diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0e7586..bca3d87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ ci-smoke: kernel
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "[1/3] Build verified: $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.elf exists"
 	@test -f $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.elf || (echo "ERROR: Kernel not built" && exit 1)
-	@echo "[2/3] Running QEMU boot test (26 second timeout, shell session piped into the console)..."
+	@echo "[2/3] Running QEMU boot test (34 second timeout, shell session piped into the console)..."
 	@# The SECOND `ghost` (after the run legs) gates qsh's first-match send_msg
 	@# invariant (epic #175): qsh must still hold EXACTLY ONE IPC WRITE cap
 	@# (->ghostd) after spawning children — a blanket spawn-channel mint (or any
@@ -451,8 +451,14 @@ ci-smoke: kernel
 	@# processed `exit` (bytes landing in the death->rebirth gap wait in the
 	@# kernel RX ring for the reborn reader). Gated on the post-reborn log slice
 	@# below.
-	@( printf 'help\nps\nfree\nuptime\ndate\nghost\nqrand\nls\ncat /docs/hello.txt\nrun /bin/hello\nrun /bin/args alpha quantumos\nrun /bin/libqtest\nrun /bin/consciousnessd\nrun /bin/qtop\nrun /bin/life\nghost\nimprint the cat sat on the mat\nimprint pure quantum wave dynamics\nimprint hello little world\nrecall the cxt sxt on thx mxt\nfieldtest\nwrite /data/note ramfs-works\nls /data\nrm /data/note\nsync\nexit\n'; sleep 15; printf 'ghost\n'; sleep 10 ) | \
-		timeout 26s qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.elf32 \
+	@# Then `ghost exit` + a FOURTH `ghost` (ADR-0023 Part-1 integration leg):
+	@# restart the TARGET (ghostd) under the LIVING reborn shell — the direction
+	@# a qsh exit never exercises. Without the dead-target unlink the shell's
+	@# stale lower-slot ghostd cap wins first-match and routes to the dead pid;
+	@# only unlink (Part 1) + the Pass-2 re-mint (Part 2) make the last answer
+	@# appear. Gated on the post-'GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN' slice below.
+	@( printf 'help\nps\nfree\nuptime\ndate\nghost\nqrand\nls\ncat /docs/hello.txt\nrun /bin/hello\nrun /bin/args alpha quantumos\nrun /bin/libqtest\nrun /bin/consciousnessd\nrun /bin/qtop\nrun /bin/life\nghost\nimprint the cat sat on the mat\nimprint pure quantum wave dynamics\nimprint hello little world\nrecall the cxt sxt on thx mxt\nfieldtest\nwrite /data/note ramfs-works\nls /data\nrm /data/note\nsync\nexit\n'; sleep 15; printf 'ghost\n'; sleep 4; printf 'ghost exit\n'; sleep 7; printf 'ghost\n'; sleep 6 ) | \
+		timeout 34s qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel $(BUILD_DIR)/kernel.elf32 \
 		-append agentdemo \
 		-serial stdio -m 128M -display none -no-reboot 2>&1 | tee /tmp/qemu-boot.log || true
 	@echo ""
@@ -1253,6 +1259,34 @@ ci-smoke: kernel
 		echo ""; echo "=== Smoke Test FAILED ==="; exit 1; \
 	fi
 	@echo "SUCCESS: reborn shell re-acquired its ghostd IPC pair (declarative re-mint, ADR-0023)"
+	@# Part-1 INTEGRATION gate (ADR-0023): `ghost exit` restarted ghostd under
+	@# the LIVING shell. The shell held a live qsh->ghostd cap across ghostd's
+	@# death; without the dead-target unlink that stale cap sits at a LOWER
+	@# first-fit slot than the Pass-2 re-mint and wins untargeted send_msg's
+	@# first-match, routing to the dead pid — no answer. Only unlink + re-mint
+	@# together produce a 'ghost R=' AFTER the 'GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN' banner.
+	@# (The self-test gates Part 1's MECHANISM; this leg gates its NECESSITY
+	@# in the live routing path.) Anchored the same way as the reborn-shell
+	@# gate: single UART, strictly ordered, the slice cannot see earlier
+	@# answers. Inherently non-vacuous: if `ghost exit` were dropped, the
+	@# banner never prints and the slice is empty.
+	@if ! grep -q "GHOSTD: exiting" /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null; then \
+		echo "ERROR: 'ghost exit' never reached ghostd (GHOSTD: exiting missing)"; \
+		echo "Boot log tail:"; tail -40 /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null || true; \
+		echo ""; echo "=== Smoke Test FAILED ==="; exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@if ! grep -q "GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN" /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null; then \
+		echo "ERROR: watchdog did not rebirth ghostd after 'ghost exit' (GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN missing)"; \
+		echo "Boot log tail:"; tail -40 /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null || true; \
+		echo ""; echo "=== Smoke Test FAILED ==="; exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@if ! awk '/GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN/{f=1} f' /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null | grep -q "qsh: ghost R="; then \
+		echo "ERROR: living shell got no answer from REBORN ghostd — stale-cap unlink or re-mint broken (ADR-0023 Part 1)"; \
+		echo "Post-FIELD-REBORN slice:"; \
+		awk '/GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN/{f=1} f' /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null || true; \
+		echo ""; echo "=== Smoke Test FAILED ==="; exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@echo "SUCCESS: living shell survived a ghostd rebirth (dead-target unlink + re-mint, ADR-0023 Part 1)"
 	@# epic #73: the default boot attaches no rtl8139, so the NIC driver must
 	@# report its honest absence and MUST NOT claim a NIC came up.
 	@if ! grep -q "NET: no rtl8139" /tmp/qemu-boot.log 2>/dev/null; then \
diff --git a/docs/adr/0023-ipc-peer-rewire-on-rebirth.md b/docs/adr/0023-ipc-peer-rewire-on-rebirth.md
index 5d3e499..892975c 100644
--- a/docs/adr/0023-ipc-peer-rewire-on-rebirth.md
+++ b/docs/adr/0023-ipc-peer-rewire-on-rebirth.md
@@ -164,8 +164,10 @@ first match.
   integration necessity (qsh's death REAPs its own outbound cap regardless of
   Part 1; the stale-first-match hazard only manifests when the TARGET restarts
   under a living sender). Part 1's mechanism is gated by the inverted
-  capability self-test; a ghostd-restart-under-living-qsh CI leg is the future
-  increment that would gate the integration.
+  capability self-test; the ghostd-restart-under-living-qsh leg (SHIPPED as
+  the follow-up increment: `GHOST_EXIT` + `ghost exit` + the
+  post-`GHOSTD: FIELD REBORN` slice gate) gates the integration — the living
+  shell's answer after ghostd's rebirth requires the unlink AND the re-mint.
 
