diff --git a/apps/base/arrstack/prowlarr/deployment.yaml b/apps/base/arrstack/prowlarr/deployment.yaml
index bdc3499..6e41040 100644
--- a/apps/base/arrstack/prowlarr/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/arrstack/prowlarr/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: prowlarr
   namespace: arrstack
+  annotations:
+    # prowlarr-env is a plain (unhashed) ConfigMap consumed by fixed-name envFrom,
+    # so editing it does not roll the Deployment on its own. Reloader watches the
+    # referenced ConfigMap and triggers a rolling restart on change, so adding the
+    # Redis env activates the #14 features on the next ArgoCD sync without a manual
+    # `rollout restart`.
+    configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   # Active-active: the -unkin2 fork keeps all state in the shared Postgres
   # (arrstack-postgres) and coordinates via Postgres advisory locks, so N
diff --git a/apps/base/arrstack/radarr/deployment.yaml b/apps/base/arrstack/radarr/deployment.yaml
index 39e8dbb..9855d55 100644
--- a/apps/base/arrstack/radarr/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/arrstack/radarr/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: radarr
   namespace: arrstack
+  annotations:
+    # radarr-env is a plain (unhashed) ConfigMap consumed by fixed-name envFrom,
+    # so editing it does not roll the Deployment on its own. Reloader watches the
+    # referenced ConfigMap and triggers a rolling restart on change, so adding the
+    # Redis env activates the #14 features on the next ArgoCD sync without a manual
+    # `rollout restart`.
+    configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   # Active-active: the -unkin2 fork keeps all state in the shared Postgres
   # (arrstack-postgres) and coordinates via Postgres advisory locks, so N
diff --git a/apps/base/arrstack/sonarr/deployment.yaml b/apps/base/arrstack/sonarr/deployment.yaml
index 05d0551..c4a68fe 100644
--- a/apps/base/arrstack/sonarr/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/arrstack/sonarr/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: sonarr
   namespace: arrstack
+  annotations:
+    # sonarr-env is a plain (unhashed) ConfigMap consumed by fixed-name envFrom,
+    # so editing it does not roll the Deployment on its own. Reloader watches the
+    # referenced ConfigMap and triggers a rolling restart on change, so adding the
+    # Redis env activates the #14 features on the next ArgoCD sync without a manual
+    # `rollout restart`.
+    configmap.reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   # Active-active: the -unkin2 fork keeps all state in the shared Postgres
   # (arrstack-postgres) and coordinates via Postgres advisory locks, so N