diff --git a/app/Domain/Jobcard/StatusTransitionValidator.php b/app/Domain/Jobcard/StatusTransitionValidator.php
index 063954a..f08e1ef 100644
--- a/app/Domain/Jobcard/StatusTransitionValidator.php
+++ b/app/Domain/Jobcard/StatusTransitionValidator.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ final class StatusTransitionValidator
         'awaiting_client' => ['in_progress', 'completed'],
         'awaiting_parts' => ['in_progress', 'completed'],
         'completed' => ['closed'],
-        'closed' => [],
+        'closed' => ['in_progress'],
     ];
 
     public function canTransition(string $from, string $to): bool
diff --git a/database/schema.sql b/database/schema.sql
index 9b73b20..7a1db94 100644
--- a/database/schema.sql
+++ b/database/schema.sql
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ INSERT IGNORE INTO permissions (name, description) VALUES
     ('jobcards.view', 'View jobcards'),
     ('jobcards.manage', 'Create and update jobcards'),
     ('jobcards.close', 'Close jobcards'),
+    ('jobcards.reopen', 'Reopen closed jobcards'),
     ('jobcards.assign', 'Assign technicians to jobcards'),
     ('jobcards.internal_notes', 'View and edit internal jobcard notes'),
     ('time_entries.record', 'Record technician time entries'),
diff --git a/database/upgrade.sql b/database/upgrade.sql
index de267c5..48a919d 100644
--- a/database/upgrade.sql
+++ b/database/upgrade.sql
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ INSERT IGNORE INTO permissions (name, description) VALUES
     ('technical.view', 'View client technical information'),
     ('technical.manage', 'Manage client technical information'),
     ('jobcards.close', 'Close jobcards'),
+    ('jobcards.reopen', 'Reopen closed jobcards'),
     ('credentials.view', 'View protected credentials'),
     ('credentials.manage', 'Manage protected credentials'),
     ('attachments.view', 'View jobcard attachments'),
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index bb8a871..c74635f 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -209,9 +209,11 @@ if ($route === 'jobcard') {
                 $lockedStmt->execute(['id' => $jobcardId]);
                 $locked = $lockedStmt->fetch();
                 if (!$locked) throw new RuntimeException('Jobcard no longer exists.');
+                if ($locked['status'] === 'closed' && $to !== 'closed') require_permission('jobcards.reopen');
                 $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                 $completedAt = $to === 'completed' ? $now : ($locked['completed_at'] ?: null);
                 $closedAt = $to === 'closed' ? $now : ($locked['closed_at'] ?: null);
+                if ($locked['status'] === 'closed' && $to === 'in_progress') { $completedAt = null; $closedAt = null; }
                 if ($to === 'closed' && $completedAt === null) $completedAt = $now;
                 $transition = (new \App\Domain\Jobcard\JobcardWorkflow())->validateTransition($locked['status'], $to, $completedAt, $closedAt);
                 if (!$transition['valid']) {
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ if ($route === 'jobcard') {
     foreach ($timeEntries as $entry) echo '<div class="border-bottom py-2"><strong>' . e($entry['technician_name']) . '</strong> · ' . e($entry['work_date']) . ' · ' . e(number_format((float)$entry['hours'], 2)) . 'h<div class="small text-muted">' . e((string)($entry['notes'] ?? '')) . '</div>' . (can('time_entries.record') ? '<a class="small" href="/?route=time_entry&id=' . (int)$entry['id'] . '">Correct or void</a>' : '') . '</div>';
     if (can('time_entries.record')) { echo '<hr><form method="post" class="row g-2"><input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="' . e(csrf_token()) . '"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="time">'; if ($user['role_name'] !== 'Technician') { echo '<div class="col-md-4"><select class="form-select" name="technician_id" required><option value="">Technician</option>'; foreach ($technicians as $technician) echo '<option value="' . (int)$technician['id'] . '">' . e($technician['name']) . '</option>'; echo '</select></div>'; } echo '<div class="col-md-4"><label class="form-label">Date performed</label><input class="form-control" type="date" name="work_date" value="' . e(date('Y-m-d')) . '" required></div><div class="col-md-4"><input class="form-control" type="number" step="0.01" min="0.01" name="hours" placeholder="Hours"></div><div class="col-md-4 form-check pt-2"><input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="counts_toward_sla" value="1" id="sla-time" checked><label class="form-check-label" for="sla-time">Counts toward SLA</label></div><div class="col-12"><label class="form-label">Technician notes / Work performed</label><textarea class="form-control" name="notes" rows="4" placeholder="Describe the work performed"></textarea></div><div class="col-12"><button class="btn btn-outline-primary">Add time</button></div></form>'; }
