diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor-old.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor.yml
rename to files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor-old.yml
diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor-scheduler.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor-scheduler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d22d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor-scheduler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# update-indoor-scheduler.yml
+# Single nbplay invocation:
+#   Phase 1: Cloud -> NetBox sync (via sot-updater-iponly.yml in wrapper mode)
+#   Phase 2: Refresh ansible_host from nb_ip, reset_connection
+#   Phase 3: Run update-indoor6-stable.yml
+
+
+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    rmq_host: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_HOST') | default('10.210.12.2', true) }}"
+    rmq_port: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_PORT') | default('15672', true) }}"
+    rmq_user: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_USER') | default('admin', true) }}"
+    rmq_pass: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_PASS') | default('change_me', true) }}"
+    rmq_vhost: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_VHOST') | default('app', true) }}"
+    rmq_exchange: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_EXCHANGE') | default('controls', true) }}"
+    control_queue: "{{ lookup('env','CONTROLQUEUE') | default('queue_controls', true) }}"
+  tasks: []
+
+- import_playbook: sot-updater-iponly.yml
+  vars:
+    sot_wrapper_mode: true
+
+
+- name: Phase 2 | Refresh in-memory target IP after iponly
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    rmq_host: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_HOST') | default('10.210.12.2', true) }}"
+    rmq_port: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_PORT') | default('15672', true) }}"
+    rmq_user: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_USER') | default('admin', true) }}"
+    rmq_pass: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_PASS') | default('change_me', true) }}"
+    rmq_vhost: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_VHOST') | default('app', true) }}"
+    rmq_exchange: "{{ lookup('env','RMQ_EXCHANGE') | default('controls', true) }}"
+    control_queue: "{{ lookup('env','CONTROLQUEUE') | default('queue_controls', true) }}"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: "Wrapper | Extract nb_ip from nb_onedevice_update.py stdout"
+      vars:
+        _lines: "{{ (nb_preflight.stdout_lines | default([])) | map('regex_replace','\r','') | map('trim') | list }}"
+        _ok_line: "{{ (_lines | select('match','^OK\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}"
+        _fail_line: "{{ (_lines | select('match','^FAIL\\s+') | list | last | default('')) }}"
+        _ip_raw: "{{ _ok_line | regex_search('([0-9]{1,3}(?:\\.[0-9]{1,3}){3})') | default('') }}"
+      set_fact:
+        nb_ip: "{{ _ip_raw }}"
+        nb_ip_ok: "{{ (_ip_raw | length) > 0 }}"
+        nb_ip_err: "{{ _fail_line }}"
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: "Wrapper | Abort if nb_ip not available"
+      fail:
+        msg: "Wrapper preflight did not produce nb_ip. FAIL line: {{ nb_ip_err | default('') }}"
+      when: not nb_ip_ok
+
+    - name: "Wrapper | Update ansible_host to nb_ip"
+      set_fact:
+        ansible_host: "{{ nb_ip }}"
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: "Wrapper | Reset connection after ansible_host change"
+      meta: reset_connection
+
+
+- import_playbook: update-indoor6-stable.yml
+  vars:
+    is_run_by: "scheduler"
diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor6-stable.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor6-stable.yml
index d6bc73d..7d113c1 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor6-stable.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-indoor6-stable.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
     # Busybox-safe PATH prefix for all remote raw calls on DEV1
     pathprefix: "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH; "
 
+    # Invocation context (default: manual; scheduler wrapper sets is_run_by=scheduler)
+    is_run_by_effective: "{{ is_run_by | default('manual') }}"
+
     # DEV1 credentials (stable, like rebootin222)
     dev1_user: "root"
     dev1_pass: "wavewave"
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@
           - "image_sha256={{ image_sha256 | default('UNSET') }}"
           - "afterupgrade_routing_key={{ afterupgrade_routing_key | default('UNSET') }}"
           - "inventory_hostname={{ inventory_hostname }}"
+          - "is_run_by={{ is_run_by_effective }}"
 
     # ====== NEW: pick up force-upgrade flag from CLI and TEMP override ======
     - name: Read force-upgrade flag from CLI (supports -e force-upgrade=yes)
@@ -940,6 +944,40 @@
           - "reboot_seconds={{ _reboot_seconds | default(0) }}"
           - "reboot_minutes={{ _reboot_minutes | default(0) }}"
 
+    - name: Scheduler mode compute action_restart_timestamp
+      when: is_run_by_effective == 'scheduler'
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        action_restart_now_ts: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') | int }}"
+        action_restart_timestamp: "{{ (lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') | int) + (_reboot_seconds | int) }}"
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Scheduler mode publish action_restart_timestamp custom field to control queue
+      when: is_run_by_effective == 'scheduler'
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: "http://{{ rmq_host }}:{{ rmq_port }}/api/exchanges/{{ rmq_vhost|urlencode }}/{{ rmq_exchange|urlencode }}/publish"
+        method: POST
+        user: "{{ rmq_user }}"
+        password: "{{ rmq_pass }}"
+        force_basic_auth: true
+        status_code: 200
+        headers:
+          content-type: "application/json"
+        body_format: json
+        body:
+          properties:
+            content_type: "application/json"
+          routing_key: "{{ control_queue }}"
+          payload: "{{ {
+            'inscope_device': (ansible_hostname | default(inventory_hostname)),
+            'task_name': 'custom_field_set',
+            'task_add1': 'action_restart_timestamp',
+            'task_result': (action_restart_timestamp | string)
+          } | to_json }}"
+          payload_encoding: "string"
+      changed_when: false
+
     - name: Build human-readable reboot phrase
       delegate_to: localhost
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
@@ -1587,6 +1625,7 @@
           correlation_id: "{{ au_correlation_id }}"
           original_emitted_at: "{{ au_original_emitted_at }}"
           schema_version: 1
+          is_run_by: "{{ is_run_by_effective }}"
       when: au_delay_sec is defined
       delegate_to: localhost
 
diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-reboot-scheduler.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-reboot-scheduler.yml
index f15d2e1..0ee54b9 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/update-reboot-scheduler.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/update-reboot-scheduler.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Phase 1: Cloud -> NetBox sync (via sot-updater-iponly.yml in wrapper mode)
 #   Phase 2: Refresh ansible_host from nb_ip, reset_connection
 #   Phase 3: Run update-rebootin224.yml
-#   Phase 4: Run afterupgrade_check.yml
+
 
 - hosts: all
   gather_facts: no