diff --git a/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.test.ts b/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.test.ts
index 9b6b7ff..e4e59e6 100644
--- a/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.test.ts
+++ b/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.test.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,53 @@ describe("SpotifyOAuth PKCE verifier TTL + cap (S4.3)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// Whole-branch I2: a UI-entered Client ID (saved in Settings) must reach the
+// single live SpotifyOAuth WITHOUT a process restart. configure() re-arms the
+// runtime credentials; an empty clientId re-disables OAuth.
+describe("SpotifyOAuth.configure (runtime credentials, whole-branch I2)", () => {
+  it("applies a UI-entered clientId + redirectUri so OAuth arms without a restart", () => {
+    // Fresh install: boot-time config had no clientId, so OAuth is disabled.
+    const store = memStore({
+      accessToken: "a",
+      refreshToken: "r",
+      expiresAt: Date.now() + 60_000,
+      scope: "s",
+    });
+    const oauth = new SpotifyOAuth({ clientId: "", store });
+    expect(oauth.isAuthorized()).toBe(false);
+    expect(() => oauth.buildAuthorizeUrl()).toThrow(/Client ID/i);
+
+    // Operator enters creds in Settings -> POST /settings calls configure().
+    const REDIRECT = "http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/spotify/callback";
+    oauth.configure("cid", REDIRECT);
+    expect(oauth.getClientId()).toBe("cid");
+    expect(oauth.getRedirectUri()).toBe(REDIRECT);
+    // Now authorize + isAuthorized work against the newly-supplied app.
+    expect(oauth.isAuthorized()).toBe(true);
+    const { url } = oauth.buildAuthorizeUrl();
+    const p = new URL(url).searchParams;
+    expect(p.get("client_id")).toBe("cid");
+    expect(p.get("redirect_uri")).toBe(REDIRECT);
+  });
+
+  it("trims the clientId and re-disables OAuth when cleared", () => {
+    const oauth = new SpotifyOAuth({
+      clientId: "old",
+      redirectUri: "http://old",
+      store: memStore(),
+    });
+    oauth.configure("  cid  ", "http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/spotify/callback");
+    expect(oauth.getClientId()).toBe("cid"); // trimmed
+
+    // Empty clientId disables OAuth again (gate on buildAuthorizeUrl/isAuthorized).
+    oauth.configure("");
+    expect(oauth.getClientId()).toBe("");
+    expect(oauth.getRedirectUri()).toBe("");
+    expect(oauth.isAuthorized()).toBe(false);
+    expect(() => oauth.buildAuthorizeUrl()).toThrow(/Client ID/i);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("createFileOAuthTokenStore", () => {
   it("round-trips save/load and clear() removes it", () => {
     const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "sp-oauth-"));
diff --git a/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.ts b/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.ts
index b574a8d..3ac79ca 100644
--- a/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.ts
+++ b/src/music/spotify/spotify-oauth.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ export class SpotifyOAuth {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Update the operator's app credentials at runtime (from Settings save) so
+   *  a UI-entered Client ID takes effect without a process restart. Empty
+   *  clientId disables OAuth (isAuthorized()/buildAuthorizeUrl() gate on it). */
+  configure(clientId?: string, redirectUri?: string): void {
+    this.clientId = clientId?.trim() || "";
+    this.redirectUri = redirectUri || "";
+  }
+
   getClientId(): string {
     return this.clientId;
   }
diff --git a/src/web/api/bot.test.ts b/src/web/api/bot.test.ts
index b11d133..b05a420 100644
--- a/src/web/api/bot.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/api/bot.test.ts
@@ -297,6 +297,84 @@ describe("bot router /settings", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// Whole-branch I2: saving a Client ID in Settings must re-configure the single
+// live SpotifyOAuth so the operator can Connect without a process restart.
+describe("bot router /settings applies spotify creds to the live OAuth (I2)", () => {
+  let botDb: BotDatabase;
+  let app: express.Express;
+  let cookie: string;
+  let config: BotConfig;
+  let configPath: string;
+  let tmpDir: string;
+  let configureCalls: Array<[string | undefined, string | undefined]>;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    botDb = createDatabase(":memory:");
+    const users = createUserStore(botDb.db);
+    const sessions = createSessionStore(botDb.db);
+    const alice = await users.createUser("alice", "pw-alice", "admin");
+    cookie = `${SESSION_COOKIE_NAME}=${sessions.createSession(alice.id).token}`;
+
+    tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "botsettings-oauth-"));
+    configPath = join(tmpDir, "config.json");
+    config = getDefaultConfig(); // webPort defaults to 3000
+
+    const fakeManager = { getAllBots: () => [] } as unknown as BotManager;
+    const avatarStore = createAvatarStore(tmpDir);
+
+    // Fake OAuth recording every configure(clientId, redirectUri) call.
+    configureCalls = [];
+    const fakeOAuth = {
+      configure(clientId?: string, redirectUri?: string) {
+        configureCalls.push([clientId, redirectUri]);
+      },
+    };
+
+    app = express();
+    app.use(express.json());
+    app.use(cookieParser());
+    app.use("/api", createRequireAuth(sessions, createPermissionStore(botDb.db), () => getDefaultConfig().guestMode));
+    app.use(
+      "/api/bot",
+      createBotRouter(fakeManager, config, configPath, pino({ level: "silent" }), botDb, avatarStore, undefined, fakeOAuth),
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    botDb.close();
+    rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("configures the live OAuth once with the derived callback redirectUri when a Client ID is saved", async () => {
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post("/api/bot/settings")
+      .set("Cookie", cookie)
+      .send({ spotify: { clientId: "cid", enabled: true } });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(configureCalls).toEqual([
+      ["cid", `http://127.0.0.1:${config.webPort}/api/spotify/callback`],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT touch the OAuth when the request has no spotify block", async () => {
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post("/api/bot/settings")
+      .set("Cookie", cookie)
+      .send({ autoPauseOnEmpty: false });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(configureCalls).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("configures with ('', undefined) when a spotify block clears the Client ID (disables OAuth)", async () => {
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post("/api/bot/settings")
+      .set("Cookie", cookie)
+      .send({ spotify: { clientId: "" } });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(configureCalls).toEqual([["", undefined]]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("bot router /settings guest-mode gating + persistence", () => {
   let tmpDir: string;
   let configPath: string;
diff --git a/src/web/api/bot.ts b/src/web/api/bot.ts
index a66bcbe..9f239e0 100755
--- a/src/web/api/bot.ts
+++ b/src/web/api/bot.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ export function createBotRouter(
   botDb: BotDatabase,
   avatarStore: AvatarStore,
   onGuestPolicyChanged?: (cfg: GuestModeConfig) => void,
+  // I2: the single process-wide OAuth, so a UI-entered Client ID reaches the
+  // live instance on save (no restart). Structural type = SpotifyOAuth.configure.
+  spotifyOAuth?: { configure(clientId?: string, redirectUri?: string): void },
 ): Router {
   const router = Router();
 
