diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md
index 7f4167c8a8..776c588425 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/agent-lifecycle.md
@@ -3410,6 +3410,23 @@ Agent` secondary handoff against the live setup wizard instead of relying
 
 ## Current State
 
+### Hosted runtimes always mint agent install tokens
+
+`POST /api/agent-install-command` mints and embeds an agent install token
+whenever the runtime enforces authentication. A hosted runtime
+(`PULSE_HOSTED_MODE=true`, which every provider MSP client workspace runs)
+always does, so `ConfigHandlers.authConfiguredForAgentLifecycle` now treats
+hosted mode as configured authentication, the same term the router's
+`configTransferAuthenticationConfigured` already carried. Before, a fresh
+client workspace had no local credential, API token, proxy secret or SSO
+provider for the per-config check to find: the host flow answered `200` with
+an empty token and the Proxmox flow built a command with none, so an agent
+installed from the provider's client workspace could not report. Self-hosted
+runtimes with no authentication configured keep the token-less command.
+Regression coverage: `TestHostedRuntimeMintsAgentInstallTokensWithoutLocalAuth`
+and `TestSelfHostedRuntimeWithoutAuthStillOmitsInstallToken` in
+`internal/api/configapi/hosted_agent_install_token_test.go`.
+
 ### Org managers reach the agent install path in their own organization
 
 An owner or admin of the selected organization now receives
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
index 0e88c08791..e79dbd405f 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
@@ -4560,6 +4560,19 @@ auto-register mutation boundary.
 
 ## Current State
 
+### Hosted install command payloads carry a minted token
+
+`POST /api/agent-install-command` returns a non-empty `token` (and, for
+Proxmox types, a `command` embedding it) on any hosted runtime, including a
+fresh provider MSP client workspace whose config holds no local credential,
+API token, proxy secret or SSO provider. Hosted mode is enforced
+authentication for this decision, as it already is for
+`configTransferAuthenticationConfigured`. The response shape is unchanged; a
+self-hosted runtime with no authentication configured still receives the
+token-less payload. `TestContract_HostedRuntimeAgentInstallCommandCarriesToken`
+in `internal/api/contract_test.go` pins the hosted payload through the
+router-built config handlers.
+
 ### Node auto-register TLS fields are operator-owned on update
 
 The `/api/auto-register` completion request and response shapes are unchanged.
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md
index ed994ae27f..4aa2124c9c 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/storage-recovery.md
@@ -2618,6 +2618,15 @@ vdev layout is reported` in
 
 ## Current State
 
+### Hosted install tokens persist like any other workspace token
+
+Hosted client workspaces now mint agent install tokens where they previously
+returned none. Each token is issued through `issueAndPersistAgentInstallToken`
+into the workspace's own config persistence, the same store and write path as
+every other API token, so backup, restore and recovery of a client workspace
+carry these tokens without any new storage surface. A restored workspace keeps
+its agents' tokens; revoking one remains Settings → Infrastructure → Tokens.
+
 ### Org managers see org-bound settings, not recovery administration
 
 `/api/security/status` now grants an owner or admin of the selected
diff --git a/internal/api/configapi/dependencies.go b/internal/api/configapi/dependencies.go
index 06561b33f4..67d68a8394 100644
--- a/internal/api/configapi/dependencies.go
+++ b/internal/api/configapi/dependencies.go
@@ -129,8 +129,16 @@ func agentInstallCommandPolicyIntent(enableCommands bool) string {
 	return agenttokens.CommandPolicyIntent(enableCommands)
 }
 
+// authConfiguredForAgentLifecycle decides whether install commands carry a
+// minted agent token. A hosted runtime always enforces authentication, the
+// same as the router's configTransferAuthenticationConfigured says: its
+// sessions arrive through the control plane handoff, so a fresh client
+// workspace has no local credential, API token, proxy secret or SSO provider
+// for the per-config check to find. Without this term every install command
+// from a provider's client workspace came back without a token, and an agent
+// installed from it could not report.
 func (h *ConfigHandlers) authConfiguredForAgentLifecycle(cfg *config.Config) bool {
-	return h.runtimeDependencies().AuthConfigured(cfg)
+	return h.hostedMode || h.runtimeDependencies().AuthConfigured(cfg)
 }
 
