diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index f46a724..a77eca8 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # It is needed to track the repo template version, and editing may break things.
 # This file will be overwritten by copier on template updates.
 
-_commit: v1.4.1
+_commit: v1.5.1
 _src_path: https://github.com/bec-project/plugin_copier_template.git
 make_commit: false
 project_name: debye_bec
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 9418659..85659ba 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -95,8 +95,19 @@ jobs:
           uv pip install --system -e ./bec/bec_ipython_client
           uv pip install --system -e ./bec/bec_server[dev]
           uv pip install --system -e ./bec_widgets[dev,pyside6]
-          uv pip install --system -e ./debye_bec
+          uv pip install --system -e ./debye_bec[dev]
 
-      - name: Run Pytest with Coverage
+      - name: Run Tests with Coverage
         id: coverage
-        run: pytest --random-order --cov=./debye_bec --cov-config=./debye_bec/pyproject.toml --cov-branch --cov-report=xml --no-cov-on-fail ./debye_bec/tests/ || test $? -eq 5
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          coverage run --branch --source=./debye_bec -m pytest --random-order ./debye_bec/tests/
+          status=$?
+          # Allow pytest exit code 5 so repositories without tests do not fail CI.
+          if [ "$status" -ne 0 ] && [ "$status" -ne 5 ]; then
+            exit "$status"
+          fi
+          if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+            coverage report
+          fi
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/client.py b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/client.py
index af97cf7..c974339 100644
--- a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/client.py
+++ b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/client.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
+
 from bec_widgets.cli.rpc.rpc_base import RPCBase, rpc_call, rpc_timeout
 
 logger = bec_logger.logger
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ logger = bec_logger.logger
 _Widgets = {
     "DataViewer": "DataViewer",
     "DigitalTwin": "DigitalTwin",
+    "RestartServer": "RestartServer",
     "ScanControlXAS": "ScanControlXAS",
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +68,33 @@ class DigitalTwin(RPCBase):
         """
 
 
+class RestartServer(RPCBase):
+    """Main widget of server restart widget"""
+
+    _IMPORT_MODULE = "debye_bec.bec_widgets.widgets.restart_server.restart_server"
+
+    @rpc_call
+    def remove(self):
+        """
+        Cleanup the BECConnector
+        """
+
+    @rpc_call
+    def attach(self):
+        """
+        None
+        """
+
+    @rpc_call
+    def detach(self):
+        """
+        Detach the widget from its parent dock widget (if widget is in the dock), making it a floating widget.
+        """
+
+
 class ScanControlXAS(RPCBase):
+    """Main widget of Scan Control XAS"""
+
     _IMPORT_MODULE = "debye_bec.bec_widgets.widgets.scan_control_xas.scan_control_xas"
 
     @rpc_call
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/designer_plugins.py b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/designer_plugins.py
index b098ee3..77ddd10 100644
--- a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/designer_plugins.py
+++ b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/designer_plugins.py
@@ -7,10 +7,19 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 designer_plugins = {
     "DataViewer": ("debye_bec.bec_widgets.widgets.data_viewer.data_viewer", "DataViewer"),
     "DigitalTwin": ("debye_bec.bec_widgets.widgets.digital_twin.digital_twin", "DigitalTwin"),
+    "RestartServer": (
+        "debye_bec.bec_widgets.widgets.restart_server.restart_server",
+        "RestartServer",
+    ),
     "ScanControlXAS": (
         "debye_bec.bec_widgets.widgets.scan_control_xas.scan_control_xas",
         "ScanControlXAS",
     ),
 }
 