@@ -124,6 +127,16 @@ export function createBotRouter(
 
     saveConfig(configPath, config);
 
+    // I2: only when the spotify block was present, push the (possibly UI-entered)
+    // Client ID into the live process-wide OAuth so Connect works without a
+    // restart. Empty clientId => undefined redirect => configure() disables OAuth.
+    if (sp && typeof sp === "object") {
+      const redirectUri = config.spotify.clientId
+        ? `http://127.0.0.1:${config.webPort}/api/spotify/callback`
+        : undefined;
+      spotifyOAuth?.configure(config.spotify.clientId, redirectUri);
+    }
+
     // Guest-mode changed: tear down / re-scope in-flight guest WS sockets so a
     // disabled or narrowed scope takes effect immediately (matches requireAuth's
     // "disabling immediately invalidates in-flight guest sessions" invariant).
diff --git a/src/web/server.ts b/src/web/server.ts
index 42c9f66..d491158 100755
--- a/src/web/server.ts
+++ b/src/web/server.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ export function createWebServer(options: WebServerOptions): WebServer {
       options.database,
       options.avatarStore,
       (cfg) => onGuestPolicyChanged(cfg),
+      // I2: so saving a Client ID in Settings re-configures the live OAuth
+      // (no restart needed for the UI-entered-creds -> Connect flow).
+      options.spotifyOAuth,
     )
   );
   app.use(