diff --git a/crates/smallclaims/src/store.rs b/crates/smallclaims/src/store.rs
index 0faaaf265ee..c9f6a9275aa 100644
--- a/crates/smallclaims/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/smallclaims/src/store.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ mod sealed_view_cache_tests;
 mod repair_operation_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod schema_install_tests;
+pub mod fabric_rekey;
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-support"))]
 pub mod contents;
 pub mod prepared_seal;
@@ -844,6 +845,8 @@ pub struct Store {
     /// it instead of building their own.
     pub replication_snapshot_build: Mutex<()>,
     pub replication_sync: Mutex<BTreeMap<String, PeerSyncProgress>>,
+    /// Serializes endpoint refreshes and signed Fabric rekey transitions.
+    fleet_endpoints_publication: Mutex<()>,
     /// Whether exchanges compare projections with a peer at all, keeping what a reproduction
     /// needs when they differ. Off unless the daemon's divergence check is on: a default
     /// install never compares, reports no divergence, and settles sync on claims alone.
@@ -1305,6 +1308,7 @@ impl Store {
             replication_snapshot: Mutex::new(None),
             replication_snapshot_build: Mutex::new(()),
             replication_sync: Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()),
+            fleet_endpoints_publication: Mutex::new(()),
             divergence_capture: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false),
             trim_local: AtomicBool::new(false),
             trim_daily_claims: AtomicU64::new(checkpoint_trim::LOCAL_TRIM_DAILY_CLAIMS),
@@ -2596,6 +2600,29 @@ impl Store {
         mode: &str,
         endpoints: &[Value],
         build: &str,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        let _publication = self.fleet_endpoints_publication.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
+        let endpoints = self.preserve_fabric_rekey(mode, endpoints, mode != "listening")?;
+        self.publish_fleet_endpoints_locked(mode, &endpoints, build)
+    }
+
+    /// Explicitly withdraw rotation metadata when changing transport settings.
+    pub fn publish_fleet_endpoints_clearing_fabric_rekey(
+        &self,
+        mode: &str,
+        endpoints: &[Value],
+        build: &str,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        let _publication = self.fleet_endpoints_publication.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
+        let endpoints = self.preserve_fabric_rekey(mode, endpoints, true)?;
+        self.publish_fleet_endpoints_locked(mode, &endpoints, build)
+    }
+
+    fn publish_fleet_endpoints_locked(
+        &self,
+        mode: &str,
+        endpoints: &[Value],
+        build: &str,
     ) -> Result<bool> {
         let Some(member_key) = self.member_public_key() else {
             return Ok(false);
diff --git a/crates/smallclaims/src/store/fabric_rekey.rs b/crates/smallclaims/src/store/fabric_rekey.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07b35ccf2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/smallclaims/src/store/fabric_rekey.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+//! Signed, non-routing rekey metadata shares the member endpoint announcement.
+//! The publication mutex prevents ordinary worker refreshes from erasing a transition.
+use super::*;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct FabricRekeyRequest {
+    pub action: FabricRekeyAction,
+    pub old_node: String,
+    pub next_node: String,
+    pub deadline: u64,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub member_key: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub state: Option<FabricRekeyState>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum FabricRekeyAction { Prepare, Commit, Abort, Receipt }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum FabricRekeyState { Prepared, Committed }
+
+fn metadata(endpoint: &Value) -> bool {
+    matches!(endpoint["transport"].as_str(), Some("fabric-rekey" | "fabric-rekey-receipt"))
+}
+
+fn selectors(endpoint: &Value, request: &FabricRekeyRequest) -> bool {
+    endpoint["old_node"] == request.old_node
+        && endpoint["next_node"] == request.next_node
+        && endpoint["deadline"].as_u64() == Some(request.deadline)
+}
+
+fn node_id(node: &str) -> bool {
+    node.len() == 64 && node.bytes().all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_hexdigit() && !byte.is_ascii_uppercase())
+}
+
+impl Store {
+    fn own_endpoint_fields(&self) -> Result<Value> {
+        let key = self.member_public_key().context("this node has no fleet member key")?;
+        Ok(self.latest_claim(&format!("host/{}", self.origin), Some("fleet.member-endpoints"))?
+            .map(|claim| claim.body["fields"].clone())
+            .filter(|fields| fields["member_key"] == key)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| json!({"endpoints":[]})))
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn preserve_fabric_rekey(&self, mode: &str, endpoints: &[Value], clear: bool) -> Result<Vec<Value>> {
+        // Metadata is writable only through the validated transition operation, not the
+        // worker's generic endpoint publication endpoint.
+        let mut result: Vec<_> = endpoints.iter()
+            .filter(|entry| !metadata(entry) && (mode == "listening" || entry["transport"] != "fabric"))
+            .cloned().collect();
+        if self.member_public_key().is_none() { return Ok(result); }
+        let fields = self.own_endpoint_fields()?;
+        if let Some(previous) = fields["endpoints"].as_array() {
+            if clear {
+                // An explicit transport withdrawal wins over rotation metadata.
+                // The settings CLI serializes it with rekey using its fleet lock.
