diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 092ea54..2e754b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 All notable changes to this project are documented here.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
-## [0.2.26] - 2026-07-21
+## [0.2.27] - 2026-07-21
+
+### Fixed
+- **Automatic CMF Local Server Lifecycle**: Registering an imported `.cmf` model automatically adds it to `[[cmf.servers]]` and reloads the runtime (`cmf_runtime::manage`), automatically spawning `cortiq serve` on port 8090 so chat completion requests route seamlessly without `upstream unavailable` errors.
+
 
 ### Fixed
 - **Multi-GB Ready CMF Download Stream**: Replaced HTTP stream decoder with a streaming process downloader (`curl`) for pre-converted `.cmf` models to support multi-gigabyte Hugging Face LFS repositories without 30s/60s socket timeouts.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dff95dc..80af982 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ checksum = "1d07550c9036bf2ae0c684c4297d503f838287c83c53686d05370d0e139ae570"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cortiq-gateway"
-version = "0.2.26"
+version = "0.2.27"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9bbf32c..ae114ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cortiq-gateway"
-version = "0.2.26"
+version = "0.2.27"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/admin/mod.rs b/src/admin/mod.rs
index 955d2fc..7ba9863 100644
--- a/src/admin/mod.rs
+++ b/src/admin/mod.rs
@@ -1319,6 +1319,18 @@ async fn register_import(State(state): State<SharedState>, Path(job): Path<Strin
         api_key_env: None,
         caps: Vec::new(),
     });
+    if cfg.cmf.manage_server {
+        let port = cfg.cmf.local_port;
+        if !cfg.cmf.servers.iter().any(|s| s.model == j.output) {
+            cfg.cmf.servers.push(crate::config::CmfServer {
+                id: id.clone(),
+                model: j.output.clone(),
+                port,
+                threads: cfg.cmf.threads,
+                gpu: cfg.cmf.gpu,
+            });
+        }
+    }
     state.reload(cfg)?;
     ok(json!({ "ok": true, "model_id": id }))
 }
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 0a29e54..a082e19 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ impl AppState {
         let live = Live::build(new_cfg.clone(), &self.secrets, self.router_status.clone())?;
         new_cfg.save(&self.config_path)?;
         self.live.store(Arc::new(live));
+
+        let cmf_rt = self.cmf.clone();
+        let cmf_cfg = new_cfg.cmf.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            cmf_rt.stop().await;
+            crate::cmf_runtime::manage(cmf_rt, cmf_cfg).await;
+        });
+
         Ok(())
     }