diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88c920da3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import {
+  checkHermesUpdate,
+  getActionStatus,
+  getStatus,
+  restartGateway,
+  setApiRequestProfile,
+  updateHermes
+} from './hermes'
+
+// Contract: every backend-targeted action helper must carry the active gateway
+// profile, so a multi-profile / global-remote user's restart, status poll, and
+// update hit the backend they're actually on — not the primary/default. The
+// System-panel "restart does nothing" bug was these helpers dropping it.
+describe('backend action helpers are profile-scoped', () => {
+  const api = vi.fn(async (_req: { path: string; profile?: string }) => ({}) as never)
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    ;(window as { hermesDesktop?: unknown }).hermesDesktop = { api }
+    api.mockClear()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    setApiRequestProfile(null)
+    delete (window as { hermesDesktop?: unknown }).hermesDesktop
+  })
+
+  const lastProfile = () => api.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0].profile
+
+  it('omits profile when none is active (single-profile users unaffected)', () => {
+    void getStatus()
+    expect(lastProfile()).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('forwards the active profile to every backend action', () => {
+    setApiRequestProfile('coder')
+
+    void getStatus()
+    void restartGateway()
+    void updateHermes()
+    void checkHermesUpdate()
+    void getActionStatus('gateway-restart')
+
+    for (const call of api.mock.calls) {
+      expect(call[0].profile).toBe('coder')
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts b/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
index e29ca5b5ac1..0e5e26ecc13 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ export function getGlobalModelInfo(): Promise<ModelInfoResponse> {
 
 export function getStatus(): Promise<StatusResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<StatusResponse>({
+    ...profileScoped(),
     path: '/api/status'
   })
 }
@@ -756,6 +757,7 @@ export function setModelAssignment(body: ModelAssignmentRequest): Promise<ModelA
 
 export function restartGateway(): Promise<ActionResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<ActionResponse>({
+    ...profileScoped(),
     path: '/api/gateway/restart',
     method: 'POST'
   })
@@ -763,6 +765,7 @@ export function restartGateway(): Promise<ActionResponse> {
 
 export function updateHermes(): Promise<ActionResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<ActionResponse>({
+    ...profileScoped(),
     path: '/api/hermes/update',
     method: 'POST'
   })
@@ -773,12 +776,14 @@ export function updateHermes(): Promise<ActionResponse> {
  *  distinct from the Electron client clone's git state. */
 export function checkHermesUpdate(force = false): Promise<BackendUpdateCheckResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<BackendUpdateCheckResponse>({
+    ...profileScoped(),
     path: `/api/hermes/update/check${force ? '?force=true' : ''}`
   })
 }
 
 export function getActionStatus(name: string, lines = 200): Promise<ActionStatusResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<ActionStatusResponse>({
+    ...profileScoped(),
     path: `/api/actions/${encodeURIComponent(name)}/status?lines=${Math.max(1, lines)}`
   })
 }