     echo '</div></div></div><div class="col-lg-4"><div class="card mb-4"><div class="card-body"><h2 class="h5">Status</h2><form method="post"><input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="' . e(csrf_token()) . '"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="status"><select class="form-select mb-2" name="status">';
-    foreach ((new \App\Domain\Jobcard\StatusTransitionValidator())->allowedFrom($jobcard['status']) as $status) if ($status !== 'closed' || can('jobcards.close')) echo '<option value="' . e($status) . '"' . ($status === $jobcard['status'] ? ' selected' : '') . '>' . e(ucwords(str_replace('_', ' ', $status))) . '</option>';
+    foreach ((new \App\Domain\Jobcard\StatusTransitionValidator())->allowedFrom($jobcard['status']) as $status) if (($status !== 'closed' || can('jobcards.close')) && ($jobcard['status'] !== 'closed' || $status === 'closed' || can('jobcards.reopen'))) echo '<option value="' . e($status) . '"' . ($status === $jobcard['status'] ? ' selected' : '') . '>' . e(ucwords(str_replace('_', ' ', $status))) . '</option>';
     echo '</select><button class="btn btn-outline-primary w-100">Update status</button></form></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card-body"><h2 class="h5">Assigned technicians</h2>';
     if (!$assigned) echo '<p class="text-muted">No technicians assigned.</p>'; foreach ($assigned as $assignment) echo '<div class="py-1">' . e($assignment['name']) . '</div>';
     if (can('jobcards.assign')) { echo '<hr><form method="post"><input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="' . e(csrf_token()) . '"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="assign"><select class="form-select mb-2" name="technician_id"><option value="">Select technician</option>'; foreach ($technicians as $technician) echo '<option value="' . (int)$technician['id'] . '">' . e($technician['name']) . '</option>'; echo '</select><button class="btn btn-outline-primary w-100">Assign</button></form>'; }
diff --git a/tests/JobcardSearchCloseReportTest.php b/tests/JobcardSearchCloseReportTest.php
index 79f6012..c9f46ce 100644
--- a/tests/JobcardSearchCloseReportTest.php
+++ b/tests/JobcardSearchCloseReportTest.php
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ $root = dirname(__DIR__);
 $schema = file_get_contents($root . '/database/schema.sql');
 $upgrade = file_get_contents($root . '/database/upgrade.sql');
 $front = file_get_contents($root . '/public/index.php');
-if ($schema === false || $upgrade === false || $front === false) throw new RuntimeException('Fixtures must be readable.');
+$validator = file_get_contents($root . '/app/Domain/Jobcard/StatusTransitionValidator.php');
+if ($schema === false || $upgrade === false || $front === false || $validator === false) throw new RuntimeException('Fixtures must be readable.');
 function jobcard_feature_assert(bool $ok, string $message): void { if (!$ok) throw new RuntimeException($message); }
-jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($schema, "('jobcards.close', 'Close jobcards')"), 'Fresh schema must seed jobcards.close.');
-jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($upgrade, "('jobcards.close', 'Close jobcards')"), 'Upgrade must seed jobcards.close.');
+jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($schema, "('jobcards.reopen', 'Reopen closed jobcards')"), 'Fresh schema must seed jobcards.reopen.');
+jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($upgrade, "('jobcards.reopen', 'Reopen closed jobcards')"), 'Upgrade must seed jobcards.reopen.');
+jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($front, "if (\$locked['status'] === 'closed' && \$to !== 'closed') require_permission('jobcards.reopen');"), 'Reopening must require jobcards.reopen.');
+jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($validator, "'closed' => ['in_progress']"), 'Closed jobcards must support reopening to in progress.');
+
 jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($front, "if (\$to === 'closed') require_permission('jobcards.close');"), 'Closing a jobcard must require jobcards.close.');
 jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($front, "name=\"q\"") && str_contains($front, "name=\"status_filter\""), 'Jobcards page must expose search and status filters.');
 jobcard_feature_assert(str_contains($front, "j.status <> 'closed'"), 'Default Jobcards filter must exclude closed records.');