diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml b/deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 9c31436..bc761ab 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -126,11 +126,35 @@ services:
       LISTEN_ADDR: ":8083"
       CORE_RUNTIME_URL: http://core-runtime:8080
       LOCAL_CPU_PROVIDER_URL: http://docker.cin.su:18082/v1
-      LOCAL_LIFEBOAT_PROVIDER_URL: ${LOCAL_LIFEBOAT_PROVIDER_URL:-}
+      LOCAL_LIFEBOAT_PROVIDER_URL: http://cognitive-lifeboat:8086/v1
       LOCAL_GPU_PROVIDER_URL: http://192.168.220.91:11434
       COGNITIVE_OWNER_PRINCIPAL_ID: domovoy-creator-principal
       COGNITIVE_ALLOW_CANARY: "true"
-    depends_on: [core-runtime]
+    depends_on: [core-runtime, cognitive-lifeboat]
+
+  cognitive-lifeboat:
+    image: ghcr.io/ggml-org/llama.cpp:server
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command:
+      - --host
+      - 0.0.0.0
+      - --port
+      - "8086"
+      - --model
+      - /models/qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-q4_k_m.gguf
+      - --alias
+      - domovoy-lifeboat
+      - --jinja
+      - --ctx-size
+      - "8192"
+      - --n-gpu-layers
+      - "0"
+      - --threads
+      - "4"
+      - --parallel
+      - "1"
+    volumes:
+      - llm_local_models:/models:ro
 
   creator-web:
     build: { context: .., dockerfile: deploy/images/runtime.Dockerfile, args: { TARGET: creator-web, SOURCE_REVISION: "${ASSISTANT_SOURCE_REVISION:-unknown}" } }
@@ -159,3 +183,6 @@ volumes:
     external: true
   assistant_notification_reader_secret:
     external: true
+  llm_local_models:
+    external: true
+    name: llm-local-models
diff --git a/dev/tasks/DEV-000083-domovoy-lifeboat-mode.json b/dev/tasks/DEV-000083-domovoy-lifeboat-mode.json
index 7e4b28f..bc6ae54 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/DEV-000083-domovoy-lifeboat-mode.json
+++ b/dev/tasks/DEV-000083-domovoy-lifeboat-mode.json
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   "architecture_revision": "DEV-000073-baseline",
   "base_repo_revision": "0a2599cfa6255f1a98856d2fd09dc51a2119f525",
   "risk_tier": "C",
-  "intent": "Keep Domovoy alive and conversational when the primary cognitive channel is unavailable by supporting an optional local Lifeboat provider and an honest deterministic degraded mode.",
+  "intent": "Keep Domovoy alive and conversational when the primary cognitive channel is unavailable by running a small local Lifeboat provider and retaining an honest deterministic degraded mode.",
   "requirement_ids": [
     "Primary cognitive settings remain confirmation-controlled while healthy",
     "Unavailable primary cognition exposes a human-readable degraded mode instead of killing chat",
-    "An optional small local-only provider can serve as the Lifeboat through the existing Cognitive Gateway",
+    "A small local-only provider can serve as the Lifeboat through the existing Cognitive Gateway",
     "The core can still accept and explain configuration requests when all model providers are unavailable"
   ],
   "allowed_change_scope": {
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
   ],
   "side_effects_and_privileges": ["No new privilege", "No external egress", "No direct provider call from Core", "No configuration mutation from browser chat"],
   "persistence_and_migrations": ["No migration", "Existing conversation and capability observations only"],
-  "failure_retry_restart": ["Provider absence falls back to the deterministic core reply", "Optional Lifeboat configuration is disabled when its URL is empty", "Restart reconstructs the provider registration from environment"],
-  "assumptions": ["The optional Lifeboat endpoint implements the existing OpenAI-compatible local adapter contract", "Capability discovery/promotion remains the existing authorized path", "No real test secrets are in scope for this task"],
+  "failure_retry_restart": ["Provider absence falls back to the deterministic core reply", "The Lifeboat container restarts independently from the primary model runtime", "Restart reconstructs the provider registration from environment"],
+  "assumptions": ["The Lifeboat endpoint implements the existing OpenAI-compatible local adapter contract", "Capability discovery/promotion remains the existing authorized path", "No real test secrets are in scope for this task"],
   "acceptance_scenarios": [
     "Primary unavailable message says Domovoy remains alive and can help recover",
     "Configuration request in degraded mode no longer falsely requires the primary model",
-    "Optional Lifeboat provider is registered only when LOCAL_LIFEBOAT_PROVIDER_URL is configured",
+    "Production Lifeboat container exposes the configured small local model through the existing gateway adapter",
     "Chat status distinguishes primary unavailable from Domovoy unavailable",
     "Healthy mode keeps confirmation/console wording"
   ],