diff --git a/agent/secret_scope.py b/agent/secret_scope.py
index 1fd87cf144822..919fe3e27bd37 100644
--- a/agent/secret_scope.py
+++ b/agent/secret_scope.py
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ _GLOBAL_ENV_EXACT = frozenset({
     "VIRTUAL_ENV", "PYTHONPATH", "SSL_CERT_FILE",
     # Kanban paths (per-board, not per-profile-secret)
     "HERMES_KANBAN_DB", "HERMES_KANBAN_WORKSPACES_ROOT", "HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD",
+    # API-server LISTENER settings — deployment config (Docker compose
+    # ``environment:`` block, systemd ``Environment=``), not profile secrets.
+    # The scoped runner reload (#64674) must keep seeing them or container
+    # deployments silently lose the api_server platform (#69379). NOTE:
+    # API_SERVER_KEY is deliberately NOT here — it IS a credential and stays
+    # profile-scoped.
+    "API_SERVER_ENABLED", "API_SERVER_HOST", "API_SERVER_PORT",
+    "API_SERVER_CORS_ORIGINS",
 })
 _GLOBAL_ENV_PREFIXES = (
     "HERMES_KANBAN_",
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py b/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py
index ff82eb8b8ac35..f0d76fe654353 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py
@@ -250,3 +250,40 @@ class TestEnvFileParsing:
         )
 
         assert ss.build_profile_secret_scope(profile) == {}
+
+
+class TestApiServerListenerGlobals:
+    """API_SERVER listener settings are deployment config (#69379), not
+    profile secrets: the scoped runner reload must keep seeing container env
+    (Docker compose ``environment:`` block). API_SERVER_KEY IS a credential
+    and stays profile-scoped."""
+
+    LISTENER_VARS = (
+        "API_SERVER_ENABLED",
+        "API_SERVER_HOST",
+        "API_SERVER_PORT",
+        "API_SERVER_CORS_ORIGINS",
+    )
+
+    def test_listener_vars_read_environ_even_when_scoped_multiplex(self, monkeypatch):
+        for name in self.LISTENER_VARS:
+            monkeypatch.setenv(name, f"container-{name.lower()}")
+        ss.set_multiplex_active(True)
+        token = ss.set_secret_scope({"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "scoped"})
+        try:
+            for name in self.LISTENER_VARS:
+                assert ss.get_secret(name) == f"container-{name.lower()}"
+        finally:
+            ss.reset_secret_scope(token)
+
+    def test_api_server_key_stays_profile_scoped(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("API_SERVER_KEY", "default-profile-key-0123456789abcdef")
+        ss.set_multiplex_active(True)
+        token = ss.set_secret_scope({"OTHER": "x"})
+        try:
+            # A scoped miss must NOT borrow the (potentially cross-profile)
+            # environ value: API_SERVER_KEY is a credential.
+            assert ss.get_secret("API_SERVER_KEY") is None
+        finally:
+            ss.reset_secret_scope(token)
+        assert not ss._is_global_env("API_SERVER_KEY")
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_64674_multiplex_primary_token_scope.py b/tests/gateway/test_64674_multiplex_primary_token_scope.py
index 1ce5f91abdf27..44398aec19f65 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_64674_multiplex_primary_token_scope.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_64674_multiplex_primary_token_scope.py
@@ -49,6 +49,64 @@ class TestLoadGatewayConfigForRunner:
         cfg = run_mod.load_gateway_config_for_runner()
         assert cfg.multiplex_profiles is False
 
+    def test_scoped_reload_still_sees_container_api_server_env(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        """#69379 — container-env API_SERVER_* visible during the scoped reload.
+
+        Docker/systemd deployments enable the api_server platform via the
+        process environment (compose ``environment:`` block), not the profile
+        ``.env``. The multiplex runner reload happens inside the default
+        profile's secret scope; the listener settings are on the global
+        allowlist (deployment config, not profile secrets) so they must stay
+        visible there — while API_SERVER_KEY (a credential) still resolves
+        through the profile scope.
+        """
+        from agent import secret_scope as ss
+        from gateway import run as run_mod
+
+        home = tmp_path / "home"
+        home.mkdir()
+        # Credentials belong in the profile .env; listener settings do not.
+        (home / ".env").write_text(
+            "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=default-profile-token-123\n"
+            "API_SERVER_KEY=profile-scoped-key-0123456789abcdef\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        (home / "config.yaml").write_text(
+            "gateway:\n  multiplex_profiles: true\n", encoding="utf-8"
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(home))
+        # Listener settings live ONLY in os.environ — the Docker compose case.
+        monkeypatch.setenv("API_SERVER_ENABLED", "true")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("API_SERVER_HOST", "0.0.0.0")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("API_SERVER_PORT", "8642")
+        monkeypatch.delenv("API_SERVER_KEY", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.delenv("TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(run_mod, "get_hermes_home", lambda: home)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(run_mod, "_hermes_home", home)
+        # Model the real multiplexed gateway: run.py flips the runtime flag
+        # before the runner reload, making any installed scope authoritative.
+        ss.set_multiplex_active(True)
+
+        cfg = run_mod.load_gateway_config_for_runner()
+
+        assert cfg.multiplex_profiles is True
+        # Telegram token from the profile scope (.env)
+        tg = cfg.platforms.get(Platform.TELEGRAM)
+        assert tg is not None
+        assert tg.token == "default-profile-token-123"
+        # api_server present: key from the profile scope, listener settings
+        # from the container environment via the global allowlist.
+        api = cfg.platforms.get(Platform.API_SERVER)
+        assert api is not None, (
+            "api_server should be enabled from container env even inside "
+            "the scoped runner reload (#69379)"
+        )
+        assert api.enabled is True
+        assert api.extra.get("key") == "profile-scoped-key-0123456789abcdef"
+        assert api.extra.get("host") == "0.0.0.0"
+        assert api.extra.get("port") == 8642
+
+
 
 class TestPlatformHasBotCredential:
     def test_telegram_empty_token_false(self):