-widget_icons = {"DataViewer": "find_in_page", "DigitalTwin": "lightbulb", "ScanControlXAS": "tune"}
+widget_icons = {
+    "DataViewer": "find_in_page",
+    "DigitalTwin": "lightbulb",
+    "RestartServer": "restart_alt",
+    "ScanControlXAS": "tune",
+}
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/__init__,py b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/__init__,py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/register_restart_server.py b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/register_restart_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ac2c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/register_restart_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+def main():  # pragma: no cover
+    from qtpy import PYSIDE6
+
+    if not PYSIDE6:
+        print("PYSIDE6 is not available in the environment. Cannot patch designer.")
+        return
+    from PySide6.QtDesigner import QPyDesignerCustomWidgetCollection
+
+    from .restart_server_plugin import RestartServerPlugin
+
+    QPyDesignerCustomWidgetCollection.addCustomWidget(RestartServerPlugin())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
+    main()
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server.py b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c068137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+"""
+Restart Server: Custom BEC widget to restart server.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from bec_lib import bec_logger
+from bec_widgets.utils.bec_dispatcher import BECDispatcher
+from bec_widgets.utils.bec_widget import BECWidget
+from bec_widgets.utils.colors import apply_theme
+from bec_widgets.widgets.utility.logpanel.logpanel import LogPanel
+from PySide6QtAds import CDockWidget
+from qtpy.QtCore import QThread, QTimer, Signal
+
+# pylint: disable=E0611
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QLabel, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
+
+logger = bec_logger.logger
+
+
+class RestartServer(BECWidget, QWidget):
+    """
+    Main widget of server restart widget.
+
+    This widget has no visible UI of its own - it only drives the confirmation/
+    progress dialog. The surrounding dock panel is hidden as soon as we can find
+    it, so the user only ever sees the dialog, never an empty "Restart Server" tab.
+    """
+
+    PLUGIN = True
+    ICON_NAME = "restart_alt"
+
+    def __init__(self, *arg, parent=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent, *arg, **kwargs)
+        self.get_bec_shortcuts()
+        self.dialog = None
+        self._worker = None
+        self._dock_widget = None
+        QTimer.singleShot(0, self._start)
+
+    def _start(self):
+        """Hide the containing dock panel, then show the confirmation dialog."""
+        self._dock_widget = self._find_containing_dock()
+        if self._dock_widget is not None:
+            self._dock_widget.toggleView(False)
+        self.prompt_restart()
+
+    def _find_containing_dock(self):
+        """Walk up the parent chain to find the wrapping CDockWidget, if any."""
+        widget = self.parentWidget()
+        while widget is not None:
+            if CDockWidget is not None and isinstance(widget, CDockWidget):
+                return widget
+            widget = widget.parentWidget()
+        return None
+
+    def prompt_restart(self):
+        """Prompt the user for confirmation, then restart the BEC server if confirmed."""
+        self.dialog = RestartConfirmationDialog(parent=self)
+        if self.dialog.exec_() == QDialog.Accepted:
+            self._start_restart()
+        else:
+            self._close_containing_dock()
+
+    def _start_restart(self):
+        """Kick off the restart on a background thread and show progress feedback."""
+        self.dialog.show_restarting()
+        self.dialog.finished.connect(self._close_containing_dock)
+
+        self._worker = _RestartWorker(self.client, parent=self)
+        self._worker.finished_ok.connect(self._on_restart_finished)
+        self._worker.failed.connect(self._on_restart_failed)
+        self._worker.finished.connect(self._worker.deleteLater)
+        self._worker.start()
+
+    def _on_restart_finished(self):
+        self.dialog.show_done()
+
+    def _on_restart_failed(self, error_msg: str):
+        self.dialog.show_error(error_msg)
+
+    def _close_containing_dock(self):
+        """Actually close (and typically delete) the dock panel this widget lives in.
+
+        Reuses the reference found in `_start()` rather than re-walking the
+        parent chain, since toggleView(False) doesn't reparent anything.
+        """
+        if self._dock_widget is not None:
+            self._dock_widget.closeDockWidget()
+            return
+
+        # Fallback: no dock wrapper found (e.g. standalone use)
+        self.close()
+
+
+class _RestartWorker(QThread):
+    """Runs the blocking server-restart call off the GUI thread."""
+
+    finished_ok = Signal()
