diff --git a/openapi/control-v1.yaml b/openapi/control-v1.yaml
index 4d9eae9..dca4ecf 100644
--- a/openapi/control-v1.yaml
+++ b/openapi/control-v1.yaml
@@ -308,6 +308,20 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: ../schemas/control-v1.schema.json#/$defs/ConnectionManifest
+        '202':
+          description: >-
+            Confirmed over-cap reconnect creates or returns a durable `session.display_relaunch` termination operation.
+            Under the session and unique Stop lock, the Server MUST create at most one display-relaunch operation per session;
+            a same-owner/device lost-response retry MUST return that same operation. It reuses the existing one-way non-reissued
+            Stop work/ack path. An existing user Stop in any state MUST win and yield a stable non-202 result; it MUST NOT be reinterpreted as display-relaunch authority. This response is not a manifest,
+            does not assert termination completion, and does not authorize a replacement session before `applied`.
+            After `applied`, the client submits a fresh `SessionRequest` with a new idempotency key.
+            Failed or `termination_unconfirmed` outcomes never auto-relaunch. Local Stop or teardown MUST suppress the fresh launch.
+            Maximum JSON body: 16384 bytes.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: ../schemas/control-v1.schema.json#/$defs/StopOperation
         '400': {$ref: '#/components/responses/InvalidRequest'}
         '401': {$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'}
         '404': {$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'}
diff --git a/tools/validate.py b/tools/validate.py
index 325e0a2..2beec0e 100644
--- a/tools/validate.py
+++ b/tools/validate.py
@@ -319,6 +319,21 @@ def main() -> int:
     for operation_id in ("logoutSession", "requestBrokerSession", "allocateBrokerSession", "reconnectBrokerSession", "cancelBrokerSession"):
         operation = openapi.split(f"      operationId: {operation_id}\n", 1)[1].split("      responses:\n", 1)[0]
         assert "          browserCsrfHeader: []\n        - nativeBearer: []\n" in operation, f"{operation_id}: native bearer must remain a separate OR requirement"
+    reconnect_endpoint = openapi.split("      operationId: reconnectBrokerSession\n", 1)[1].split("\n  /api/", 1)[0]
+    assert "        '202':\n" in reconnect_endpoint
+    relaunch_response = reconnect_endpoint.split("        '202':\n", 1)[1].split("        '400':", 1)[0]
+    assert "$defs/StopOperation" in relaunch_response
+    assert "durable `session.display_relaunch` termination operation" in relaunch_response
+    assert "MUST create at most one display-relaunch operation per session" in relaunch_response
+    assert "same-owner/device lost-response retry MUST return that same operation" in relaunch_response
+    assert "existing user Stop in any state MUST win and yield a stable non-202 result" in relaunch_response
+    assert "MUST NOT be reinterpreted as display-relaunch authority" in relaunch_response
+    assert "not a manifest" in relaunch_response
+    assert "does not assert termination completion" in relaunch_response
+    assert "does not authorize a replacement session before `applied`" in relaunch_response
+    assert "fresh `SessionRequest` with a new idempotency key" in relaunch_response
+    assert "Failed or `termination_unconfirmed` outcomes never auto-relaunch" in relaunch_response
+    assert "Local Stop or teardown MUST suppress the fresh launch" in relaunch_response
     for operation_id in ("loginBrowserSession", "rotateNativeCredential", "issueNativeTunnelCredential"):
         operation = openapi.split(f"      operationId: {operation_id}\n", 1)[1].split("      responses:\n", 1)[0]
         assert "browserCsrf" not in operation, f"{operation_id}: excluded operation gained browser CSRF"