diff --git a/e2e/tests/helpers/seeker-live.ts b/e2e/tests/helpers/seeker-live.ts
index d6a06ee1..acbe062e 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/helpers/seeker-live.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/helpers/seeker-live.ts
@@ -383,11 +383,11 @@ async function activeQueueCount(target: SeededArr): Promise<number> {
  *
  * With the jitter patch a run reaches its search within seconds.
  */
-export async function expectNoSearch(api: CleanuparrApi, instanceId: string, waitMs = 20_000): Promise<void> {
+export async function expectNoSearch(api: CleanuparrApi, instanceId: string, waitMs = 20_000, searchesSoFar = 0): Promise<void> {
   await triggerSeeker(api);
   await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, waitMs));
 
-  expect(await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId)).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId)).toHaveLength(searchesSoFar);
 }
 
 /** Tracks what arrangeQueueCleaner created, so the teardown can undo it. */
diff --git a/e2e/tests/live-arr-fast/seeker-rest.api.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/live-arr-fast/seeker-rest.api.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e9492f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tests/live-arr-fast/seeker-rest.api.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { test, expect } from '../fixtures/base';
+import type { CleanuparrApi } from '../helpers/api';
+import { indexerMock } from '../helpers/live-arr';
+import {
+  RADARR,
+  arrangeInstance,
+  expectNoSearch,
+  listSearchEvents,
+  resetLiveArrState,
+  restoreLibrary,
+  snapshotLibrary,
+  teardownInstances,
+  triggerSeeker,
+  updateInstance,
+} from '../helpers/seeker-live';
+import { torznabSearchStub } from '../helpers/mocks/torznab-stubs';
+
+/**
+ * A unit rests after three searches in a row grab nothing.
+ *
+ * The indexer returns nothing, so every search misses.
+ * The command monitor records each outcome after the search command completes.
+ */
+
+const SETTLE_MS = 20_000;
+
+const MISSES_BEFORE_REST = 3;
+
+interface Preview {
+  funnel: { restingUnits: number };
+  nextUp: Array<{ name: string }>;
+  excluded: Array<{
+    name: string;
+    reason: string;
+    consecutiveMisses: number | null;
+    restCyclesLeft: number | null;
+    restUntil: string | null;
+  }>;
+}
+
+async function getPreview(api: CleanuparrApi, instanceId: string): Promise<Preview> {
+  const res = await api.seeker.getPreview(instanceId);
+  expect(res.status, await res.clone().text()).toBe(200);
+  return (await res.json()) as Preview;
+}
+
+async function seededExclusion(api: CleanuparrApi, instanceId: string): Promise<Preview['excluded'][number] | undefined> {
+  return (await getPreview(api, instanceId)).excluded.find((e) => e.name.includes(RADARR.seededTitle));
+}
+
+/** Searches the movie until it rests, keeping the cycle open between searches with a reset. */
+async function searchUntilResting(api: CleanuparrApi, instanceId: string): Promise<void> {
+  for (let miss = 1; miss <= MISSES_BEFORE_REST; miss++) {
+    await triggerSeeker(api);
+    await expect.poll(async () => (await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId)).length, { timeout: SETTLE_MS }).toBe(miss);
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => (await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId))[0].searchStatus, { timeout: SETTLE_MS })
+      .toBe('Completed');
+    expect((await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId))[0].grabbedItems ?? []).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    // The search event is published while the run still holds the instance, so the reset can be refused as busy.
+    await expect.poll(async () => (await api.seeker.resetCycle(instanceId)).status, { timeout: SETTLE_MS }).toBe(204);
+  }
+
+  await expect.poll(async () => (await seededExclusion(api, instanceId))?.reason, { timeout: SETTLE_MS }).toBe('Resting');
+}
+
+test.describe('Seeker unit rest', () => {
+  let library: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+
+  test.beforeEach(async () => {
+    await resetLiveArrState();
+    library = await snapshotLibrary(RADARR);
+    await indexerMock.stub(torznabSearchStub(RADARR.searchMode, []));
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ api }) => {
+    await teardownInstances(api);
+    await restoreLibrary(RADARR, library);
+    await resetLiveArrState();
+  });
+
+  test('rests a movie after three searches find nothing', async ({ api }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(240_000);
+
+    const instanceId = await arrangeInstance(api, RADARR, {
+      instance: { restUnitsEnabled: true, restMaxDays: 30, minCycleTimeDays: 7 },
+    });
+
+    await searchUntilResting(api, instanceId);
+
+    const preview = await getPreview(api, instanceId);
+    const rested = preview.excluded.find((e) => e.name.includes(RADARR.seededTitle));
+    expect(rested?.reason).toBe('Resting');
+    expect(rested?.consecutiveMisses).toBe(MISSES_BEFORE_REST);
+    expect(rested?.restCyclesLeft).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(rested?.restUntil).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(preview.funnel.restingUnits).toBe(1);
+
+    await expectNoSearch(api, instanceId, SETTLE_MS, MISSES_BEFORE_REST);
+  });
+
+  test('searches a resting movie again once rest is turned off', async ({ api }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(240_000);
+
+    const instanceId = await arrangeInstance(api, RADARR, {
+      instance: { restUnitsEnabled: true, restMaxDays: 30, minCycleTimeDays: 7 },
+    });
+
+    await searchUntilResting(api, instanceId);
+    const before = (await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId)).length;
+
+    await updateInstance(api, instanceId, { restUnitsEnabled: false });
+
+    await triggerSeeker(api);
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => (await listSearchEvents(api, instanceId)).length, { timeout: SETTLE_MS })
+      .toBe(before + 1);
+  });
+});