+    failed = Signal(str)
+
+    def __init__(self, client, parent=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+        self._client = client
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            self._client._request_server_restart()
+        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            logger.exception("Failed to restart BEC server")
+            self.failed.emit(str(exc))
+        else:
+            self.finished_ok.emit()
+
+
+class RestartConfirmationDialog(QDialog):
+    """Dialog asking the user to confirm a restart of the BEC server, then shows progress
+    and waits for the user to acknowledge completion before closing."""
+
+    def __init__(self, parent=None):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+        self.setWindowTitle("Restart BEC Server")
+        self.setModal(True)
+
+        self.layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
+
+        self.message = QLabel(
+            "Are you sure you want to restart the BEC server?\n"
+            "This will interrupt any running scans!"
+        )
+        self.layout.addWidget(self.message)
+
+        self.button_box = QDialogButtonBox()
+        self.cancel_button = self.button_box.addButton("Cancel", QDialogButtonBox.RejectRole)
+        self.restart_button = self.button_box.addButton("Restart now", QDialogButtonBox.AcceptRole)
+
+        self.button_box.accepted.connect(self.accept)
+        self.button_box.rejected.connect(self.reject)
+
+        self.layout.addWidget(self.button_box)
+
+        # Log panel is created lazily, only once the restart actually begins, so
+        # opening/cancelling the confirmation dialog never touches the log stream.
+        self._log_panel: LogPanel | None = None
+
+        # Regardless of how the dialog ends (accept/reject/close), tear the log
+        # panel down. finished() fires reliably in all of those cases; it's a
+        # no-op if the log panel was never created.
+        self.finished.connect(self._teardown_log_panel)
+
+    def show_restarting(self):
+        """Switch the dialog into a non-blocking 'in progress' state, with a live
+        view of the server logs so the user can see what's happening.
+        """
+        self.message.setText("<b>BEC server is restarting, please wait...</b>")
+        self.button_box.hide()
+        self._setup_log_panel()
+        self.resize(750, 450)
+        self.show()
+
+    def _setup_log_panel(self):
+        """Embed the standard LogPanel widget"""
+        if self._log_panel is not None:
+            return
+        self._log_panel = LogPanel(parent=self, show_toolbar=False)
+        self.layout.removeWidget(self.button_box)
+        self.layout.addWidget(self._log_panel)
+        self.layout.addWidget(self.button_box)
+
+    def _teardown_log_panel(self, *_):
+        """Clean up the log panel so it stops receiving updates once this dialog
+        is gone. LogPanel.cleanup() detaches it from the shared log queue and
+        handles its own BECWidget/RPC teardown."""
+        if self._log_panel is None:
+            return
+        self._log_panel.cleanup()
+        self._log_panel = None
+
+    def show_done(self):
+        """Show a success state and require the user to explicitly close the dialog."""
+        self.message.setText("<b>Server restarted successfully.</b>")
+        self._show_close_button("Close")
+
+    def show_error(self, error_msg: str):
+        """Show a failure state and require the user to explicitly close the dialog."""
+        self.message.setText(f"<b>Restart failed:</b>\n{error_msg}")
+        self._show_close_button("Close")
+
+    def _show_close_button(self, label: str):
+        """Replace the button row with a single acknowledgement button.
+
+        Clicking it calls accept(), which emits the dialog's `finished` signal -
+        that's what RestartServer listens for to know it's safe to close the dock.
+        """
+        self.button_box.clear()
+        self.close_button = self.button_box.addButton(label, QDialogButtonBox.AcceptRole)
+        self.button_box.accepted.connect(self.accept)
+        self.button_box.show()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    apply_theme("light")
+    dispatcher = BECDispatcher(gui_id="restart_server")
+    win = RestartServer()
+    win.show()
+    sys.exit(app.exec_())
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server.pyproject b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server.pyproject
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ce968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server.pyproject
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{'files': ['restart_server.py']}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server_plugin.py b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..230247b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debye_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/restart_server/restart_server_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