 func (h *ConfigHandlers) apiTokenOwnerUserIDForRequest(cfg *config.Config, r *http.Request) string {
diff --git a/internal/api/configapi/hosted_agent_install_token_test.go b/internal/api/configapi/hosted_agent_install_token_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1b1c4bb73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/api/configapi/hosted_agent_install_token_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package configapi
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/config"
+)
+
+// A provider MSP client workspace runs in hosted mode with no local
+// credential, API token, proxy secret or SSO provider: its users sign in
+// through the control plane handoff. The install endpoints still have to mint
+// a token, because the runtime enforces authentication and an agent without
+// one cannot report. Before hosted mode counted as configured auth, the host
+// flow answered 200 with an empty token and the Proxmox flow built a command
+// with no token in it.
+func TestHostedRuntimeMintsAgentInstallTokensWithoutLocalAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name string
+		body string
+	}{
+		{name: "host agent", body: `{"type":"host","name":"client-host"}`},
+		{name: "proxmox agent", body: `{"type":"pve"}`},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg := &config.Config{
+				DataPath:  t.TempDir(),
+				PublicURL: "https://t-client.msp.example",
+			}
+			handler := newTestConfigHandlers(t, cfg)
+			handler.hostedMode = true
+
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/agent-install-command", strings.NewReader(tc.body))
+			req.Host = "t-client.msp.example"
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			handler.HandleAgentInstallCommand(rec, req)
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("status = %d, body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+			}
+
+			var resp AgentInstallCommandResponse
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err)
+			}
+			if strings.TrimSpace(resp.Token) == "" {
+				t.Fatal("hosted runtime returned an install response without a token")
+			}
+			if len(cfg.APITokens) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("persisted API tokens = %d, want 1", len(cfg.APITokens))
+			}
+			if resp.Command != "" && !strings.Contains(resp.Command, resp.Token) {
+				t.Fatalf("install command does not carry the minted token: %s", resp.Command)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Self-hosted runtimes keep the existing rule: with no authentication
+// configured at all there is nothing for a token to authenticate against.
+func TestSelfHostedRuntimeWithoutAuthStillOmitsInstallToken(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &config.Config{DataPath: t.TempDir(), PublicURL: "http://pulse.local:7655"}
+	handler := newTestConfigHandlers(t, cfg)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/agent-install-command", strings.NewReader(`{"type":"host","name":"open-host"}`))
+	req.Host = "pulse.local:7655"
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.HandleAgentInstallCommand(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var resp AgentInstallCommandResponse
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Token != "" || len(cfg.APITokens) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("unauthenticated self-hosted runtime minted a token: %+v", resp)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/contract_test.go b/internal/api/contract_test.go
index cf69ac9083..466f0d5336 100644
--- a/internal/api/contract_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/contract_test.go
@@ -25070,3 +25070,34 @@ func TestContract_QuickSetupSynchronizesConfiguredAdminCapabilities(t *testing.T
 		t.Fatal("startup synchronisation did not restore capabilities")
 	}
 }
+
+// A provider MSP client workspace is a hosted runtime whose users sign in
+// through the control plane handoff, so its config carries no local
+// credential, API token, proxy secret or SSO provider. The install command
+// payload must still carry a minted token there, or an agent installed from
+// the client workspace cannot report.
+func TestContract_HostedRuntimeAgentInstallCommandCarriesToken(t *testing.T) {
+	router := newConfigTransferTestRouter(t, true, nil)
+	router.config.PublicURL = "https://t-client.msp.example"
+
+	for _, body := range []string{`{"type":"host","name":"client-host"}`, `{"type":"pve"}`} {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/agent-install-command", strings.NewReader(body))
+		req.Host = "t-client.msp.example"
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		router.configHandlers.HandleAgentInstallCommand(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: status = %d, body=%s", body, rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+		}
+		var payload map[string]any
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &payload); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: decode: %v", body, err)
+		}
+		token, _ := payload["token"].(string)
+		if strings.TrimSpace(token) == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: hosted install payload has no token: %s", body, rec.Body.String())
+		}
+		if command, _ := payload["command"].(string); command != "" && !strings.Contains(command, token) {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: install command does not carry the minted token", body)
+		}
+	}
+}