+                result.extend(previous.iter().filter(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric-rekey-receipt").cloned());
+                return Ok(result);
+            }
+            result.extend(previous.iter().filter(|entry| metadata(entry)).cloned());
+            if let Some(rotation) = previous.iter().find(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric-rekey") {
+                let node = if rotation["state"] == "committed" { &rotation["next_node"] } else { &rotation["old_node"] };
+                for endpoint in &mut result {
+                    if endpoint["transport"] == "fabric" { endpoint["node"] = node.clone(); }
+                }
+                // A refresh before Fabric is ready must not remove the transition's route.
+                if !result.iter().any(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric") {
+                    result.extend(previous.iter().filter(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric").cloned());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+
+    /// Publish and seal before replying. `receipt` is called by the local adapter only
+    /// after its verified runtime snapshot proves grants for the selected state installed.
+    pub fn fabric_rekey(&self, request: &FabricRekeyRequest, build: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        let now = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?.as_secs();
+        self.fabric_rekey_at(request, build, now)
+    }
+
+    fn fabric_rekey_at(&self, request: &FabricRekeyRequest, build: &str, now: u64) -> Result<bool> {
+        anyhow::ensure!(node_id(&request.old_node) && node_id(&request.next_node)
+            && request.old_node != request.next_node, "rekey requires distinct canonical Fabric node ids");
+        let _publication = self.fleet_endpoints_publication.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
+        let membership = self.fleet_membership()?;
+        let crate::fleet::MemberState::Current(own) = membership.state(&self.origin) else {
+            anyhow::bail!("rekey requires a current local fleet member");
+        };
+        anyhow::ensure!(Some(own.member_key.as_str()) == self.member_public_key().as_deref(), "local member key mismatch");
+        let fields = self.own_endpoint_fields()?;
+        let mut endpoints = fields["endpoints"].as_array().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
+        if request.action == FabricRekeyAction::Receipt {
+            let target_key = request.member_key.as_deref().context("receipt requires member_key")?;
+            anyhow::ensure!(target_key != own.member_key, "own receipts do not acknowledge a rekey");
+            let state = request.state.context("receipt requires state")?;
+            let expected_state = serde_json::to_value(state)?;
+            let target = membership.incarnations().find(|member| member.member_key == target_key
+                && matches!(membership.state(&member.name), crate::fleet::MemberState::Current(current) if current.member_key == target_key))
+                .context("receipt target is not a current member")?;
+            anyhow::ensure!(request.deadline > now && target.endpoints.iter().any(|entry|
+                entry["transport"] == "fabric-rekey" && selectors(entry, request)
+                    && entry["state"] == expected_state), "receipt must match an exact live target transition");
+            let receipt = json!({"transport":"fabric-rekey-receipt", "member_key":target_key,
+                "old_node":request.old_node,"next_node":request.next_node,
+                "deadline":request.deadline,"state":state});
+            endpoints.retain(|entry| !(entry["transport"] == "fabric-rekey-receipt" && entry["member_key"] == target_key));
+            endpoints.push(receipt);
+        } else {
+            anyhow::ensure!(request.member_key.is_none() && request.state.is_none(), "member_key and state are receipt-only selectors");
+            let previous = endpoints.iter().find(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric-rekey");
+            let next_state = match request.action {
+                FabricRekeyAction::Prepare => {
+                    anyhow::ensure!(request.deadline > now && request.deadline <= now.saturating_add(600), "prepare deadline must be within 600 seconds");
+                    if let Some(previous) = previous {
+                        if selectors(previous, request) {
+                            anyhow::ensure!(previous["state"] == "prepared", "transition already ended preparation");
+                        } else {
+                            anyhow::ensure!(previous["state"] == "aborted" || previous["deadline"].as_u64().is_some_and(|deadline| deadline <= now), "conflicting active rekey");
+                            // A pending Fabric key may be reused by a new operation only
+                            // after an aborted operation's original window has elapsed.
+                            let ended = previous["state"] == "aborted"
+                                && previous["deadline"].as_u64().is_some_and(|deadline| deadline <= now);
+                            anyhow::ensure!(previous["old_node"] != request.old_node
+                                || previous["next_node"] != request.next_node || ended,
+                                "retries cannot extend a rekey deadline");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    anyhow::ensure!(own.endpoints.iter().any(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric" && entry["node"] == request.old_node), "prepare old_node is not the current Fabric member endpoint");
+                    "prepared"
+                }
+                FabricRekeyAction::Commit | FabricRekeyAction::Abort => {
+                    if request.action == FabricRekeyAction::Abort && previous.is_none() {
+                        anyhow::ensure!(own.endpoints.iter().any(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric"
+                            && entry["node"] == request.old_node), "abort without preparation requires the current old endpoint");
+                        return Ok(false);
+                    }
+                    let previous = previous.context("no prepared rekey")?;
+                    anyhow::ensure!(selectors(previous, request), "transition selectors do not match");
+                    if request.action == FabricRekeyAction::Commit {
+                        anyhow::ensure!(request.deadline > now && matches!(previous["state"].as_str(), Some("prepared" | "committed")), "commit requires a live prepared transition");
+                        "committed"
+                    } else {
+                        // Roll back even after a committed acknowledgement timeout: the CLI
+                        // has not activated the next local identity yet.