+
+from bec_widgets.utils.bec_designer import designer_material_icon
+from qtpy.QtDesigner import QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QWidget
+
+from .restart_server import RestartServer
+
+DOM_XML = """
+<ui language='c++'>
+    <widget class='RestartServer' name='restart_server'>
+    </widget>
+</ui>
+"""
+
+
+class RestartServerPlugin(QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface):  # pragma: no cover
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._form_editor = None
+
+    def createWidget(self, parent):
+        if parent is None:
+            return QWidget()
+        t = RestartServer(parent)
+        return t
+
+    def domXml(self):
+        return DOM_XML
+
+    def group(self):
+        return ""
+
+    def icon(self):
+        return designer_material_icon(RestartServer.ICON_NAME)
+
+    def includeFile(self):
+        return "restart_server"
+
+    def initialize(self, form_editor):
+        self._form_editor = form_editor
+
+    def isContainer(self):
+        return False
+
+    def isInitialized(self):
+        return self._form_editor is not None
+
+    def name(self):
+        return "RestartServer"
+
+    def toolTip(self):
+        return "RestartServer"
+
+    def whatsThis(self):
+        return self.toolTip()
diff --git a/debye_bec/file_writer/storage_copy.py b/debye_bec/file_writer/storage_copy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa76a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debye_bec/file_writer/storage_copy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""
+Beamline storage-copy hook for debye_bec.
+
+Use this module to handle ``bec.beamline_storage_copy(...)`` requests with
+beamline-specific file transfer logic.
+
+The plugin_storage_copy function is commented out by default. Uncomment and implement it to handle
+beamline-specific storage copy operations. The function should accept the source file path,
+a scope identifier, the active BEC account, and an optional subdirectory for the destination. It should
+perform the necessary checks and copy the file to the appropriate location based on the provided scope.
+The subdirectory, if provided, has already been sanitized to ensure it is safe for use in file paths.
+"""
+
+# import os
+# import shutil
+
+# from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
+
+# logger = bec_logger.logger
+
+
+# def plugin_storage_copy(
+#     source_file: str, scope: str, active_account: str, subdir: str | None = None
+# ) -> None:
+#     """
+#     Run a beamline-defined storage copy operation.
+
+#     Args:
+#         source_file: Source file that should be copied.
+#         scope: Beamline-defined copy scope identifier.
+#         active_account: Active BEC account, if one is available.
+#         subdir: Optional sanitized relative destination subdirectory.
+#     """
+#     supported_file_extensions = [
+#         ".h5",
+#         ".txt",
+#         ".csv",
+#         ".log",
+#         ".json",
+#         ".png",
+#         ".jpg",
+#         ".jpeg",
+#         ".tiff",
+#         ".yaml",
+#         ".yml",
+#     ]
+#     if not any(source_file.endswith(ext) for ext in supported_file_extensions):
+#         logger.error(
+#             f"Unsupported file type for '{source_file}'. Supported extensions: "
+#             f"{supported_file_extensions}"
+#         )
+#         return
+
+#     # Example storage mapping. Replace this with beamline-specific scopes and paths.
+#     storage_locations = {"alignment": f"/sls/x99sa/data/p12345/raw/bec/alignment/{active_account}/"}
+#     if scope not in storage_locations:
+#         logger.error(
+#             f"Received unknown scope '{scope}'. Available scopes: {list(storage_locations.keys())}"
+#         )
+#         return
+
+#     if not os.path.isfile(source_file):
+#         logger.error(f"File '{source_file}' does not exist or is not reachable.")
+#         return
+
+#     destination_dir = storage_locations[scope]
+#     if subdir:
+#         destination_dir = os.path.join(destination_dir, subdir)
+#     os.makedirs(destination_dir, exist_ok=True)
+#     destination_file = os.path.join(destination_dir, os.path.basename(source_file))
+
+#     try:
+#         shutil.copy(source_file, destination_file)
+#         logger.info(f"Copied '{source_file}' to '{destination_file}'")
+#     except Exception as exc:
+#         logger.error(f"Failed to copy '{source_file}' to '{destination_file}': {exc}")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 792d73b..59b6017 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ plugin_ds_startup = "debye_bec.deployments.device_server.startup:run"
 [project.entry-points."bec.file_writer"]
 plugin_file_writer = "debye_bec.file_writer"
 
+[project.entry-points."bec.file_writer.storage_copy"]
+plugin_storage_copy = "debye_bec.file_writer.storage_copy:plugin_storage_copy"
+
 [project.entry-points."bec.scans"]
 plugin_scans = "debye_bec.scans"