 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload.test.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ describe("buildGatewayReloadPlan", () => {
     expect(plan.reloadHooks).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("restarts heartbeat when agents.list changes", () => {
+    const plan = buildGatewayReloadPlan(["agents.list"]);
+    expect(plan.restartGateway).toBe(false);
+    expect(plan.restartHeartbeat).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("restarts providers when provider config prefixes change", () => {
     const changedPaths = ["web.enabled", "channels.telegram.botToken"];
     const plan = buildGatewayReloadPlan(changedPaths);
diff --git a/src/gateway/config-reload.ts b/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
index 8579dc4a0..75cca3983 100644
--- a/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/config-reload.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const BASE_RELOAD_RULES: ReloadRule[] = [
     kind: "hot",
     actions: ["restart-heartbeat"],
   },
+  { prefix: "agents.list", kind: "hot", actions: ["restart-heartbeat"] },
   { prefix: "agent.heartbeat", kind: "hot", actions: ["restart-heartbeat"] },
   { prefix: "cron", kind: "hot", actions: ["restart-cron"] },
   {