+                        anyhow::ensure!(matches!(previous["state"].as_str(), Some("prepared" | "committed" | "aborted")), "invalid abort transition");
+                        "aborted"
+                    }
+                }
+                FabricRekeyAction::Receipt => unreachable!(),
+            };
+            endpoints.retain(|entry| entry["transport"] != "fabric-rekey");
+            endpoints.push(json!({"transport":"fabric-rekey","old_node":request.old_node,
+                "next_node":request.next_node,"deadline":request.deadline,"state":next_state}));
+            for endpoint in &mut endpoints {
+                if endpoint["transport"] == "fabric" {
+                    endpoint["node"] = json!(if next_state == "committed" { &request.next_node } else { &request.old_node });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self.publish_fleet_endpoints_locked(fields["mode"].as_str().unwrap_or(&own.mode), &endpoints, build)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::fleet::MemberKey;
+    use crate::store::runtime::Plain;
+
+    fn configure(store: &Store) -> Arc<MemberKey> {
+        store.bind_fleet("rekey-test").unwrap();
+        let (key, _) = MemberKey::generate().unwrap();
+        let key = Arc::new(key);
+        store.pin_fleet_anchor(key.public()).unwrap();
+        store.set_member_key(Some(key.clone())).unwrap();
+        store.admit_fleet_anchor("rekey-test", key.public(), "listening").unwrap();
+        store.publish_fleet_endpoints("listening", &[json!({
+            "transport":"fabric","node":"a".repeat(64),"protocol":"fractal/fleet/rekey-test"
+        })], "test").unwrap();
+        key
+    }
+
+    fn request(action: FabricRekeyAction) -> FabricRekeyRequest {
+        FabricRekeyRequest {
+            action, old_node: "a".repeat(64), next_node: "b".repeat(64),
+            deadline: 1600, member_key: None, state: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn current_endpoints(store: &Store) -> Vec<Value> {
+        let view = store.fleet_view_sealed().unwrap();
+        view.members.iter().find(|member| member.name == "anchor").unwrap().endpoints.clone()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn signed_transition_survives_worker_refresh_and_abort_from_committed() {
+        let store = Store::open_memory("anchor", Arc::new(Plain)).unwrap();
+        configure(&store);
+        let mut request = request(FabricRekeyAction::Prepare);
+        assert!(store.fabric_rekey_at(&request, "test", 1000).unwrap());
+        assert!(!store.fabric_rekey_at(&request, "test", 1001).unwrap());
+        let prepared = current_endpoints(&store);
+        assert!(prepared.iter().any(|entry| entry["state"] == "prepared"));
+        let routes = crate::fleet::transport::routes_from_endpoints(&prepared,
+            crate::fleet::transport::LocalTransports { fabric: true, ..Default::default() });
+        assert_eq!(routes.len(), 1, "signed rekey metadata must never become a route");
+        store.publish_fleet_endpoints("listening", &[json!({
+            "transport":"fabric","node":"c".repeat(64),"protocol":"fractal/fleet/rekey-test"
+        })], "test").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(current_endpoints(&store), prepared);
+        request.action = FabricRekeyAction::Commit;
+        assert!(store.fabric_rekey_at(&request, "test", 1002).unwrap());
+        assert!(!store.fabric_rekey_at(&request, "test", 1003).unwrap());
+        store.publish_fleet_endpoints("listening", &[], "test").unwrap();
+        let committed = current_endpoints(&store);
+        assert!(committed.iter().any(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric" && entry["node"] == request.next_node));
+        request.action = FabricRekeyAction::Abort;
+        assert!(store.fabric_rekey_at(&request, "test", 1601).unwrap());
+        assert!(!store.fabric_rekey_at(&request, "test", 1602).unwrap());
+        let aborted = current_endpoints(&store);
+        assert!(aborted.iter().any(|entry| entry["transport"] == "fabric" && entry["node"] == request.old_node));
+        assert!(aborted.iter().any(|entry| entry["state"] == "aborted"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/release-notes/fabric-rekey-signed-state.json b/release-notes/fabric-rekey-signed-state.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d195466d3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/fabric-rekey-signed-state.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "summary": "Preserve signed Fabric identity transitions through endpoint refreshes with a fixed ten-minute overlap deadline",
+  "replay": {"status": "none", "detail": "No graph replay."},
+  "schema": {"status": "none", "detail": "Reuses fleet.member-endpoints claims; no database migration."},
+  "rules": {"status": "none", "detail": "No checkpoint rule change."},
+  "compatibility": {"status": "changed", "detail": "Non-routing rekey metadata is preserved during worker refresh and removed by explicit transport withdrawal."},
+  "downtime": {"status": "none", "detail": "No service restart required."},
+  "manual": {"status": "none", "detail": "No manual step."},
+  "recovery": {"status": "changed", "detail": "Signed prepare, commit, abort and exact remote receipts retain the original immutable deadline."}
+}