 ## Evidence
 
diff --git a/user/ghost.h b/user/ghost.h
index e30b37d..5c60c52 100644
--- a/user/ghost.h
+++ b/user/ghost.h
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
 #define GHOST_STATUS 3   /* report R, live count, lambda */
 #define GHOST_SNAPSHOT 4 /* reply carries this node's 256 phase bytes + R_x (epic #97) */
 #define GHOST_COUPLE 5   /* request carries the PEER's 256 phase bytes to fold in (epic #97) */
+/* GHOST_EXIT: terminate ghostd; the watchdog rebirths it (ADR-0023).
+ * Exit-is-a-feature, mirroring qsh: any holder of a ghostd IPC send-cap may
+ * ask (the same trust domain that can already flood every other op), no
+ * reply is sent, and abuse is bounded by ghostd's max_restarts budget.
+ * Exists so the operator (and the ci-smoke Part-1 integration leg) can
+ * restart the TARGET under a LIVING sender — the one direction a qsh
+ * `exit` rebirth never exercises. */
+#define GHOST_EXIT 6
 
 /* Wide phase message (epic #97): 256 oscillators as one byte each — the
  * TOP byte of each phase "turn", so a difference is exact modular u8
diff --git a/user/ghostd.c b/user/ghostd.c
index 9e3d840..b79a8fa 100644
--- a/user/ghostd.c
+++ b/user/ghostd.c
@@ -691,6 +691,15 @@ static void handle(const ghost_req_t *req, long sender) {
         rep.match = (int8_t)live_count;
         rep.r_q16 = field_order_param();
         break;
+    case GHOST_EXIT:
+        /* Exit-is-a-feature (ADR-0023): terminate so the watchdog rebirths
+         * us — the imprinted field dies with this process (the reborn banner
+         * says so honestly) and every peer's IPC cap to this pid is unlinked
+         * by the kernel, then re-minted declaratively at our restart. No
+         * reply: the sender outlives us and its next query is the proof. */
+        logline("GHOSTD: exiting — the watchdog will restart me");
+        exit_(0);
+        break; /* unreachable */
     default:
         rep.match = GHOST_NOMATCH;
         break;
diff --git a/user/qsh.c b/user/qsh.c
index 858623a..75c3e34 100644
--- a/user/qsh.c
+++ b/user/qsh.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,32 @@ static void cmd_ghost(void) {
     out_bytes(b, o);
 }
 
+/* `ghost <sub>` — today only `ghost exit` (ADR-0023): ask ghostd to
+ * terminate so the watchdog rebirths it. Restarting the TARGET under this
+ * LIVING shell is the one rebirth direction a qsh `exit` never exercises:
+ * our stale ghostd cap must be unlinked at its death (Part 1) and the fresh
+ * pair re-minted at its restart (Part 2) for the NEXT `ghost` to answer —
+ * the ci-smoke Part-1 integration leg drives exactly that sequence. The op
+ * is fire-and-forget (ghostd sends no reply; it is dying). */
+static void cmd_ghost_arg(const char *sub) {
+    if (!is_cmd(sub, "exit")) {
+        out("qsh: ghost: usage: ghost [exit]\r\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    ghost_req_t req;
+    req.op = GHOST_EXIT;
+    req.slot = 0;
+    req.pad[0] = req.pad[1] = 0;
+    for (int w = 0; w < GHOST_PW; w++) {
+        req.bits[w] = 0;
+    }
+    if (send_msg((const char *)&req, sizeof(req)) < 0) {
+        out("qsh: ghost exit send denied (EPERM)\r\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    out("qsh: ghost exit sent — the watchdog will rebirth ghostd\r\n");
+}
+
 /* Start an initrd program (SYS_SPAWN — the shell's spawn capability at
  * work) and poll its fate with SYS_WAITPID, heartbeating so the watchdog
  * never mistakes the wait for a hang. */
@@ -1425,6 +1451,8 @@ static void execute(const char *line) {
         cmd_qrand();
     } else if (is_cmd(line, "qseed")) {
         cmd_qseed();
+    } else if ((a = arg_of(line, "ghost")) != 0) {
+        cmd_ghost_arg(a);
     } else if (is_cmd(line, "ghost")) {
         cmd_ghost();
     } else if (is_cmd(line, "clear")) {